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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Ross

A Where’s Wally tattoo and a stick-on Hitler moustache: Non-crime hate incidents now set to be scrapped

A ’fuss’ in the workplace over a colleague discussing a genital Where’s Wally tattoo was among the thousands of non-crime hate incidents recorded by police forces - (PA Archive)

A ”fuss” in the workplace over a colleague discussing a genital Where’s Wally tattoo and someone sticking an “Adolf Hitler moustache” on their face featured in more than 6,500 non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) to be scrapped by Labour.

Under current rules, police are expected to record NCHIs where no criminal offence has been committed, but the person reporting it believes the incident is motivated by hostility or prejudice because of race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity.

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