Harry Miller, former police officer and founder of the campaigning group Fair Cop, discusses his court victory against Humberside Constabulary last year and his current legal challenge in the Court of Appeal which questions the lawfulness of provisions within the “Hate Crime Operational Guidance” (HCOG) published by the College of Policing. Specifically, Miller’s appeal challenges how the HCOG mandates the recording of so-called “non-crime hate incidents” where such allegations have been made against 120,000 people in the UK for which there need not be any evidence of hate for the recording of a “hate incident” while the accused’s record is not only blighted by an accusation that need not be proven but such incidents are not made known to the accused. Miller elaborates how this guidance has had a “chilling effect” on free speech.

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