Non criminal hate speech

Thousands of people including children are being investigated by police for incidents, which are not even crimes.

Nine year olds having playground arguments, e.g. to another pupil “you smell like fish” are all being logged on a computer.

It is incredible and a disgrace, that police time should be wasted in this way and we have not heard a peep from the Police Commissioners, who are supposed to hold them to account.

This at a time when shoplifting is rife, yet when the shopkeeper phones the police or a householder who scares away an intruder, they do not even show up.

Worse, there is a league table promoted by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary which praises the forces that log the most of this nonsense. Recording speech which is not even a crime, is reminiscent of an East German or Soviet Police State and has no place in Britain.

If you hear about this, make a noise and let us get this stamped out.

Rodney Hylton-Potts