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Nigel Farage accuses Essex Police chief of misleading the public over migrant crime
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has criticised Essex Police's chief constable, Rachel Nolan, accusing her of being "completely wrong" and "deeply misleading" after she stated that the public had no reason to be concerned about criminality linked to migrants housed at the MDP Wethersfield base. Nolan previously noted that crimes associated with the site were very low, with 15 offences recorded since 2023 involving a service user as a suspect. Farage made the remarks while joining a patrol for Operation Vanguard, a three-month trial involving council-funded security guards in Essex.
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- Nigel Farage has accused Essex Police chief constable Rachel Nolan of misleading the public regarding crime committed by asylum seekers at the MDP Wethersfield base.
- Nolan previously stated that crime linked to the Wethersfield accommodation was very low, with only 15 offences recorded since 2023 involving a service user.
- Farage dismissed Nolan's comments as "deeply misleading" while patrolling with Operation Vanguard security guards in Chelmsford.
- Operation Vanguard is a three-month trial funded by Reform-led Essex County Council, deploying uniformed security operatives to patrol city centres.
- Farage also criticised police forces more broadly, claiming they had given up on catching shoplifters.