29. The National Police Chiefs Within one year National Police Chiefs Council should ensure that local Council police forces have sufficient training to enable them to effectively investigate offences committed through social media. Local police forces should be able to access advice and guidance on the context in which MPs and Parliamentary candidates work. 30. The College of Policing Before the next College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice for general election elections should be updated to include offences relating to intimidation, including offences committed through social media. 31. The National Police Chiefs Before the next National Police Chiefs Council, working with the Crown general election Council, working with the Prosecution Service and the College Crown Prosecution of Policing, should produce Service and the College of accessible guidance for Policing Parliamentary candidates giving clear advice on behaviour they may experience during a campaign which is likely to constitute a criminal offence and what they should do in the face of such intimidation. 32. Press regulation bodies should By December 2018 Press regulation bodies extend their codes of conduct to (IPSO and Impress) prohibit unacceptable language that incites intimidation. 33. News organisations should only Immediately News organisations consider stories from freelance journalists that meet the standards of or the IPSO’s Editors Code, Editorial Guidelines of Impress, as appropriate, and ensure that freelance journalists are aware of this policy.
29. The National Police Chiefs Council should ensure that local police forces have sufficient training to enable them to effectively investigate offences committed through social media. Local police forces should be able to access advice and guidance on the context in which MPs and Parliamentary candidates work. Within one year National Police Chiefs Council 30. The College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice for elections should be updated to include offences relating to intimidation, including offences committed through social media. Before the next general election College of Policing 31. The National Police Chiefs Council, working with the Crown Prosecution Service and the College of Policing, should produce accessible guidance for Parliamentary candidates giving clear advice on behaviour they may experience during a campaign which is likely to constitute a criminal offence and what they should do in the face of such intimidation. Before the next general election National Police Chiefs Council, working with the Crown Prosecution Service and the College of Policing 32. Press regulation bodies should extend their codes of conduct to prohibit unacceptable language that incites intimidation. By December 2018 Press regulation bodies (IPSO and Impress) 33. News organisations should only consider stories from freelance journalists that meet the standards of IPSO’s Editors Code, or the Editorial Guidelines of Impress, as appropriate, and ensure that freelance journalists are aware of this policy. Immediately News organisations