by Kevin Rawlinson, 9/22/2017
“The number of police officers and staff in London subjected to racist or religious hate crime has risen by more than 50% in two years, official figures show.
Metropolitan police data shows more than 700 of its staff were the subject to such hate crimes in 2016-17. The offences recorded included harassment, racially or religiously aggravated grievous bodily harm, as well as non-violent offences.
The chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation said the rise on 2014-15 figures was abhorrent.
“In this day and age, I just don’t get it,” Ken Marsh told the BBC, which obtained the figures after a freedom of information request. “But we’re doing everything we can to assist our colleagues in any way we can when it’s brought to our attention.””
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