Police to Cut Back on Recording ‘Frivolous’ Social Media Spats Under Major Crime Shake-Up

Police to Cut Back on Recording ‘Frivolous’ Social Media Spats Under Major Crime Shake-Up
Police Officers stand in Parliament Square in London, England, on Feb. 15, 2015. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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The Home Office is introducing a major reform of crime procedures to move the police away from “frivolous” social media arguments and focus time instead on investigating serious crimes such as burglary.

On Thursday, Minister for Crime and Policing Chris Philp announced a new government shake-up to cut “unnecessary red tape” will see the police stopping recording neighbour rows and Twitter spats as offences, unless the criminal threshold has clearly been met.
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