Image caption Chief Constable Simon Cole said criticism of Prevent was unfair A senior police officer has called the government"s Prevent anti-extremism programme “absolutely fundamental” in countering terrorism in the UK.
The programme has been criticised by MPs, the National Union of Teachers and the Muslim Council of Britain.
But Leicestershire Chief Constable Simon Cole said it was sometimes wrongly presented in “hysterical” terms as a spying operation.
It was for those needing help and support, he told the Press Association.
Around 7,500 referrals were made to the Prevent scheme last year to try to tackle home-grown extremism – the equivalent of 20 each day.
The period included the introduction of a new counter-extremism duty, requiring public bodies to stop people being drawn into terrorism, which took effect in July last year.
Of the people referred to the scheme, set up in the wake of the 7/7 bombings in London, 10% were deemed to have a vulnerability to terrorism and ..
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