ACCORDING to Durham Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner Ron Hogg a new campaign to raise awareness and encourage the reporting of hate crime is being launched (Echo, Mar 4).
According to the commissioner, the campaign is backed by local MPs including Kevan Jones and Roberta Blackman-Woods, the Bishop of Durham, the North East England Chamber of Commerce, Darlington Football Club, Durham University, New College Durham, BHP Law, the YMCA, churches and schools.
If all these institutions and police are sincere in what they are saying and doing, then why is hate crime is on the increase?
There must be something wrong somewhere.
I request the commissioner to investigate the way Durham Police handle the reported crime and see if their approach can be improved to stop further escalation of hate crime.
Hans Kukreja, Darlington
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