Officer training for hate and disability crime

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.037172

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. Does the police department provide hate crime training for its officers?
   If yes, is the training conducted online or in person?
2. Does the police department provide specific training for its officers on disability hate crimes?
   If yes, is the training conducted online or in person?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - Does the police department provide hate crime training for its officers?
If yes, is the training conducted online or in person?

Hate Crime training is provided to all recruits (Police Officer, Direct Entry Detective, Police Community Support Officer as well as other new joiners in various roles within the Metropolitan Police). There is additional training provided for uniformed Police Officers going into the Detective Route as well as enhanced training provided to Detectives going into specific Safeguarding units tasked with investigation of Hate Crime (Community Safety Units). All training will have an element of some online training but will be predominantly face-to-face training.

Q2 - Does the police department provide specific training for its officers on disability hate crimes?
If yes, is the training conducted online or in person?

Disability Hate Crime training is conducted within the main Hate Crime training – there is no specific separate specific element.