Police chiefs to review pilot scheme

AT the Chief Constables Council last month, police chiefs were presented with a paper that asked them to consider the case for monitoring genderbased hate crime.

A decision was made not to roll the policy out nationally.

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton, National Police Chiefs Council lead for hate crime, said: “A number of groups have called for crimes believed to be motivated by misogyny to be recorded as hate crimes.

“This has been piloted by Nottinghamshire Police over the last two years and police chiefs were asked to consider the case for extending this approach across England and Wales.

“Parliament sets law and there is currently no government statute for treating misogyny in this way.

“Police chiefs agreed there was a need to review the full evaluation of the Nottinghamshire Police pilot and alternative approaches in other forces that don’t involve changes to crime recording.

“The findings of this work will be shared with police chiefs and the Home Office for consideration.

“Abuse, harassment or violence are crimes. Please report any of these incidences to police - they will be taken seriously and investigated thoroughly.”

Citizens UK say they will continue talks with Greater Manchester Police, who are still able to adopt misogyny locally as a hate crime, despite the Police Chief Council’s decision.

Citizens UK are inviting anyone who wants to join the campaign to sign up at citizensuk.org/hate_ misogyny