The U.K. Home Office has issued new guidance allowing police to disclose the ethnicity and nationality of suspects involved in sensitive cases to counter misinformation. This decision follows unrest fueled by false claims regarding a stabbing incident in Southport, where inaccuracies about the suspect's identity led to riots. The National Police Chiefs' Council and the College of Policing emphasize the importance of transparency in preventing public safety risks caused by misinformation. The new protocol aims to provide facts amidst escalating tensions surrounding sensitive incidents.
This could include to reduce the risk to public safety, where there are high levels of mis- or disinformation about a particular incident.
Disinformation and incorrect narratives can take hold in a vacuum. It is good police work for us to fill this vacuum with the facts about issues of wider public interest.
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