@rorygeo@edwest This policy is at the beginning of its end. It makes cases like Henry Nowak inevitable and even police chiefs can see that. None of them would want to be in Alexis Boon's job right now.
@BritIndianVoice Nobody is blaming Indians in general. Although its highlighted how accusations of "racism" are used to try and deflect from bad behaviour. Real anger is directed at the police.
@AndyOopNorthGB@AllisonPearson@CollegeofPolice My observation is they were young, and this is how they will have been trained. More experienced/ astute / old school officers would have focused in on the stabbing claim and worried about the racism claim later.
@rorygeo Agreed. Looking at responses, the horror of this (and political fallout) may have woken police leadership up to problems of applying prigressive DEI thinking to policibg. The two really don't mix.
@CPhilpOfficial Frighting thing is, if you read Hampshire Police's race policy, those arresting officers may well have been following procedure correctly. The procedure is racist and wrong, but who's responsible here? The cops on the ground or the idiots who signed off the policy?
@timdavies_uk Yes, that's the IOPC for you. Frightening thing is, following the racial policies of Hampshire Police, they may have actually followed procedure correctly. Now the policy itself is obviously horrifically wrong. Who is actually responsible? The cops or their bosses?
@GoodwinMJ Really hope police chiefs bypass the fools in government/ Home Office and sort this themselves. Two tier policing is bad for the public and really bad for the police.
@MatthewStadlen "two tier" policing is real - if you doubt it take the time to read the College of Policing's own guidance around policing different racial groups. It has really bad consequences, both for the public and for officers. It needs to be stopped.
@KarlTurnerMP Is there potential legal action coukd be taken against more senior officers @HantsPolice for allowing conditions/ culture where this could happen?
@post_liberal Yes it hit me watching how young and inexperienced they appeared. Policings churn has been one way; experienced and capable older officers leaving (retired and many mid career leavers) replaced by younger less experienced officers. Combined with the politcisation of training.
@DrChrisParry There was a failing at the most basic level @HantsPolice prioritised a racism complaint (relatively minor) over a stabbing complaint (life & death). Thats hard to understand at any level.
I've been in my share of those situations, some way more chaotic than that scene. I was taught to prioritise in terms of severity ie park the racism claim (relatively minor offence) until the stabbing (life and death) has been understood. They did the opposite. Which is hard to understand.
@NotThatBigIan Exactly. This has been a toxic issue for too long & there has become an obvious anti white bias in policing attitudes. It had to change.