Recommendation, Stop and search, Romford - Metropolitan Police, April 2019

On 22 April 2019, two plain clothed officers from the Metropolitan Police Service stopped two boys, one aged seventeen and one aged fourteen. The officers attempted to search the teenagers and one left the scene, followed by one of the officers. The teenager ran home and entered his house. One officer followed him to his house and detained him a short time later. The other teenager remained at the scene of the stop and struggled with the remaining police officer. Whilst the officer attempted to handcuff the teenager, he was unsuccessful and was only able to apply them to one wrist. The teenager continued to struggle with the officer, who was unable to control him. The officer delivered a number of baton strikes to the teenager’s leg. This part of the incident was captured on video by a member of the public. The officer then handcuffed the teenager. Both officers …