Police told to reveal ethnicity of suspects under interim guidance
Police forces were told to share their ethnicity and nationality with the public after the authorities were accused of covering the crimes carried out by asylum seekers.
National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and the Police College, the public about the details of the police after the pressure on the temporary guidance, especially for the forces, especially high -profile and sensitive investigations should consider disclosing additional details of the suspects accused, he said.
However, NPCC said that the decisions about whether such information will be published will remain with them.
Mersexide police, Southport last July, Taylor Swift -themed dance class after attacking on suspicion of murder after being arrested for more explanation of Axel Rudakubana after criticism, the change may fight against the misunderstanding of the social media.
During the hours after the attack, the suspects claimed that the suspect was looking for a 17 -year -old asylum in 2024 with a boat.
At the first press conference after the event, at 18:30 that day, Merseyside Police Chief Serena Kennedy told reporters that the suspect was from Cardiff at the beginning.
However, the police statement did very little to suppress the online false information, and the next day, the country -wide uprisings began.
In a separate incident, Liverpool’s Premier League Victory Pass in May during a terrorist attack during a terrorist attack, a man who entered the crowd of people, arrested, white and British man’s ethnic origin and nationality immediately revealed.
Vice President Sam said Reya: ık In the last summer disorder and in some recent high -profile cases, we have seen what information in the big, real world results in the public sphere of the police.
“We must make sure that our processes that our processes can travel incredibly quickly in the age of social media speculation and in a wide variety of channels.
“Disinformation and false narratives can be kept in a gap. It is a good police work for us to fill this gap with facts about wider public interest issues.”
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There is nothing that prevents the police from sharing information about the nationality, shelter or ethnicity of someone accused of a crime under the current guidance of the Police College on media relations.
At the beginning of this month, Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Seccombe pressured the Minister of the Interior for an emergency update after the accusation of two men after the Afghan asylum seekers were reported to be an emergency.
After the force was criticized by the reform UK, he rejected a “covering”.
The new guidance, which entered into force, was welcomed by police and criminal commissioners.
Emily Spurrell of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners said: “I accepted the need for updating guidance for forces in the light of the latest high -profile cases of NPCC and Police College.
“PCCs and Deputy Mayors act on behalf of the public, and it is clear that there is a need to review the guidance to resolve increased public concerns.
“We saw the rate of online spread of wrong or disinformation and the danger that may cause public security, so the right police inform the people as much as possible while maintaining the right of a suspect’s right to a fair trial.”
