{"id":178792,"date":"2024-11-20T12:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T12:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/non-crime-hate-incidents-guidance-needs-urgent-change-shadow-home-secretary-chris-philp-says\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T12:11:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T12:11:05","slug":"non-crime-hate-incidents-guidance-needs-urgent-change-shadow-home-secretary-chris-philp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/non-crime-hate-incidents-guidance-needs-urgent-change-shadow-home-secretary-chris-philp-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-crime hate incidents guidance needs urgent change, shadow home secretary Chris Philp says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Non-crime hate incidents guidance needs to be urgently changed because officers are “not the thought police”, the shadow home secretary has said.<\/p>\n

Chris Philp told a major policing conference that the police should “apply common sense and not waste time and resources” investigating incidents unless there is “an imminent risk of criminality”.<\/p>\n

He said forces should be “concentrating on investigating and preventing crime”.<\/p>\n

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Mr Philp was policing minister when the code of practice for non-crime hate incidents was introduced in 2023.<\/p>\n

But he called on the government to “urgently” ensure the guidance is “rewritten and updated urgently”, using legislation if needed.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the National Police Chiefs’ Council conference, Mr Philp added: “Offensive speech is not the same as illegal speech.<\/p>\n

“The police are not here to police thought. You are not the thought police.<\/p>\n

“Non-crime hate investigations should not trespass upon free speech.<\/p>\n

“They should not be directed at nine-year-old children involved in playground spats, as reported in The Times last week, or journalists discussing trans issues such as Julie Bindel.”<\/p>\n

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Last week, The Times reported police forces recorded incidents where a nine-year-old girl called a classmate a “retard”, and two secondary school girls said another pupil smelt “like fish”.<\/p>\n

Feminist writer Julie Bindel last week said she was visited by police after one of her tweets was “reported by a transgender man” from the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

She said the incident happened in 2019 and the officers “left looking a little bewildered”, with the investigation dropped the next day.<\/p>\n

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How police deal with non-crime hate incidents has been in the headlines over the past fortnight after Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson said she was visited by officers to arrange an interview about a year-old tweet.<\/p>\n

Essex Police later said the interview was about a potential allegation of incitement to racial hatred online.<\/p>\n

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said officers should use a “common sense and consistent approach” to recording such incidents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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