Police drop form 696, introduced in 2005 in response to club shootings, saying ‘some genres of music were disproportionately affected’
The Metropolitan police has announced that it is abolishing a risk-assessment procedure accused of racially profiling urban music nights and lumbering their promoters with excessive security conditions.
The decision to get rid of form 696 comes after Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, in September called for a review of the use of the form after meeting DJs, artists and venue owners. Critics of the process had long accused it of unfairly stigmatising hip-hop, grime and drum and bass events.
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