The police force investigating a newspaper columnist for allegedly inciting racial hatred has recorded 1,500 non-crime hate incidents in the past two years.
Essex police logged 702 non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) between June 2023 and June 2024 and 834 in the 12 months before that, freedom of information responses revealed.
This year a shopkeeper “suspect” was recorded on the force’s hate incident database for refusing a person entry to his shop because they had a guide dog with them
Essex police logged 702 non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) between June 2023 and June 2024 and 834 in the 12 months before that, freedom of information responses revealed.
This year a shopkeeper “suspect” was recorded on the force’s hate incident database for refusing a person entry to his shop because they had a guide dog with them
