'Still more to be done' to deal with racial abuse, force is told

A CHIEF INSPECTOR SAID HUMBERSIDE POLICE HAS IMPROVED 'MASSIVELY' BUT STILL HAS WORK TO DO

- By ANDREW SPENCE

Chief Inspector Julian Hart, inset, has spoken out about his own experience of receiving racial abuse

HUMBERSIDE Police has been told it has more work to do to understand and track racial abuse towards its officers.

Humberside Police Federation, which represents officers, has said that the force has come a long way but more work is still needed to understand the scale of the problem.

Chief Inspector Julian Hart, Humberside Police Federation's Vice-Chair, Treasurer and PIP Lead, has spoken out about his own experience of receiving racial abuse. Chief Insp Hart, who is mixed-race, joined the force in 2001.

During a difficult childhood, he said he saw firsthand how police can help communities. This motivated him to join the force, he said: "Coming from a single-parent family on a council estate in Hull, I often witnessed domestic abuse and violence.

"The police would often be called, and as a child I noticed that when the police arrived, the violence ended. That gave me inspiration to join and help others.