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Barney Davis

Kent Police poster declared rape and sexual assault as ‘non-emergency’ crime

Kent Police are under fire after putting up an A4 poster in a police station listing rape and sexual assault as a non-emergency crime along with anti-social behaviour and missing persons.

The basic black-and-white A4 printout urged Maidstone residents to report “non-emergency enquiries” via an online form, before listing rape and sexual assault under the same severity as anti-social behaviour, fraud and road traffic incidents.

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