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How can I report a racist incident?
If you have experienced or witnessed a racist or religiously motivated incident, you can report it in a number of ways to the Police (email: contact.centre@sussex.pnn.police.uk) or to the Partnership Community Safety Team (PCST) (email: racial.harassment@brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Reporting to the Police

• In an emergency please dial 999 and ask to speak to the Police
• In non-emergency you can contact the police on 0845 6070 999.
• You can also email the police on contact.centre@sussex.pnn.police.uk

Sussex Police regard a racist or religiously motivated incident as a strategy incident and will respond as soon as possible.

If you need an interpreter, the police will be able to provide you with one.

True-Vision self-reporting forms

If you have experienced  a racist or religiously motivated incident that you wish to self-report, you could do so by using the True Vision forms.  The self-reporting forms titled 'Tackling crimes against race & religion' are available in the council buildings and the police stations. Look for the Eye sign. You could also access and report incidents on-line to the police.

Hate Incident Report Form
An organisation that comes in contact with people who may wish to report racist and religiously motivated incidents should use the Hate Incident Report Form. Please send the completed forms to:

Racial Harassment Caseworker
Partnership Community Safety Team
162 North St., Brighton. BN1 1EA.
Tel.: (01273) 292735  Fax: (01273) 294648
racial.harassment@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Reporting to the Partnership Community Safety Team

What is the PCST?

The PCST link is a partnership of the Brighton & Hove Council with the Sussex Police, the Racial Harassment Forum and the LGBT communities.  In practical terms it means that some members of the team are employed by the Council and others are employed by the Police and together they work to reduce racist and religiously motivated crimes and incidents.  The aims of the service include increasing reported incidents, ensuring victims and witnesses are fully supported and building their confidence in the criminal justice systems. All the work carried out by the PCST and other statutory partners in combating racist and religiously motivated incident is therefore shaped and monitored by us, the Racial Harassment Forum.  This means that there is continual input from the community and voluntary sector in all the work carried out and that all the sectors work collaboratively. It also creates a system of accountability and joint ownership, which is vital for the successful outcomes of the strategic work.

If you wish to learn more about what other support is available please visit Victim Support.  If you wish to find this information in other languages please visit Victim support leaflets translated in other languages.

Help for victims of racist incident leaflet is available in languages other than English please visit Help after racist crimes.

You can call them for a chat or an appointment

Telephone Contacts:

• Hate Incident / Crime Caseworkers (Race, Faith, & Disability) - (01273) 296777 & (01273) 294637
• Senior Hate Incident Caseworker – (01273) 292735

(All available office hours Monday to Friday)

You could email the Hate Incident Caseworkers at racial.harassment@brighton-hove.gov.uk or hate.incidents@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Meet them at the:

Partnership Community Safety Team
162 North Street
Brighton
BN1 1 EA

They can also meet you at other venues in the neighbourhood if you would prefer that/

What if I need some support?
The Hate Incident Caseworkers based at the PCST

• Can arrange to meet you at your home, if you wish.
• Can provide language/sign interpreter, if you need one.
• If you choose to work with the Caseworker, an action plan will be developed to resolve the complaint.
• with your consent, they will work with other agencies (police, housing officers, schools etc.) on the agreed actions.
• They will support you throughout the process.
• They will also support you if you have to go to the court
• The case will be managed with the aim that the outcome will be both agreeable to the victim and realistic.
• The Race Liaison Officer is a civilian member of the team.  They are based at the at the Anti-Victimisation Unit (AVU), Brighton police station.  (01273) 665657
• They will support people who choose to directly report a racist or religiously motivated incident to the police.
• They provide a link into the police for victims and Black and Minority Ethnic communities.