Community Tensions Surrounding Flag Raising

Agreed on 1 September 2025. Updated on 3 September 2025

Following a national trend and social media encouragement to display flags in prominent locations, the local policing team is monitoring community tensions and disagreements over flag placement.

Landowners/local authorities are advised to make their own decisions on flag removal as in itself this is not a criminal offence. That said, the police will not tolerate any form of hate-related behaviour or criminal damage that may accompany flag raising and these offences will be investigated.

We remain in constant liaison with Wellington Town Council and our other partners on this issue.

Actions

3 September 2025

Meeting with Wellington Town Council to discuss the above issue and review flag placement tensions.