THE Society of Editors has today welcomed interim guidance by the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs’ Council that police forces should consider releasing the ethnicity and nationality of suspects at the point of charge.

The guidance, issued in the wake of public concerns and in an effort to ensure police processes are fit for purpose in an age of rapid information spread, encourages forces to disclose ethnicity and nationality when there is a clear policing purpose, such as countering misinformation and disinformation.

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Your Harlow is a member of the Society of Editors.