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20/05/2009
Met Officers Launch Hate Crime Crackdown
Police in London are carrying out a series of raids today to crack down on 'hate' and domestic crime.
Operation Athena is underway to mark the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) and is designed to focus on bringing offenders to justice.
By lunchtime today, some 30 arrests had been made for a range of offences including domestic violence, homophobia and race hate crime.
Metropolitan Police officers were involved in "proactively targeting dangerous and prolific offenders" across the 32 boroughs, as well as carrying out high-visibility patrols, and working with Safer Neighbourhoods Teams to encourage victims to come forward.
The operation involves teams including Tower Hamlets in East London as well as neighbouring Hackney, Newham and Waltham Forest.
Hate and faith crime includes racist, homophobic and disability crime, as well as crimes against adults at risk or older people by members of their own family or carers.
Acting Detective Superintendent Gerry Campbell said: "Athena is now in its ninth year, and we retain a relentless commitment to tackling all forms of domestic violence, homophobic, transphobic and other forms of hate crime, whilst continually improving our services to victims and potential victims.
"Today's operation sends out a clear message: violence in any form is unacceptable. We will continue to proactively identify, arrest and seek the prosecution of violent people.
"We now have a public protection groups in every London borough, dedicated to proactively investigating a wide range of domestic violence, hate and sexual crimes perpetrated by violent and dangerous offenders."
(JM/BMcc)
Operation Athena is underway to mark the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) and is designed to focus on bringing offenders to justice.
By lunchtime today, some 30 arrests had been made for a range of offences including domestic violence, homophobia and race hate crime.
Metropolitan Police officers were involved in "proactively targeting dangerous and prolific offenders" across the 32 boroughs, as well as carrying out high-visibility patrols, and working with Safer Neighbourhoods Teams to encourage victims to come forward.
The operation involves teams including Tower Hamlets in East London as well as neighbouring Hackney, Newham and Waltham Forest.
Hate and faith crime includes racist, homophobic and disability crime, as well as crimes against adults at risk or older people by members of their own family or carers.
Acting Detective Superintendent Gerry Campbell said: "Athena is now in its ninth year, and we retain a relentless commitment to tackling all forms of domestic violence, homophobic, transphobic and other forms of hate crime, whilst continually improving our services to victims and potential victims.
"Today's operation sends out a clear message: violence in any form is unacceptable. We will continue to proactively identify, arrest and seek the prosecution of violent people.
"We now have a public protection groups in every London borough, dedicated to proactively investigating a wide range of domestic violence, hate and sexual crimes perpetrated by violent and dangerous offenders."
(JM/BMcc)
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