More than 2,200 people were stopped and searched by Gwent Police last year and PCC Ian Johnston wants those targeted to tell him about their experiences.
Ian Johnston, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, has launched a survery so people who were searched can “describe the way they felt, the way they were treated during their encounter and if they understood what their rights were”.
Mr Johnston said the responses will be anonymous and used to “help improve the quality of local stop and search encounters in Gwent”.
Those who were subjected to a stop and search more than once are asked to complete a survey for each incident.
Mr Johnston said: “One of my duties as commissioner is to engage with the public and to find out what people think about their local police service.
“This is why I’m interested in gathering the views of people that have been stopped and searched. It’s an opportunity for people to influence how this process is undertaken as well as helping me to understand what other work needs to be done to inform our communities about use of stop and search locally.”
Or they can stop trying to be social workers and police the streets.
It would be good idea, in my view, for Ian Johnston Crime Commissioner, to seek peoples experiences of trying to report crimes and incidents through the 101 contact phone system, he wont do so however, because it would explain why reported crimes are, elledgedly down, in Gwent, and, we don`t want to introduce serious doubt on what shows as shaky statistics.
It is only those who are actually `stopped and searched` and any unbalanced application of the way this power is used would have any information on it, and to whom it matters, who else cares?
But problems with the crime reporting system 101 is far more significant in fighting crime and more important to next years voters for a Police and Crime Commissioner