A police force which cleared itself of wrongdoing during a stop-and-search incident in which a man who had committed no crime had his car window smashed and was restrained and strip-searched, has been ordered to reinvestigate the matter, the Guardian has learned. Ryan Colaço, 31, a location manager in the film industry, was stopped by City of London police officers while in his car in Cannon Street in London. The Independent Office of Police Conduct has ordered City of London police to conduct a new investigation into the incident, which happened on 29 May last year. “Following a thorough review, in January 2021, we directed the COLP to reinvestigate the complaint. As such, officers from our force’s professional standards department have reopened their investigation into the complaint.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2021 12:33 UTC