During the Covid-19 pandemic, London’s Metropolitan Police Service (Met) reported data on its use of stop and search. In May 2020 alone, the Met had conducted 44,000 searches – an eight-year high – and searched Black Londoners at four times the rate of white Londoners. This racial disproportionality had endured for decades, but gained renewed visibility in 2020 as Black Lives Matter protests highlighted discrimination in policing. How should Met Commissioner Cressida Dick respond to the growing scrutiny?