Richard Norrie and Hardeep Singh examine the role of identity politics and how it is warping police
priorities from within. The authors take a critical look at the police’s fundamental commitment to
impartiality and their role in contentious matters of a political nature. This book looks at the
dramatic increase in ‘non-crime hate incidents’ (NCHIs) over a five-year period through a series of
Freedom of Information requests. The authors find that NCHIs have been applied ‘in a manner
inconsistent with freedom of speech.’
Norrie and Singh discuss the role of the College of Policing, criticising this body for ‘a progressive
reorientation of the police.’ This work examines how the College of Policing has deepened the
influence of identitarianism and looks at the recent ‘Race Action Plan’ as an example of how the
organisation is encouraging identity politics, based on the radical political ideology known as ‘critical
race theory.’ This reorientation is compounded by an ‘infrastructure of identity politics’ within the
police through independent advisory groups (IAGs).
The authors criticise these groups for being ‘opaque’ and find they are dominated by ‘identitarian
activists.’ We Need to Check Your Thinking includes a foreword by David G. Green and reveals how
police priorities are being distorted by identity politics. The authors conclude that the police are in
breach of the College of Policing’s own Code of Ethics, particularly in regard to impartiality, and call
for the police to be called to account for their practices to reduce the role of identity politics and
return the police to their traditional role of protecting the public.
- ISBN13 9781912581337
- Publish Date 25 September 2022
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Civitas
- Format Paperback
- Pages 150
- Language English