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by Bethany Rielly HOME Secretary Priti Patel’s plans to boost stop & search powers risk creating a class of people treated as permanent criminals, policing campaigners have warned.  Under new laws, police will be handed new powers allowing them to stop and search people convicted of knife-crime offences without a reason.  The changes, to be enacted in the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Court Bill, which is being presented to MPs within weeks, differ from current stop & search rules whic...