'Eye watering': top police officer laments rate of stop and search on young black men

Exclusive: Mike Cunningham, who has just retired as head of College of Policing, calls for humility' from former colleagues

There is widespread dissatisfaction" with the police among black communities with it being clear young black men are being disproportionately stopped and searched at an eye-watering" rate, a former senior police chief has said.

Mike Cunningham, who retired last month as chief executive of the College of Policing which sets standards for law enforcement, said stop and search was the totemic" issue and called for humility" from police leaders faced with sustained criticism after a tumultuous year. He said law enforcement had achieved a lot but had much more to do on the issue.