Police Federation Wants Cops To Get Stop And Search Powers Without 'Reasonable Suspicion'

'Paul McKeever, the head of the Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents 140,000 frontline officers, also expresses amazement that judges rarely impose the maximum four-year jail sentence for carrying a blade. In his first full interview since he took on the job in May, Mr McKeever told The Sunday Telegraph he wants to see it made easier for normal stop and search rules to be relaxed at times when trouble is brewing, so that officers on the street can stop and search without the usual "reasonable suspicion".'

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