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Non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) should be abolished because they are “no longer fit for purpose”, Police leaders will recommend home Secretary,
The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing will publish a review of public order and hate crime laws next month. whom they will ask to replace NCHI With a new “common sense” system, as reported Wire.
NCHIs are considered motivated by hostility or prejudice against certain characteristics, such as race or gender, but do not meet the threshold of a criminal offense. They are currently being recorded to collect data on “hate incidents that could escalate into more serious harm”.
metropolitan police said in October that Now NCHI will not be investigated,
The review was told by Lord Herbert of South Downs, President of the College of Policing. Wire Non-crime hate incidents will run “as a concept” after the system, which has been in place since 1999, is no longer “fit for purpose”.
He also told BBC Radio Four’s Today The program states that the rise of social media in the years since the introduction of NCHI has led police to monitor “mere disputes” online.
decision comes later father ted manufacturer Graham Linehan learned he will face no further action After being arrested at Heathrow Airport in September, he made social media posts about transgender issues.
Lord Herbert described the recent headlines about NCHI as “grotesque and very damaging” for police forces.
He added: “It was quite clear that the whole regime needed to address this, there was a perception that the police were being involved in cases they should not have been involved in.”
Instead of recording hate incidents on a crime database, the plan would treat them as intelligence reports, giving officers a “common sense” checklist to use before taking action.
It will only look at the most serious incidents recorded as anti-social behaviour.
The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing will publish their review next month, which will then be given to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
A Home Office spokesperson said Independent: “We have been clear that we need a consistent, common-sense approach that protects the fundamental right to freedom of expression.
“There is currently a review of public order and hate crime laws underway. We do not want to pre-empt the final findings of the review, which we have called for to be completed at speed.”