UK’s lead police officer on child protection says he wants such groups to stop, but says ‘I am not winning that conversation’The UK’s lead police officer on child protection has said forces will “potentially” have to look at working with so-called paedophile hunters. However, figures obtained by the BBC show an increase in the number of cases in which evidence gathered by paedophile hunters is being used. Judge rules 'paedophile hunters' can continue posing as children online Read more“I’m not going to condone these groups and I would encourage them all to stop, but I recognise that I am not winning that conversation. Bailey warned that paedophile hunters’ activities could hamper existing police operations. “I don’t encourage or condone the activities of these paedophile hunters, because we only ever hear of the cases where they believe it has gone well,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2017 07:30 UTC