Police in England will stop recording so-called ‘non-crime hate incidents’ (NCHI)—statements believed to be “motivated by prejudice” but that don’t meet the criteria for criminal offences—because they are “not fit for purpose” and pose a threat to free speech.
That is according to plans set to be released by police leaders from the College of Policing—which has previously criticised the recording of these phoney ‘incidents’—and the National Police Chiefs’ Council. The Telegraphreports that the plans will be supported by the Labour government, even though it has, until now, gone along with the recording of these incidents.
NCHIs have been issued under both the existing Labour and the previous Conservative governments, including to children—in one case, for saying a classmate smelt “like fish”—and, predictably, to those who dare to question gender ideology.
Journalist Sarah Phillimore said the “slow death” of this system is “a lesson to those fighting the gender wars—none of this will go quickly or easily, simply because now so many people earn a living from it. We need to be vigilant.”
The Telegraph says that NCHIs will be replaced with what officials are calling a new “common sense” system, where fewer, more serious incidents will be recorded. The new system is, of course, also bound to be abused.
That is, if the current one is abolished at all.
Indeed, the ‘Fair Cop’ campaign group questioned whether the police will “just quietly keep on recording ‘crimes’ that they don’t tell us about,” adding:
It’s been a long, hard road! But don’t think it’s over yet. The Hate Crimes industry has created a lot of jobs and a lot of people who still believe in it. It won’t go quietly.
This is certainly one to keep a keen eye on.
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
