#Latest news with #communityTensionsTimes11-05-2025PoliticsTimesScrap non-crime hate incidents to protect free speech, Tories sayThe Tories are pushing to scrap non-crime hate incidents to prevent frontline officers 'wasting time on this Orwellian nonsense' and prioritise fighting crime. Non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) were introduced after the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence to monitor situations that could escalate into more serious harm or show heightened community tensions. But increasingly they have been used to record petty arguments and trivial incidents. In November The Times revealed how a nine-year-old was subject to a NCHI after calling a classmate a 'retard'. It was among at least 13,200 NCHIs logged by 45 police forces in the year to June 2024, according to data obtained under Freedom of Information laws. An amendment to Labour's Crime and Policing Bill will seek to block police forces keeping
Times11-05-2025PoliticsTimesScrap non-crime hate incidents to protect free speech, Tories sayThe Tories are pushing to scrap non-crime hate incidents to prevent frontline officers 'wasting time on this Orwellian nonsense' and prioritise fighting crime. Non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) were introduced after the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence to monitor situations that could escalate into more serious harm or show heightened community tensions. But increasingly they have been used to record petty arguments and trivial incidents. In November The Times revealed how a nine-year-old was subject to a NCHI after calling a classmate a 'retard'. It was among at least 13,200 NCHIs logged by 45 police forces in the year to June 2024, according to data obtained under Freedom of Information laws. An amendment to Labour's Crime and Policing Bill will seek to block police forces keeping
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