00:00Police need to know about hate incidents even if they are not crimes, the Metropolitan Police
00:05Chief has said as he spoke at the official launch of the British Muslim Trust. The government-funded
00:11organisation appointed last summer to monitor anti-Muslim hate in the UK also formally launched
00:17its helpline for people to report incidents of hate at the event in Westminster. Sir Mark Rowley,
00:23who answered questions on stage from the Trust's Chief Executive Akilah Ahmed, was asked about
00:29non-crime hate incidents, which the force said it would stop investigating last year. These
00:34are incidents that do not count as crimes, but are perceived to be motivated by hatred
00:39towards certain characteristics, such as race, religion or gender.
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