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FieldDetails
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Clip 1
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BoroughTower Hamlets
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Date of Viewing 25th November 2025
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Panel Members PresentFR, TM
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Case ID/Reference NumberRemoved
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Category of MaterialBWV
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Percieved Ethnicity Asian
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Incident DescriptionSearch of a man in his car folowing a third party call about anti social behaviour and drug use
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Was Body-Worn Video Viewed?Yes
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GOWISELY ComplianceCompliant
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Use of HandcuffsYes - compliant
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Was a Taser Used?No
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Was the Individual Strip-Searched?No
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Object Found?No
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Did Object Match Suspicion?N/A
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Vulnerabilities Observed?
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Officer CommunicationOfficer effectively and respectfully communicated
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Panel Feedback on Officer Behavior
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Overall Panel Scrutiny Assessment (RAG)
Neutral
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Panel Assessment GOWISELY was followed and the grounds were explained in plain language. The tone of the officer was kind and polite, and he explained what he was doing at different points.
One of the grounds explained to the person was that he was asleep and therefore was suspected of taking drugs in the car. Not clear how being asleep in your car indicates potential drug use. The written grounds said his pupils dilated and he was slow and lethargic but this could have been due to it being at night and him having just woken up.
The officer put handcuffs on the person immediately, and they were on for a long time (c20 minutes). It was not clear why this was done and appeared to be an overuse of force. Once the man got out of the car it was clear he was very docile and sleepy and perhaps the handcuffs could have been removed once it became clear he was not presenting a risk.
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Category of RecommendationsLearning and development feedback (informal)
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MPS Action Taken
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Clip 2
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BoroughTower Hamlets
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Date of Viewing 25th November 2025
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Panel Members PresentFR, TM
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Case ID/Reference NumberRemoved
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Category of MaterialBWV
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Percieved Ethnicity Black
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Incident DescriptionSearch of one of a group of men who ran away from police having been seen by police selling nitrous oxide
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Was Body-Worn Video Viewed?Yes
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GOWISELY ComplianceYes - compliant
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Use of HandcuffsYes - non compliant
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Was a Taser Used?No
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Was the Individual Strip-Searched?No
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Object Found?No
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Did Object Match Suspicion?N/A
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Vulnerabilities Observed?No
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Officer CommunicationSomewhat effective and respectful
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Panel Feedback on Officer BehaviorOfficer behaviour deescalated the situation
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Overall Panel Scrutiny Assessment (RAG)
Amber
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Panel Assessment Footage started in the middle of a forceful arrest with the man on the ground face down being handcuffed with three officers. It was hard to assess from the footage but it looked like a high use of force to involve all three having their hands on him for this. Once the man was in handcuffs and turned over to sit on the ground things descalated and the officer spoke to the man politely. Grounds were explained and gowisely was followed. Nothing was found on the man but at the end they told him he was arrested (this was on the basis of police having seen him selling nox earlier on, before the pursuit by police). It would have made more sense to tell him he was arrested at the start and then search him using different powers. In general this level of policing for selling nox, particularly the use of force at the start when the man was in grounds being handcuffed, seemed disproportionate.
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Category of RecommendationsLearning and development feedback (informal)
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MPS Action Taken
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Clip 3
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BoroughTower Hamlets
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Date of Viewing 25th November 2025
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Panel Members PresentFR, TM
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Case ID/Reference NumberRemoved
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Category of MaterialBWV
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Percieved Ethnicity White
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Incident DescriptionSearch of one of two homeless people in a building following a report from a member of the public that they were living there and taking drugs
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Was Body-Worn Video Viewed?Yes
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GOWISELY ComplianceNon-compliant. The grounds for the search were not fully explained. The officer said that it was under the misuse of drugs act but the reasons for suspecting him to have drugs on him was not explained to him directly.
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Use of HandcuffsNo
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Was a Taser Used?No
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Was the Individual Strip-Searched?No
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Object Found?No
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Did Object Match Suspicion?N/A
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Vulnerabilities Observed?Yes - he was homeless
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Officer CommunicationOfficer effectively and respectfully communicated.
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Panel Feedback on Officer BehaviorPanel assessed the officer did not recognise and appropriately respond to the identified vulnerabilities during the interaction and officer behaviour escalated the situation. Panel assessed the interaction was closed in a good manner.
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Overall Panel Scrutiny Assessment (RAG)
Neutral
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Panel Assessment The search was carried out respectfully - the officer's tone of the communication with the man was friendly and respectful and the officer built a good rapport with the man being searched. No handcuffs were used. The grounds for the search were not clearly explained to the man - just that it was under the misuse of drugs act but not why he was being searched. It is hard for us to assess as we don't know from the written records what the drug use intel was that the officers were basing their search on - but it appeared to us that the search for drugs was not necessary and the officers could have asked the men to leave the building without needing to search them for drugs. As it was the search possibly led to the sitaution escalating with the men appearing frustrated when being told to leave the building.
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Category of RecommendationsLearning and development feedback (informal)
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MPS Action Taken
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