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\"Met<\/img>Police stopped and searched hundreds more people in London, on reasonable suspicion they were terrorists, in the 12 months after random stops were scrapped in July 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Home Office statistics do not show how many of those stopped were taking photographs<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n

Though police use of the once widely-used Section 44 anti-terror law has now ceased, officers still have the power to stop suspects under Section 43 of the Terrorism Act. <\/p>\n

Unlike the ?no suspicion? Section 44, Section 43 requires an officer to ‘reasonably suspect’ a person of actually being a terrorist, before conducting a stop and search to find out whether they are carrying anything that may provide evidence they are a terrorist. <\/p>\n

Section 43 stops rose by 237, to 1,283, in the year that followed the Home Secretary’s curtailment of Section 44 on 8 July 2010. This represents an increase of more than 22% on the previous year.<\/p>\n

And from 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011 the number of stops made under Section 43 jumped 34%, compared to the previous 12 months. <\/p>\n

Of the 1,212 people stopped and searched under Section 43, 33 were arrested, the recently released figures show.<\/p>\n

The recent rise in Section 43 stops came on the back of a 42% fall ? down from 1,817 (July 2008-June 2009) to 1,046 a year later.<\/p>\n

However, the Section 43 figures are dwarfed by the number of stops made under Section 44 before it was abolished.<\/p>\n

Section 44 was used 75,494 times by police forces nationwide from July 2009-June 2010.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Section 47A of Terrorism Act 2000 ? which was brought in as a ?more targeted and proportionate? power to Section 44 ? was not used once by British police forces from April-September 2011, according to the figures.<\/p>\n

The Home Office’s published figures do not show how many of the 33 arrested under Section 43, in the year to 30 September 2011, were charged.<\/p>\n

Of the 33 people charged under various sections of counter-terrorism laws over that period, one was convicted of a terrorism-related offence.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Police refused to reveal how many photographers it stops under anti-terror laws ? on grounds of cost ? following a freedom of information request lodged by Amateur Photographer<\/em>. This was the second time the Met had rejected a freedom of information request submitted by the magazine.<\/p>\n

In recent years, amateur and professional photographers were at the forefront of campaigns calling for a review of terrorism legislation, after many protested that their freedom to take pictures in public was being abused.<\/p>\n

The Government published its counter-terrorism review<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

[Picture: Chris Cheesman]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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