The disintegration can still spread around the ethnicity of the suspects, despite the new police guidance, a minister has accepted the aim of sharing more information with the public.
The Council of National Police Heads (NPCC) and the College of Policing come after alleging covering the interim guidance officers. Crimes Was done by shelters.
Police should consider disclosing Additional details about the suspectEspecially high-profile and sensitive investigation have been accused, stated in the new guidance, although the decisions will remain with the investigation force.
Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson Said that the government forces are announced, when the decision is announced, the government was “very helpful”.
“Now we are saying that nationality and ethnicity should be included, unless there is a very good reason for not doing so, he said sky News,
However, he admitted that if information about ethnicity is released, the disintegration could still spread.
He said: “(disintegration) is a major problem for society, I think, but in the context of special individuals, what happens is in charge, information is issued.
The same thing happened earlier. ,
It is expected that change may compete with the spread of misinformation on social media when the Mercyside police were criticized for not disclosing the Axal Rudkbana’s ethnicity, when he was arrested on suspicion of murder. A teller attacked children in Swift-Themed dance class Last July in Mercesis Town.
Within a few hours of the attack, the posts spread on the internet, claiming that the suspect was a 17 -year -old refugee seeker who came to the country by boat last year.
In the first press conference after the incident, at 6.30 pm that day, Mercestic Chief Constable Serena Kennedy told reporters that the suspect was originally from Cardiff.
But the statement of the police made much less to reduce the misunderstanding that spread online, and the next day, riots occurred across the country.
In a separate event in May, to combat rumors that an incident included a car involved in the car. Liverpool’s Premier League Vijay Parade There was a terrorist attack, the force immediately revealed the ethnicity and nationality of a person who was arrested, white and British.
Dame Diana said that the government has asked the Law Commission to see the guidance to ensure that no tests have been prejuded by the information issued by the police in the future.
Guidance, which comes in immediate effect, encourages the police to share information about nationality and ethnicity when “policing objectives to do so”. This may include cases where there is a risk in matters of public safety, high levels of misinformation or disintegration or important public interest.
It also confirms that it is not the role or responsibility of the police to verify a suspected immigration situation.
Earlier this month, the Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Servay pressurized the Home Secretary for an immediate update on the issue after two men charged – Afghan refugee people reported – alleged that the force withdrew the information about their immigration situation.
The force refused “cover-up” after being Improvement criticized by UKAsked if the information about a suspected refuge situation would be shared under the new guidance, Dame Diana told the BBC Breakfast: “To date, it is not that the home office commented in the context of asylum applications that have been made by individuals.”
Announcing new guidance, NPCC lead for communication and media, Deputy Chief Constable Sam D Riya said that previous summer disorders have revealed that “major, real -world results” from the information put in a public domain.
He said, “We have to ensure that our procedures fit for purpose in the era of social media speculation and where information can travel incredibly quickly in a wide range of channels,” he said.
“Disintegration and incorrect statements can hold in a vacuum. This is a good police job for us to fill this zero with facts about wider public interest issues.”
The Emily Spelle of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners also welcomed the move, stating that there was a “clear requirement” to update guidance for the forces.
He said: “We have seen the speed with which the wrong-or disintegration can spread online and may be a threat to public safety, so it is true that the police keeps the public informed as far as possible, preserving the right to a suspect’s proper testing.”