Police leaders call for scrapping non-crime hate incidents and adopting new system
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing plan to publish a review recommending the scrapping of non-crime hate incidents and replacing them with a common-sense system. Under the proposed plan, only the most serious incidents would be recorded as antisocial behaviour, while non-crime hate incidents would instead be treated as intelligence reports. Officers would use a common-sense checklist to target only serious antisocial behaviour, such as antisemitism.
Lord Herbert of South Downs, chairman of the College of Policing, stated that non-crime hate incidents would go as a concept and described the current 1999 system as not fit for purpose. This review was announced following the Metropolitan Police's October decision to stop investigating non-crime hate incidents. The review is due to be published next month and will be submitted to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Separately, Graham Linehan, creator of Father Ted, was recently arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of inciting violence related to three posts on X concerning transgender issues; however, no further action will be taken against him.
