Report Warns Police Training Ignores Legal Protections for Free Speech

Report Warns Police Training Ignores Legal Protections for Free Speech
British police officers on patrol in an undated file photo. Anthony Devlin/PA
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British Police forces are failing to train officers on the importance of free speech, according to a new report by the Free Speech Union.
The report (pdf), entitled “The Urgent Need to Teach Police About Free Speech,” argues that police training is informed by critical social justice ideology and that there is a “deficiency in the way the police are trained on free speech issues.”
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