Recently, there have been cases when we have seen officers attending members of the public’s properties over perceived offence taken at gender-critical views on social media; failing to take action against threats of violence made by trans activists directed at biological women; attempting to enforce non-existing blasphemy laws in the name of ‘community cohesion’; dancing and fraternising with political marchers; waving the ‘Progress flag’ (which symbolises highly contested ideologies) or painting police cars in its colours, siding with the highly political Black Lives Matter movement by taking the knee; apologising for being ‘institutionally racist’ which is an unhelpful and inaccurate term; or encouraging the uptake of highly contested ideologies like critical race theory, gender ideology, or eco-extremism, as useful frameworks for policing.