The Metropolitan Police have U-turned on their decision to ditch plans not to record the ethnicity of drivers during traffic stops.
Gathering the data was part of a pilot which ran for one week a month from January to June 2021, following the publication of the Mayor’s Action Plan on Transparency, Accountability and Trust in Policing.
The Met was asked to review samples of vehicle stops in order to identify any disproportionality relating to ethnicity.
