BROADACRES – HATE REPORTING CENTRES

On Monday 15th March 2010 North Yorkshire Police in conjunction with the Hambleton Community Safety Partnership trained 25 members of Broadacres staff in relation to Hate Incident reporting. The purpose of the training was to enable the 5 area offices operated by Broadacres to be utilised as Hate Incident Reporting Centres. This allows any person to inform the Police of hate incidents via Broadacres and to that point any incident they are not comfortable with contacting the Police direct.

The Association of Chief Police Officers defines Hate Incidents as:

A hate crime is any incident that constitutes a criminal offence perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hate.

It is widely recognised that hate crime incidents are under reported and it is hoped that some of the barriers to reporting are removed by having the facility to report at other locations. This does not prevent any person contacting the Police direct with any hate related issue.

The impact of hate crime is far reaching and some recent and very tragic cases have been widely reported.

Broadacres is now the main Hate Incident Reporting Centre In Hambleton, and any persons can now report any hate incidents to any of the trained Broadacres Housing staff.

If you are a victim of any hate crime, please visit one of Broadacres Offices to report the incident, do not suffer in silence.