{"id":181753,"date":"2024-11-25T05:24:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/former-metropolitan-police-commissioner-asks-ministers-to-look-closely-at-report-calling-for-end-of-non-crime-hate-incidents\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T05:24:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:24:09","slug":"former-metropolitan-police-commissioner-asks-ministers-to-look-closely-at-report-calling-for-end-of-non-crime-hate-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/former-metropolitan-police-commissioner-asks-ministers-to-look-closely-at-report-calling-for-end-of-non-crime-hate-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Metropolitan Police commissioner asks ministers to ‘look closely’ at report calling for end of non-crime hate incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former Metropolitan Police commissioner has urged ministers to “look closely” at a thinktank report calling for non-crime hate incidents to be abolished.<\/p>\n

Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe served as the chief of the UK’s largest police force from 2011 to 2017.<\/p>\n

He has backed a new report from the thinktank Policy Exchange, released on Monday, that calls non-crime hate incidents (NCHI) a “distraction” from policing priorities.<\/p>\n

A NCHI, as defined by the government, is: “An incident or alleged incident which involves or is alleged to involve an act by a person (‘the subject’) which is perceived by a person other than the subject to be motivated – wholly or partly – by hostility or prejudice towards persons with a particular characteristic.”<\/p>\n

It comes after an investigation into Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson was dropped<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

She claimed the investigation was originally for a NCHI but an Essex Police spokesperson previously told Sky News it was always being treated as an investigation into an alleged criminal offence of inciting racial hatred.<\/p>\n

On the new report, Lord Hogan-Howe said: “The original intent around Non-Crime Hate Incidents was well-intentioned – to try and spot incidents that might lead to racist attacks and crime in the future.”<\/p>\n

But he added that there had been “little debate about their efficacy”.<\/p>\n

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He continued: “Whether something is a crime is an objective statutory test. Whether something is a Non-Crime Hate Incident is a subjective test based on guidance – producing inconsistent outcomes.<\/p>\n

“Parliament rather than the College of Policing has to decide whether the police should be investigating people for Non-Crime Hate Incidents and how they are recorded.<\/p>\n

“I would urge ministers to look closely at this Policy Exchange report to inform the path they intend to take.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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