Chief Constable Stephen Watson has mounted a robust defence of police stop and search powers - and vowed they would be used far more in the future.
The force ramped up its use of 'stop and search' following the fatal stabbing of three young men in Greater Manchester in just 16 days.
It gives police powers to search someone if there are 'reasonable grounds' to believe they have illegal drugs, a weapon, stolen goods or items like a crowbar which would be used to commit a crime.
