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- Emily Spurrell, chairwoman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), calls rising flag displays in Britain a 'tool of division' and 'intimidation'.
- She says these flags sow fear and fuel hate-filled rhetoric against immigrants, noting most violence against women and girls is by British white men, not asylum seekers.
- Gavin Stephens of National Police Chiefs Council says flag displays should be addressed by local communities, not the police.
