A report challenging the police to reform their stop and search procedures has been launched in Haringey.

The report entitled Stopping Distance: Making Stop and Search Work For Londoners calls on the met to introduce body cameras for all frontline officers, better training to be given and for slips to be issued every time somebody is stopped and searched.

Dame Tessa Jowell and Baroness Doreen Lawrence held a roundtable discussion about the issues raised in the report at St Mark the Evangelist church hall in Ashley Crescent, Tottenham.

They were joined by schoolchildren from Gladesmore Community School well as councillor Alan Strickland and several of the young people with experience of stop and search who were involved in writing the report.

After the event Ms Lawrence and Ms Jowell joined local police for a walkabout in the Wood Green area.

London mayoral hopeful Tessa Jowell said: “Body-worn cameras will increase trust between police and communities, but only if they are used properly.

“We need the Met and City Hall to be clear that officers are required to turn their cameras on. It should be mandatory for the camera to be on during all Stop & Search and all Stop & Account interactions between the police and members of the public.

“Cameras will only build trust if Londoners can be sure they are there to serve citizens, and not just the police."

The report comes a week after the Met commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe announced he would be stepping up the use of Stop and Search operations in the capital.

Doreen Lawrence, who has promoted police reform since her son Stephen was murdered in a racist attack in 1993, said: “Too often the police and young people feel worlds apart, particularly for Black and Minority Ethnic groups.

“There are practical things we can do to rebuild trust. We need to move much faster on Black and Minority recruitment in the police.

“ We should strengthen officer training with an independent training provider that brings in community groups and young people in a way which is meaningful, structured and cooperative. And we need a truly community-led Know your Rights campaign that uses all mediums to make young people aware of their rights.”