Sir Stephen Watson says the policy is now ‘past its sell-by date’ as he also hits out at the impact of human rights legislation on policing
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Sir Stephen Watson says the policy is now ‘past its sell-by date’ as he also hits out at the impact of human rights legislation on policing
Sir Stephen Watson says the policy is now ‘past its sell-by date’ as he also hits out at the impact of human rights legislation on policing
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Officers must separate the offensive from the criminal to protect free speech, says Sir Andy Cooke

The chairman of the College of Policing said that the system would be ‘scrapped and replaced with a completely different system’

It comes after the Metropolitan Police announced in October it would no longer investigate the incididents

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Sir Mark Rowley wants to free police from investigating complaints with no evidence of intended real-world harm

Andy Cooke says the cases take up little time for forces in England and Wales but create intense controversy