Issue - meetings

The Safeguarding Policy had been revised to include an Appendix which set out the Council policy and procedure when a ‘hate crime’ incident occurred.

Hate Crime could be defined as any crime that was motivated by hostility on the grounds of someone’s actual or perceived characteristics. Hate Crime could take many forms including (but not limited to): physical violence, threats of violence, offensive graffiti or other written material, online abuse, and abusive or insulting words of behaviour. 

The Group received details of the proposed policy to deal with to Hate Crime. 

Members praised the National Holocaust event that had taken place earlier that week and extended their thanks to those who had been involved in organising and speaking at the event.

RESOLVED that the Hate Crime Policy, as set out at Annex A to the agenda report, be incorporated within the Council’s Safeguarding Policy.