Code of Practice on reporting and recording racist incidents in response to recommendation 15 of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report

Code of Practice on reporting and recording racist incidents in response to recommendation 15 of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report

Description: "Summary

This Code of Practice applies to all statutory, voluntary and community groups involved in the multi-agency reporting and recording of racist incidents.

The aim of the Code is to provide guidelines for local agencies to establish effective procedures for the reporting and recording of racist incidents.

The definition of a racist incident that should be used by all agencies is that recommended by the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report:

A racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person.

Agencies should be committed to recording both crimes and non-crimes as racist incidents.

The agency that has the first contact with the victim or witness reporting a racist incident should respond in a sensitive way that shows an understanding of how victims of such incidents may feel.

All agencies involved in dealing with racist incidents should ensure that the people in those agencies receive good quality training specific to their continuing training and development needs.

Information about the incident should be taken down clearly and accurately on the racist incident form.

If the victim agrees to the case being referred to the police or another agency, this must be done as soon as possible.

A locally agreed protocol should ensure that someone is responsible for keeping the victim informed of progress, whether that is the police, the agency that took the initial report, or another agency. "

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