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"It lies at the heart of some of the biggest problems that this service faces," he said."Let me be blunt; one of those problems is corruption. We have all been shaken and sickened by recent revelations about a tiny minority of police officers who have betrayed our service. If we examine the facts of these cases, one common denominator is the absence of adequate supervision of these officers."Home Secretary Jack Straw will address the conference today. His department is also unveiling plans for a shake-up in the way police officers are investigated.. The new head of the Commission for Racial Equality called on the police and courts yesterday to take a tougher approach to racists after police figures showed the number of reported race crimes has doubled in the past year. Gurbux Singh, the commission chairman, said: "I want to see better policing, better protection and better prosecution." The new head of the Commission for Racial Equality called on the police and courts yesterday to take a tougher approach to racists after police figures showed the number of reported race crimes has doubled in the past year.

Gurbux Singh, the commission chairman, said: "I want to see better policing, better protection and better prosecution." Figures from the Metropolitan Police Service show that in the year up to April the number of reported racial incidents more than doubled to 23,300, the equivalent of 63 per day. The incidents include assaults, verbal abuse and harassment.While the national figures for this year are not yet available, Mr Singh said the London figures pointed to a "massive" rise across the country in recorded racial incidents.He called for a "zero-tolerance policy" on racists. "Lenient verdicts just send out a message that it is all right to be a racist, that the establishment does not care, and that those crimes will not attract severe penalties," he said."My job is to make sure that the police never again place a lower priority on catching those who victimise other human beings just because of the colour of their skin The police must take racist incidents seriously ... We need to send a clear message to the racists that they will be caught and prosecuted."He also called for more emphasis on tackling "poor education, poor housing and poor social services that specifically affect ethnic minority communities and individuals".A spokesperson for the CRE said: "We have heard a lot of rhetoric about improvements in race relations and the criminal justice system; it is time for the Government to deliver on those promises."But the Met defended its performance on race-related crime, saying the figures reflected greater public awareness of the issue.

"Following the criticism levelled at the Metropolitan Police Service for the handling of race crime there has been a massive programme of change, which has resulted in a steady but significant increase in recorded race crime," a spokeswoman said."Not only does this reflect the improved recognition of this type of crime but it also shows a growth in community confidence."Ethnic minority monitor groups have expressed concern that politicians' use of the "race card" in the run-up to local elections and newspaper claims that "bogus" asylum- seekers were "flooding" the country have been responsible for a surge in race crimes.The commission is hoping laws contained in the forthcoming Race Relations (Amendment) Bill will provide anti-racism campaigners with a powerful tool to force change. The legislation will require public authorities, including the police, to set race targets and employ people from all sections of the community."The Home Secretary must give us the powers to make sure we can implement, monitor and enforce the new legislation," Mr Singh said.. Police fired tear gas in a city square to disperse rowdy British and Turkish fans who were throwing bottles ahead of the UEFA Cup final between Galatasaray of Turkey and Arsenal, a match already marred by overnight clashes and the stabbing of an Arsenal fan. Police fired tear gas in a city square to disperse rowdy British and Turkish fans who were throwing bottles ahead of the UEFA Cup final between Galatasaray of Turkey and Arsenal, a match already marred by overnight clashes and the stabbing of an Arsenal fan. Hundreds of Turkish fans decked out in red and yellow Galatasaray jerseys were rushing around the square, just yards from Copenhagen's landmark amusement park Tivoli gardens, while helmeted riot police struggled to gain control of the situation. A crowd of them was threatening an English pub, where British fans were gathered.Details were sketchy, but helmeted riot police had surrounded another outdoor cafe, where they were trying to keep the rowdy fans from picking up chairs to throw at them.The outburst broke out during rush hour, miring the downtown traffic.Several groups of Turkish fans and some Danes were gathered on the City Hall Square, where the overnight clashes occurred, but police were forming a line and pushing people away to clear the area.It was not clear how the melee began in the late afternoon but the private Turkish television station NTV reported that fans had been taunting each other and throwing chairs and other debris, private Turkish television NTV reported. Few police were on the square when the violence began but appeared shortly afterward and fired the tear gas.Several people appeared to be injured, but police were not giving any details.The owner of a snackbar on the square who refused to give his name said a group of people wearing Galatasaray jerseys attacked an English fan with a still-bloody chair from a cafe and he was taken away in an ambulance.The mood in the Danish capital has been tense all day after early morning fighting that broke out on another main square, injuring eight people and resulting in the arrests of four Britons and six Turks.

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