UK police release a new guidance to protect freedom of speech
From Evangelical Focus:
The UK College of Policing has issued a new interim guidance, which “seeks to redress the balance between freedom of speech and protecting vulnerable members of the public”.
It also “sets out arrangements that forces should consider to support an effective response to allegations of hate crime and non-crime hate incidents and includes content for those responding to these events”, explained the police.
According to the new guidance, “non-crime hate incidents should not be recorded where they are trivial, irrational, or if there is no basis to conclude that an incident was motivated by hostility”.
Furthermore, “individuals who are commenting in a legitimate debate – for example, on political or social issues – should not be stigmatised because someone is offended”, states the document…
…This guidance will remain in place until the Government approves a new code of practice, “to be published in late 2022 or early 2023”. The College of Policing is working with the Home Office to develop that code.
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