Daily Policing Media Summary
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BBC reports on comments from shadow home secretary Chris Philp at this week’s NPCC & APCC conference that the police should ‘not investigate free speech’, as the discussion on non-crime hate incidents continues.
The Guardian reports on a new Ofsted report which claims that serious youth violence is affecting children as young as 11, and is not restricted to particular ethnic or demographic groups.
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The Telegraph reports on comments from Matt Storey, the Labour commissioner for Cleveland, saying that people with “really settled lifestyles” had been drawn into the violent disorder that took place over the summer.
The Independent reports on comments from Chris Philp, again from this week’s NPCC & APCC conference, that officers are ‘losing confidence to exercise their powers’ after ‘lengthy prosecutions like the trial of the officer who shot Chris Kaba’.
The Times, among others, reports that three people have been released without charges after arrest, after a bomb scare at Buchanan bus station in Glasgow.
BBC reports that an investigation has been launched into Police Scotland's use of force against children.
The Independent and The Express report that the spread of misinformation during the post-Southport riots was “turbo-charged” by foreign bots, according to Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, the head of Counter Terrorism Policing. Policing the disorder this summer reportedly cost forces £31.7m.