Equality and inclusion

Find out how we promote equality and inclusion.

Equality Statement

Even before the Equality Act 2010 brought in a general equality duty for all public authorities, equality and inclusion was very important to us.

We have a number of initiatives in place, including Police Link Officers for the Deaf (PLOD), LGBT+ Link Officers who support our LGBT communities, a Hate Crime Resource Group, scrutiny from a strategic independent advisory group and more. We extend our commitments to our staff and officers, as well as the public.

LGBT+ Link Officers

We are in the process of having police officers and staff who have received additional and on-going training and are dedicated to supporting our LGBT+ communities. They will work to:

• build trust, confidence and positive relationships with the LGBT+ community

• encourage the reporting of hate crimes related to sexual orientation and gender identity

• support LGBT+ witnesses and victims of crime

To contact an LGBT+ Link Officer for non-urgent advice please open a 'contact us' ticket in the Corporate Communications server. Your message will be passed on to an officer who can help when they are next on duty.

Hate crime

We are currently working on adding more information about hate crimes and it will be added as soon as possible.