https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-50302912
Police concerns over rise of 'paedophile hunters'
Published
6 November 2019
” However, senior police officers said they had serious concerns over the activities of these vigilante groups.
An assistant chief constable with responsibilities for tackling online child abuse said paedophile hunting groups were usually acting in their own interests rather than those of the children, diverted police resources away from other offenders and often committed offences themselves.”
” The National Police Chiefs' Council lead for online child abuse activist groups, Assistant Chief Constable Dan Vajzovic, said vigilante groups often exceeded the boundaries of the law.
He warned some were "perpetrating offences including extortion, blackmail and exhibiting violence against those that they are targeting".”
” He also questioned their aims.
"When these groups say that they are acting in the interests of children, largely they are acting in their own interests, their self-aggrandisement and their desire to exercise force against so-called perpetrators of child abuse," Mr Vajzovic said.
"They don't put in measures to safeguard children, they don't put in measures to identify other offenders who may be connected to the people they are targeting. They're more interested in putting a video online of them carrying out a sting."”
” "Overall the activity of these groups is not positive."”
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