Dr Richard Stone said officers who targeted suspects on grounds of their skin colour alone should be charged
Officers who abuse their powers of stop-and-search to further a racist agenda should be prosecuted for wasting police time, according to a member of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry panel.
Speaking after last week's sentencing of two of the killers of the black teenager, Stone said such a move would improve public confidence in stop and search, a police power that is under increasing scrutiny over claims of "racial profiling". He added: "It is a crime to waste police time in this country. A racist officer is an incompetent officer, and if they're wasting police time they should be charged."..readmore
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jan/07/abuse-stop-search-crime-police