Ask your police boss to help end hate crime

As many as 9 out of 10 people with a learning disability have been victims of hate crime, and two thirds of people experience it regularly. This has to stop, and we want to get much closer to stopping it in 2013.

As part of the Stand by me campaign Mencap has been working with the police to improve how they work with people with a learning disability and how they tackle hate crime. Lots of great work is being done by police forces to better serve people with a learning disability and to end this type of crime, but there is still a very long way to go.

In November last year, new Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) were elected in England and Wales to manage police forces. PCCs will be responsible for deciding what their forces’ priorities are and how they spend their money, so it’s crucial that they understand the importance of tackling disability hate crime.

Please help us build on our work with the police by asking your local PCC to take the PCC pledge and commit to ending learning disability hate crime.

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Please note: this only applies to people who live in England and Wales, as neither Scotland nor Northern Ireland have elected Police and Crime Commissioners.

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