'Concern over Met police use of spit hoods on black detainees'https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/02/concern-over-met-police-use-of-spit-hoods-on-black-detainees?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet …
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Seems 2 poss grey areas: (1) if
#spithoods used pre-emptively where belief/concern that spitting may occur; (2) if not used on all spitters> -
> in both cases there wld be the poss of bias. If neither apply, however, then focus on the detained suspect alone (in the MPS custody case)
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Exactly, which is why further research is needed. Spit hoods should not be used preemptively & taser only as last resort. Should focus there
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From what I've been told previously it is sometimes used pre-emptively, eg based on DP's behaviour &/or threats
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No knowledge but I do not support preemptive use of spit hoods. Disproportionate in my view to hood someone who has not already spat.
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If you may be interested, this was my take a year ago, since when things have moved on a bit http://www.police-foundation.org.uk/news/216/187/Spit-hoods-a-question-of-transparency/d,Blog … main
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Also this summary of the evidencehttps://twitter.com/gmhales/status/865129229901582336 …
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