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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Margaret Davis

Police must separate offensive conduct from criminal, says watchdog

Police should stop recording non-crime hate incidents and must “separate the offensive from the criminal”, a watchdog has said.

Sir Andy Cooke, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, said officers are placed in an invidious position by current legislation and that “discretion and common sense don’t always win out in these issues”.

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