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Working together for safer communities, ensuring racist and violent crime is prevented, recognized, investigated thoroughly, and reviewed objectively. Key areas: intelligence-led approach, support communities, effective investigation, prosecution standards.
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Monitoring and Prevention of Hate Crime (and Incidents) in Policing Work Chris Taylor Independent Consultant (Formerly Chief Inspector, London’s Metropolitan Police)
UK Police Mission Working together for safer communities – • to ensure that racist and violent crime is prevented and • when it occurs it is recognised, investigated thoroughly to agreed quality standards and • reviewed objectively to enable lessons to be learned
OSCE Good Police Practice • Dependent on relationship of trust and confidence • Built on regular communication and practical co-operation between police and minorities • Greater sensitivity to concerns, and • More responsive to requirements for personal protection and access to justice in a multi-ethnic society
Key Areas • Intelligence–led approach • Support Communities • Effective Investigation • Prosecution Standards
What is a Hate Incident? • Hate incident is taken to mean any event where the perpetrator’s prejudice against an identifiable group of people is a factor in determining who is victimised. • You don’t have to be from a minority community to be a victim.
Intelligence Approach • The important three things to know about hate crimes: • Who are the most susceptible victims/ potential victims? • Who are the principal offenders/potential offenders? • Which areas have the greatest prevalence of crime or are at greatest risk from them
Support Communities • Eradicate hate crime • Protection • Positive arrest policy • Social target hardening
Effective Investigations • Investigation is a process of problem solving and evidence gathering. • You cannot have an effective investigation without clear identification of the problem. • The cost of effect investigation of hate crime is high • The cost of failure to investigate hate crime effectively is far higher
Internal Grievances Any incident where: • an individual is believed to be a victim of prejudice • the confidence of that person, their family/community cannot be assumed; or • an early internal response is critical to safeguard that person’s interests and subsequent enquiries
Why did thing go wrong? • Standards Failure • Training Failure • Leadership Failure • Individual Failure
CPS Decisions • Guided by code of practice for prosecutors • 2 tests • Sufficiency of evidence to provide a ‘realistic prospect of conviction’ • Prosecution needed in the public interest • Hate motivation and aggravating circumstances placed before the court • Victim involvement
Conclusion • A – Awareness: reduce tensions that could lead to hate conflict. • B – Bridge Building: from all sides and institutions • C – Communication: dialogue with other public authorities and local organisations especially at the local level • D – Developing People/Organisations: enforce and monitor anti-discrimination standards vigorously and effectively and ensure incidents are fully recorded, investigated and supervised • E – Ethical: Appreciate that successful police work must be based on a considered judgement of what is just and proper in each situation.