It comes after the Metropolitan Police announced in October it would no longer investigate the incididents
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It comes after the Metropolitan Police announced in October it would no longer investigate the incididents
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The chairman of the College of Policing said that the system would be ‘scrapped and replaced with a completely different system’
As the Home Office announces the scrapping of non-crime hate incidents, The Independent looks back at examples recorded by police…
Officers must separate the offensive from the criminal to protect free speech, says Sir Andy Cooke
Andy Cooke says the cases take up little time for forces in England and Wales but create intense controversy
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…
The elected officials are in charge of setting police budgets and appointing the chief constable for their area
