ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an update on some thinking about the role of intelligence-led policing in dealing with hate crime. It expressly addresses the application of intelligence, with all the context of concerns that have arisen, to the policing of hate crime. The Independent Advisory Group (IAG) also acts as the formal hate crime IAG to the Association of Chief Police Officers and advises the other parts of the criminal justice system. It is dangerous and illogical to press models of World War Two too far when considering the policing of hate crimes. By contrast, there is much intelligence readily available as open source material. An intelligence related task was to explore the continuing impact of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry recommendations. There are outstanding tasks in respect of hate and intelligence that are worthwhile even in the context and environment that appears to be challenging and denigrating intelligence-led approaches of all kinds.
