HUMAN rights organisations are raising the alarm over the government’s plans for policing, warning that forces will not be held to account.Inquest, Amnesty International, Runnymede and the Centre for Women’s Justice published an open letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood today, calling for her to reconsider plans that will “weaken the public’s ability to scrutinise” police actions.The plans would legislate to overturn a landmark judgment following the fatal shooting of unarmed Jermaine Baker in 2015, which sets a test for police officers to justify their use of force.

HUMAN rights organisations are raising the alarm over the government’s plans for policing, warning that forces will not be held to account.

Inquest, Amnesty International, Runnymede and the Centre for Women’s Justice published an open letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood today, calling for her to reconsider plans that will “weaken the public’s ability to scrutinise” police actions.

The plans would legislate to overturn a landmark judgment following the fatal shooting of unarmed Jermaine Baker in 2015, which sets a test for police officers to justify their use of force.

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