Daily Mail – Police called on to record more Non-Hate Crime Incidents

Big Brother Watch Team / August 25, 2024

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has called on UK police forces to record more Non-Hate Crime Incidents, reversing changes made by the previous government. Privacy and civil liberties NGO Big Brother Watch found that police recorded 12,340 incidents this year – including trivial actions like children writing with chalk on the pavement & acts of sticking flags on poles.

The NGO’s head of research and investigations Jake Hurfurt said that police “should protect free speech & privacy “by only putting details on file only when necessary.”

Daily Mail – Now children’s pavement chalking is classed as ‘hate’! How trivial neighbourhood disputes and online spats are being logged by police just because someone is offended

 

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