Police officers were instructed by bosses to record non-crime hate incidents, even in cases where the supposed victim did not believe a hate incident had taken place.
Lancashire Constabulary briefed officers in April 2019 that any interaction could be recorded as an incident if any one person “perceived” it as “motivated by prejudice or hostility”.
The internal briefing – released under freedom of information (FOI) laws – said this could be a relative, a neighbour or the “attending officer”.
