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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Met officers in schools to be checked to see if black children are being targeted

Sadiq Khan and Mark Rowley
Sadiq Khan (centre) and the Met commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley (left), have agreed to monitor police behaviour in schools. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Police officers in schools are to be monitored to see if they are disproportionately targeting black children. The initiative is part of new measures agreed in negotiations between the Metropolitan police and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan.

Under the plans, the use of powers by so-called safer schools officers in London, such as arrests and stop and searches, will be examined to see if there is racial bias.

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