Stop and searches carried out: 100,000+, Terrorists caught: zero

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Over 100,000 stops-and-searches: zero terrorists

When it comes to wasting police time, the biggest offenders appear to be...the police. That, at least, appears to be the conclusion of the Home Office. Its official statistics, published today, show that while police stopped over 100,000 individuals last year to "prevent acts of terrorism", there was not a single arrest for a terror offence as a result of these stops.

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Yaser88 (not verified) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 - 21:54

A couple of years back I was stopped in a train station - my card didn't work in the cashpoint within the station - and I was prosecuted against.

Good job I withdrew some cash from the bank in the centre and sent the mini-slip to the prosecution unit.

Oh, and it was September 11 . . :shock:

TPOS — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 - 22:27

[quote=Yaser88]A couple of years back I was stopped in a train station - my card didn't work in the cashpoint within the station - and I was prosecuted against.

Good job I withdrew some cash from the bank in the centre and sent the mini-slip to the prosecution unit.

Oh, and it was September 11 . . :shock:[/quote]
*suspicious* lol