No more "Christian name, sir?" in Kent, UK

[Mark Mandel]

*Police officers banned from asking for 'Christian'
names*<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7472046/Police-officers-banned-from-asking-for-Christian-names.html>

Police officers have been banned from asking for a person’s “Christian” name
because it might offend people with other religious beliefs.
By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent
from telegraph.co.uk
Published: 12:18PM GMT 18 Mar 2010

Officers taking down a suspect’s particulars must now ask them for a
“personal and family name” in case the word “Christian” offends Muslims,
Sikhs or other faiths, according to the new official guidance.

Kent Police's prescriptive diversity rulebook also tells officers to refrain
from using phrases such as “my dear” or “love”, when addressing women for
fear it may cause “embarrassment or offence”.


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