Various police forces across the UK have signed up with Gaydar.co.uk in the ongoing fight against homophobic hate crime.

The aim is to encourage the gay and lesbian community to use the website as a safe and confidential means of communicating with LGBT police liaison officers. Through Gaydar.co.uk, victims of, and witnesses to, homophobic hate crimes are able to receive clear, constructive advice around personal safety, crime and how to report it.

Abuse because of someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity is hate crime. If you have been verbally or physically abused, harassed or attacked in any way by someone because they think you are a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, please help yourself and the community by reporting these crimes.  

Please note this is not a crime reporting system.
 
If you need to report a homophobic incident there are several ways to do it:

1. In an emergency you should always dial 999.
2. In a non-emergency situation you can contact your local police station direct.
3. You might prefer to contact your local LGBT Police Liaison Officer – their contacts can be obtained online, usually via a Community Safety Unit: www.met.police.uk/csu, of via the Gaydar police profiles below.
4. You may prefer to report via a third-party reporting site such as Galop (www.galop.org.uk), London Friend (www.londonfriend.org.uk), Crime Stoppers (www.crimestoppers-uk.org), or the the police funded True Vision wesbite (www.report-it.org.uk) either on the record or anonymously.

Hate crime, don't tolerate it, report it. With your help we can make hate crime stop.

LONDON / SOUTH EAST /  MIDLANDS /  EAST / NORTH WEST / SCOTLAND

LONDON

If you wish to contact an LGBT Liaison Officer on any other London Borough please visit: www.met.police.uk/contacts/LGBT.htm.

	Metropolitan Police	Greenwich	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtgreenwich
	Metropolitan Police	Hackney	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbthackney www.gaydargirls.com/lgbthackney
	Metropolitan Police	Haringey	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtharingey
	Metropolitan Police	Islington	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtislington
	Metropolitan Police	Kilburn	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtkilburn
	Metropolitan Police	Lambeth	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtlambeth
	Metropolitan Police	Kensington and Chelsea	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtlo www.gaydargirls.com/lgbtlo
	Metropolitan Police	Southwark	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtsouthwark www.gaydargirls.com/lgbtsouthwark
	Metropolitan Police	Wandsworth	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtwandsworth
	Metropolitan Police	Westminster	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtwestminster

SOUTH EAST

	Hampshire Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbthantspol www.gaydargirls.com/lgbthantspol
	Surrey Police	Surrey	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtsurreypol www.gaydargirls.com/lgbtsurreypol
	Sussex Police	Brighton and Hove	www.gaydar.co.uk/villagepolicing www.gaydargirls.com/villagepolicing

MIDLANDS

	West Midlands Police	West Midlands	www.gaydar.co.uk/rainbow_wmp
	Leicestershire Police	Leicester Leicestershire Rutland	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtleicspol
	Nottinghamshire Police	Nottinghamshire	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtnottspolice

EAST

Bedfordshire Police

Bedfordshire

www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtbedspolice www.gaydargirls.com/lgbtbedspolice

NORTH WEST

Cheshire Police

Cheshire

www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtcheshirepol

SCOTLAND

	Grampian Police	Aberdeen	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtgram_police
	Lothian and Borders Police	Edinburgh	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtlandb www.gaydargirls.com/lgbtlandb
	Strathclyde Police	Glasgow	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbtstrathclyde www.gaydargirls.com/lgbtstrathclyde
	Tayside Police	Dundee	www.gaydar.co.uk/lgbttaypolice

International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO): Saturday 17 May 2008.
Find out more at www.idahomophobia.org and www.idaho.org.uk.

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