FOI 438-2024 / Apr 2024 / Non-crime hate
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 438-2024
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 22nd April 2024 as follows:
1 - A statutory code of practice for the recording of 'non-crime hate incidents' became law in June 2023 under sections 60 and 61 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. Please give details of the training you provide to officers and staff to ensure that the recording and investigation of NCHIs only take place when the threshold set out in the code is met.
2 - The statutory code of practice for the recording of 'non-crime hate incidents' requires that NCHI records holding personal data must use the terms 'subject' and 'complainant' (not 'suspect' and 'victim'). Have your incident and crime recording systems been updated to use the required wording in the context of NCHIs, and is the correct terminology in current use in your force?
3 - Please specify the number of 'non-crime hate incidents' recorded by your force for the year prior to the introduction of the statutory code as well as the numbers from June 2023 (since the introduction of the code) to the present date.
4 - Are you associated with Stonewall? If yes, please specify your membership or advisory level, e.g. Workplace Champions Scheme, and all annual costs related to such membership or provision of advice.
5 - In the interests of viewpoint diversity and inclusion, what staff association or internal forum do you have in place which specifically supports and encourages officers and staff who hold legally protected 'gender-critical' views?
Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in providing the response to your request and for any inconvenience that this may have caused you. Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 response: An interactive online training package and resources are available via the College of Policing ‘College Learn’ titled ‘Recording Non-Crime Hate Incidents’. This was made mandatory for operational officers/staff.
Q2 response: Warwickshire Police uses neutral non-crime terminology in relation to the recording of NCHI – individuals are recorded as ‘involved party’.
Q3 response:
01/06/2022 to 31/05/2023 – 76
01/06/2023 to 23/04/2024 – 49
Q4 response: No
Q5 response: Warwickshire Police do not have a staff association or internal forum that specifically supports officers/staff with gender critical beliefs. Our response is therefore ‘no information held’.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB