"A mother has been hit with a ‘hate incident’ report after failing to call her transgender child by their new name, records show.
The case was reported to police after the youngster complained to teachers, and officers decided that no crime had been committed.
Despite this, they logged it as a non-crime hate incident (NCHI). It is unclear whether officers visited the family or just took down details in case the row escalated.
The spat was revealed as part of a wider probe into NCHIs, which were axed in March amid calls for the police to focus on crime.
More than 500 were recorded in England and Wales in a month last September, and the true number is expected to be far higher.
The Sun reported that 15 of 44 forces, including London’s Met Police refused to reveal details or said the costs of doing so would be too high."