UK police to color patrol vehicles in rainbow colors to assist the LGBT group

In a bid to encourage the LGBTQ+ group to lodge complaints of on-line hate crimes, the police within the United Kingdom have determined to color their patrol vehicles in rainbow colors. The growth apparently comes after complaints of accelerating hate crimes towards the transgender group.
On August 10, a video was shared by the official Instagram account of the UK police, whereby it was knowledgeable that squad vehicles will now be painted with rainbow colors. While talking in regards to the matter, Deputy Chief Constable Julie Cooke claimed, “The Rainbow cars, the hate crime cars, whatever you want to call them, they are part of our vehicle fleet. So, we are always replacing vehicles. They will get all of the police insignia put on them as normal (besides other add ons)… But they are out there as normal patrol vehicles.”
“Sometimes people will ask us: How can you afford to do that? That’s not right to spend money on putting a rainbow to a car. Well the cost is quite minimal but the confidence it can bring, by just having that rainbow on there…and the impact of seeing the rainbow is huge,” she added. Julie Cooke additional claimed that the target behind such patrol vehicles is to provide confidence to LGBTQ and under-represented communities. It have to be talked about that Cooke is the LGBTQ lead of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).
At this level, it stays unclear as to what number of vehicles might be coated in rainbow colors. An NPCC spokesperson knowledgeable that it was as much as particular person forces to determine on the variety of vehicles that they wish to convert. Ever because the UK police unveiled their plans, they’ve been on the receiving finish of criticism. Reportedly, critics have argued that the police aren’t targeted on preventing actual crimes equivalent to knife stabbings and rape and specializing in ‘unproven’ allegations of hate crimes primarily based on social media feedback.
Criticism of the ‘rainbow coloured patrol car’ scheme
Even although against the law had not been dedicated, it could present up in an individual’s prison document. While talking in regards to the growth, ex-cop Harry Miller lamented, “We don’t see the Met with special cars for knife crime, even though the number of stabbings in London is appalling. The problem is that the second that you see a rainbow car, you know that it is a police force that has made its mind up about some very contentious issues. You no longer see a police car or a police officer who is there to support everyone, from all political persuasions, without fear or favour.”
Miller, the founding father of ‘Fair Cop’ marketing campaign, emphasised that the cops are busy portray vehicles at a time when the prosecution charge for violent crimes is barely 7%. “They have literally tied their colours to the mast and painted their cars with their political leanings,” he added. Miller had additionally accused the UK police of going estray and policing ‘speech (on social media)’ as a substitute of policing actual points.