Police Scotland has warned that controversial new hate speech laws enacted by the leftist government of Humza Yousaf will force police to reduce their ability to crack down on real crime.
Scottish Police Federation (SPF) chief David Threadgold said on Saturday that the Hate Crime and Public Order Act (Scotland) would put pressure on police officers to record their time and investigate complaints about potential speech offences. He warned that sacrifices would have to be made in other areas. .
Police Scotland has received more than 6,000 complaints since new speech regulations were introduced on Monday, creating a vaguely worded criminal offense of “inciting hatred” against several protected groups, which can lead to up to He was sentenced to seven years in prison.
talk to scottishSPF Chairman Said: “At some point in the next financial year, the police will not do anything because of the demands that are currently being placed on them… That will have an impact on the second half of this year, there’s no doubt about that.”
Threadgold explained that there is no budget for overtime pay for increased police hours, and that officers are not adequately trained on how to enforce speech rules. stated. here. “
Callum Steele, former president of the Scottish Police Federation, said estimates that new hate speech laws would add hundreds of thousands of pounds to police costs were “probably conservative” and that Police Scotland would probably spend its budget on “salami slices”. “It would be necessary to do so,” he added. enforce the law;
Mr Steele accused Police Scotland of being “negligent and unprepared” and that while many of the problems were “completely foreseeable”, police were “simply unprepared”.
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In addition to the logistical problems associated with enforcing the draconian law, the law was thrown into further disarray this week. Harry potter Author JK Rowling has publicly declared that several prominent transgender “women” are actually men, leading police to arrest them.
The comments appear to have broken the law, with Government Minister Siobhan Brown previously saying it was against speech codes to “misgender” someone. However, Police Scotland announced on Tuesday that it would not bring criminal charges against Mr Rowling due to its reluctance to arrest one of the country’s most famous and prominent residents.
Adding to the pressure, Rowling said that if a woman was arrested for saying “men will be men,” she would post the exact same message to force police to arrest her.
Even more embarrassing for the left-wing Scottish National Party (SNP) government, the country’s first minister, Humza Yousaf (a role similar to that of a governor in the US), replaced Rowling in the first 48 hours after the law came into force. reportedly received more complaints than The restrictions are in place over a 2020 parliamentary rant in which he criticized the overrepresentation of white people in government positions and other prestigious roles in Scotland, where 95 per cent of the population is white.
Russell Findlay, a Conservative member of the Scottish Parliament, criticized the first minister, saying: “Humza Yousaf has the arrogance of someone who has warned that his hate crime legislation will put extreme pressure on Scottish police officers. refused to listen.
“Despite these practical concerns and concerns about freedom of speech, the SNP, supported by Labor, still voted in favor of this appalling bill. , it’s extremely shameful.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Since April 1, we have seen a significant increase in the number of calls we receive online, but these are managed within our contact centers and have no impact on frontline policing. No,” he said.
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