Community Safety - Racial Abuse Reporting Form

Lord MacPherson’s report on the handling of the Stephen Lawrence murder enquiry made over 70 recommendations, one of which was the introduction of Third Party reporting for Race hate or similar type crimes. Strathclyde Police offers Third Party Reporting of such crimes and incidents.

In East Renfrewshire the local police Community Safety Department are responsible for this. Third party reporting was launched in partnership with East Renfrewshire Council at the Barriers and Bridges Conference 2006, held at Mearns Castle high School on 30 November.

The attached form allows you to submit details of this type of incident to the police. The information will only be shared with statutory agencies and voluntary bodies who work with Strathclyde Police to deal with these issues.

If you do not wish the information shared with other agencies, your decision will be respected unless there is a legal responsibility or an overwhelming need to share the information for the public good. Should you not wish the matter taken any further, as a service it is still important to have accurate information to tackle this issue.

This method of receipt should not be used for an ongoing or urgent incident, in that instance please telephone: 0141 532 5700.

Information which must be provided to process this form is shown by an [*].

All other information fields are optional.

Step 1: Contact details

Ethnic Group:

[*] Title:

[*] First Name: Paul, Claire, James.

[*] Last Name: Andrews, Scott, Sinclair.

[*] Date of Birth:

Occupation: joiner, clerk.

[*] Daytime Tel: Please include area code.

[*] Evening Tel: Please include area code.

[*] Address:
Please supply the Company name if using a business address.

[*] City / Town: e.g. Barrhead, Giffnock, Eaglesham

[*] Postcode: e.g. G71 2TW

Step 2: Incident details

[*] Date of incident:

[*] Time of incident:

[*] Location:

[*] Details of Incident:
Please describe the incident briefly with as much detail as possible.

Step 3: Special Requirements

(if requested by the reporter / victim)

Preferred Language:

Interpreter Required

Yes :
No :

Female Office Required

Yes :
No :

Police Contact Phone ONLY

Yes :
No :

Plainclothes Preferred

Yes :
No :

Step 4: Declaration

This section must be read by / to the victim / reporter before information and signature is requested.

The information contained in this form will be held for Policing and administration purposes and to assist in identifying repeat victims and offenders.

The information may also be shared with statutory agencies and others who work in partnership with Strathclyde Police to tackle race issues. It will not be shared without your consent unless required by law or where there is an overriding public interest to do so.

I ( Victim / Reporter )

I ( on behalf of )

I ( Victim )

Racial Abuse Reporting Form

Step 1: Contact details

Step 2: Incident details

Step 3: Special Requirements

Step 4: Declaration

Step 5: Consent