西米德兰兹郡警察局局长警告称，任何人在阳光明媚的日子里戴着巴拉克拉瓦面罩（注：一种只露出眼睛、嘴巴或全脸的头套）出行，都可能引来警方关注。
The chief constable of West Midlands Police has warned that anyone wearing a balaclava on a sunny day can expect to receive police attention.
斯科特·格林于9月获任命为该警局正式局长，此前自1月克雷格·吉尔福德离任后，他一直担任代理局长。
Scott Green was appointed as the force's permanent chief constable in September, having served as interim chief constable following the departure of Craig Guildford in January.
格林是在接受BBC西米德兰兹电台“热座”节目采访时发表上述言论的，反社会行为是听众提问中的反复出现的主题。
Green was speaking as part of a hot seat on BBC Radio WM, where anti-social behaviour was a recurrent theme of listeners' questions.
请阅读下文中的采访要点，或点此收听采访片段。两位来电者向格林询问了关于面部遮盖物的问题，其中一位来自索利哈尔女子步行团体的代表称，该团体在市中心遭遇过针对她们的反社会行为。
Read our takeaways from the interview below or listen to an excerpt of the interview here Two callers questioned Green about face coverings, including a representative from a women's walking group in Solihull, who said the group had experienced anti-social behaviour towards them in the town centre.
一位来自达德利的男子询问格林，当地能否实施巴拉克拉瓦面罩禁令，并提到诺丁汉于9月15日开始执行的巴拉克拉瓦面罩禁令。
One man from Dudley asked Green if a balaclava ban could be implemented in the town, referencing Nottingham's ban of balaclavas which was enforced on 15 September.
该禁令授权当局在“合理相信”面罩被用于实施犯罪或反社会行为时，要求佩戴者摘下面罩——拒绝者将面临70英镑罚款。
The ban allows authorities to ask people to take them off if they "reasonably believe" they are being used to commit crime or anti-social behaviour - with anyone refusing facing a £70 fine.
这位自称米奇的来电者称，戴着面罩的青少年“在当地社区制造混乱”。格林表示，立法是政府的职责，但警方有权要求人们摘下面部遮盖物。
The caller, Mitch, said youths wearing them were "causing havoc in the local community." Green said that while legislation was the government's job, the force had the power to get people to remove face coverings.
他说：“在应对抗议活动等问题上，有一项相对较新的权力，指定官员可以设立面部遮盖物限制，此外还有民事立法。”
"There's a relatively new power in relation to, particularly, issues around protest where a designated officer can put in place a restriction on face coverings, and there is civil legislation," he said.
他补充说，一些地方政府已与警方合作设立了公共空间保护令（PSPO），以禁止面部遮盖物。
He added that some local authorities had put Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) in place, in partnership with police, to ban face coverings.
格林说：“但我想说的是，在像今天这样阳光明媚的秋日，如果你戴着巴拉克拉瓦面罩在我们的城镇或市中心走动，可以预期会引来我们警员的注意。”
"What I would say though is this. On a autumnal day like today with the sun shining, if you're walking around one of our towns or city centres wearing a balaclava, you can expect the attention of our officers," Green said.
“这是不无道理的，因为我们都会对戴着面罩的人感到畏惧。”来自女子步行团体的萨莎也表示，她团体的成员在索利哈尔市中心的晚上没有看到任何警察或社区警务辅助人员（PCSO）。
"And that's not unreasonable because we would all feel intimidated by somebody with a face covering." Sasha, from the women's walking group, also said that members of her group did not see any police or PCSOs in Solihull town centre in the evening.
格林表示，警方正在审视不同警务团队之间的平衡，“这样我们就永远不必把社区警官从他们执行的重要职能中抽调走。”他补充道：“我希望这能让我们在城镇和城市以及社区中拥有更多的警力存在，不仅是在白天，而且正如你正确指出的，也延伸到晚上，这样我们会更加显眼。”
Green said the force was reviewing the balance between different policing teams, "so we never have to divert our neighbourhood officers away from the important function that they perform." He added: "And that I am hopeful will give us more presence in our towns and cities and within our communities, both during the daytime but also, as you rightly say, into the evening so that we will be more visible."
一名叫肖恩的男子也向格林提问：“为什么受害者感觉被抛弃了，还得指望自己为正义而战？”肖恩说，他去当地派出所的经历是，证据“甚至根本没被看一眼”，并被告知这是民事纠纷，而非警方管辖的事项。“这是一次真正创伤性的经历，”他说。“我感到非常失望。”
Green was also asked by a man called Sean: "Why are victims feeling left abandoned and expected to fight for justice for themselves?" Sean said his experience of going to his local police station was that evidence was "kind of not even looked at" and told it was a civil matter, not a police matter. "It's just been a really traumatic experience," he said. "I feel really let down."
格林回应道：“如果我们让你失望了，如果我们遗漏了什么，我向你道歉。”他还表示，他的团队将确保肖恩接到警方内部人员的电话。
Green responded: "If we've let you down, then I offer my apologies to you if we've missed something." He also said his team would ensure that Sean would get a phone call from someone within the force.
格林补充道：“如果某事被作为犯罪报告，我对公众的承诺是我们将调查所有犯罪。这是我的承诺。”西米德兰兹警方的积极结案率——即犯罪嫌疑人面临起诉或警告等行动——已达到16%。
Green added: "If a matter is reported to as a crime, my commitment to the public is we will investigate all crimes. That is my commitment." The number of positive outcomes at West Midlands Police - meaning an offender has faced action such as being charged or cautioned - has reached 16%.
格林表示，该警方几年前曾处于特别监管措施之下，破案率最低，不足3%。
Green said the force had been in special measures several years ago and had the lowest solved crime rate, of less than 3%.
他说，目前的数字高于全国平均水平，全国最高水平“大概在20%左右”。
He said the current figure was higher than the national average and that the highest level in the country was "probably about 20%".
他补充道：“我想让大家放心的是，我们的破案率提升速度是全国最快的，并且还在持续提高。”
"The reassurance I would give to everybody is that our solved rate is the fastest improved in the country and continues to improve," he added.
一名叫达伦的听众向格林抱怨他的邻居，称其“经常酗酒并使用硬性毒品”。
A listener called Darren spoke to Green about his neighbour, who he said was "constantly drinking and using hard drugs".
他说：“我相信他的驾照已经被吊销，但他仍在开车，没有年检也没有保险。”
He said: "I believe he has had his licence revoked, he is driving his car, no MOT no insurance.
“他到处开车，已经被多次举报，已经荒唐至极。如果他撞死了人，我们该怪谁？”
"He is driving around and it's been reported enough times, it's getting ridiculous. Who are we going to blame if he kills somebody?"
格林表示他会设法获取该人的详细信息，并称“我们会采取行动”。他说：“我们经常收到有关有人在被禁驾期间仍然驾驶的情报，并且我们会定期采取行动，因为他们的行为会危及所有人。”
Green said he would endeavour to get the person's details and said "we will take action." "We do regularly get intelligence about people that are driving particularly whilst disqualified and we do regularly take action because they put all of us in danger when they're doing so," he said.
西米德兰兹警察因在一份报告中使用人工智能（AI），而受到批评。该报告促成了2025年11月6日阿斯顿维拉对阵以色列马卡比特拉维夫球迷被禁赛的决定。
West Midlands Police received criticism over its use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a report which contributed to the decision to ban Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match at Aston Villa on 6 November 2025.
报告中发现了八处错误，其中包括提及一场并不存在的马卡比对阵西汉姆的比赛，被认为是微软Copilot产生的幻觉。
Eight errors were found in the report, including a reference to a non-existent game between Maccabi and West Ham, believed to have been hallucinated by Microsoft Copilot.
此前有报道称格林已禁止警队使用AI，但警长澄清说，他只是对微软Copilot实施了临时禁用。
It had previously been indicated that Green had banned the force's use of AI, but the chief constable clarified that he had instituted a temporary ban of Microsoft Copilot.
他说：“我关闭的部分是Copilot。我们将与许多其他警队一起，最终会重新开启Copilot。”
"The bit that I turned off was Copilot. We will, alongside lots of other forces, we will eventually turn Copilot back on," he said.
格林补充说，警队仍在使用AI接听电话并在凶杀案件中审查监控录像。
Green added the force still used AI to answer telephone calls and to review CCTV footage in homicide investigations.
警长表示，最终Copilot将只对少数用户开放，所有拥有使用权限的人都必须接受强制培训，并签署年度声明，声明所产生的工作成果归用户所有，而非AI。
The chief constable said eventually Copilot would be switched on for a small number of users and everyone with access would have undergone a mandatory training course and sign an annual declaration form saying the work produced would be owned by the user and not AI.
他还指出，他认为未来AI将在警务中得到更广泛的应用，但警队需要谨慎行事，因此正在采取“那些迭代的、审慎的步骤”。
He added that he thought AI would be used more in policing in the future but the force needed to be careful, hence they were taking "those iterative, cautious steps".
他说：“我想把人工智能的优势和长处引入警务工作，引入西米德兰兹郡警局的警务工作中。”
"I want to bring the advantages and the strengths of AI into policing and into policing the West Midlands Police," he said.
