Police institutional racism
Absence of a consensus framework for measuring and assessing institutional racism within individual police forces.
230 items
8 sources
3 inquiries
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Committee recommendation
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#81 - Require the EHRC to determine a framework for assessing institutional racism in police forces.
We believe that it would therefore be helpful to build consensus around a framework for measuring and assessing institutional racism within individual organisations, using the approach Wendy Williams applied in her consideration of the operations of the Home Office as a starting point. We recommend that the Equality and Human Rights Commission undertakes work to determine a framework...
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terms: institutional, police, racism
Committee recommendation
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#77 - BME police organisations consistently report ongoing experience of institutional racism in forces.
Firstly, we take extremely seriously the views of Black and minority ethnic police organisations who repeatedly told us that they continue to experience and bear witness to institutional racism in our police forces today, and believe that this testimony alone should be grounds enough for policing leaders, the Home Office and Government to take seriously the imperative for...
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Committee recommendation
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#46 - Professional Standards Departments lack BME representation and face institutional racism perceptions.
Police forces must act swiftly to address perceptions that Professional Standards Departments are marked by institutionally racist practices. In addition, forces must address unacceptable racial disproportionality in their composition: it is totally unacceptable that 63% of all Professional Standards Departments include no BME police officers at all. We welcome the work done by some forces, reported in the...
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terms: institutional, police, racism
Committee recommendation
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#71 - Mandate comprehensive review and overhaul of police anti-racism training by College of Policing.
We would like to see consistency in the quality and content of training delivered at a local and service wide level. To this end we recommend a comprehensive review and overhaul of training on racism, diversity and equality, led by the College of Policing and assisted by the Home Office. Its purpose should be to draw up clear...
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terms: institutional, police, racism
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-50 - Conduct local police racism awareness training involving minority ethnic communities
That police training and practical experience in the field of racism awareness and valuing cultural diversity should regularly be conducted at local level. And that it should be recognised that local minority ethnic communities should be involved in such training and experience.
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terms: police, racism
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-49 - Train all police officers and staff in racism awareness and cultural diversity
That all police officers, including CID and civilian staff, should be trained in racism awareness and valuing cultural diversity.
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terms: police, racism
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-48 - Review and revise police racism awareness training for consistent cultural diversity strategy
That there should be an immediate review and revision of racism awareness training within Police Services to ensure:- a. that there exists a consistent strategy to deliver appropriate training within all Police Services, based upon the value of our cultural diversity; b. that training courses are designed and delivered in order to develop the full understanding that good...
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terms: police, racism
Committee recommendation
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#80 - Macpherson's concept of institutional racism remains vital for accountability over inequalities.
Thirdly, we note the different approaches to assessing “institutional racism”—the description in the Macpherson report, the six tests developed by Wendy Williams, the criteria proposed by the Sewell Commission, and the approach to assessing and tackling discrimination and racism within public institutions set out in the Equality Act 2010. We believe that the concept of institutional racism set...
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terms: institutional, racism
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-52 - Home Office and Police Services publish racism awareness training standards and objectives
That the Home Office together with Police Services should publish recognised standards of training aims and objectives in the field of racism awareness and valuing cultural diversity.
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terms: police, racism
Committee recommendation
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#72 - Police leaders must set example through anti-racism training and confronting unfair behaviour.
It is essential also for leaders to set an example by undertaking this anti-racism training, shaping the organisational culture of their forces, confronting unfair behaviour among officers and addressing structures that disadvantage and discriminate.
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Committee recommendation
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#70 - Include explicit anti-racism focus in police officer training, examining racial disparities and outcomes.
Training for officers in addressing racism and valuing cultural diversity remains as important now as it was when the Macpherson report recommended it twenty-two years ago. But we are concerned by the disproportionate reliance on unconscious bias training that was apparent in the evidence we received. We recommend that training involves an explicit focus on anti-racism which should...
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terms: police, racism
Committee recommendation
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#73 - Policing has not adequately fulfilled responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010.
The Public Sector Equality Duty and the Equality Act 2010 are a part of the legacy of the Macpherson Report’s important work on institutional racism, as they build on the race equality duty that was introduced in response to the report’s findings. Under the Act the police, as public bodies, must have due regard to the need to...
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terms: institutional, police, racism
Committee recommendation
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#87 - Isolated police forces impede national progress in tackling race disparities
Police forces also need to recognise the importance of coordinated national work to address unjustified race disparities and tackle racism. Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners should support work by the NPCC and APCC to establish national strategies and monitoring to ensure progress everywhere as problems will not be solved by forces working in isolation. Shortcomings in...
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terms: police, racism
Committee recommendation
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#75 - Persistent, deep-rooted racial disparities in policing indicate structural problems for BME groups.
But our inquiry has also found that despite many years of commitments being made to race equality by the police service and the Home Office, there are still persistent, deep rooted and unjustified racial disparities in key areas. The failure to make sufficient progress on BME recruitment, retention and progression, troubling race disparities in the police misconduct system,...
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Committee recommendation
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#79 - Police and government demonstrate systematic failure to eliminate race inequality in policing.
We recognise that the devolved nature of policing means that there are variations in policies, cultures and outcomes between individual forces and institutions. However, based on the evidence we have received, we believe that whilst there have been improvements in important areas, there are continued shortcomings that go beyond individual bias and that amount to a systematic failure...
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Committee recommendation
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#44 - Police forces' inconsistent data collection obscures ethnic disparity in misconduct cases.
It is completely unacceptable that forces’ data on ethnic disparity in police misconduct has been inconsistent and incomplete to the point where it cannot be understood or acted upon. We are appalled that it has not been possible for us even to assess the extent of racial disparities in the misconduct system fully due to inadequacies The Macpherson...
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Committee recommendation
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#82 - Police forces must strengthen race inequality approach by adopting 'explain or change' model.
Fourthly, police forces must strengthen their approach to tackling the systemic problems of race inequality that we have identified. Forces should adopt the approach set out in the David Lammy review of the Criminal Justice System: explain or change. That must mean monitoring, assessing and robustly investigating race disparities so that only robust and evidence-based explanations are accepted;...
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Inquiry recommendation
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ANG-14 - Public commitment to anti-sexist anti-racist organisation
With immediate effect, every police force should commit publicly to being an anti-sexist, anti-misogynistic, anti-racist organisation in order to address, understand and eradicate sexism, racism and misogyny, contributing to a wider positive culture to remove all forms of discrimination from the profession. This includes properly addressing – and taking steps to root out – so-called 'banter' that often...
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terms: police, racism
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-57 - Ensure racist acts by police officers lead to disciplinary proceedings and dismissal
That the Police Services should through the implementation of a Code of Conduct or otherwise ensure that racist words or acts proved to have been spoken or done by police officers should lead to disciplinary proceedings, and that it should be understood that such conduct should usually merit dismissal.
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Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-11 - Apply Race Relations legislation to all police; make Chief Officers vicariously liable
That the full force of the Race Relations legislation should apply to all police officers, and that Chief Officers of Police should be made vicariously liable for the acts and omissions of their officers relevant to that legislation.
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Committee recommendation
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#43 - Racial disparity in police officer dismissals and disciplinary processes remains persistent.
There is clear racial disparity in the number of officers being dismissed from police forces—BME officers are more than twice as likely to be dismissed as White officers— and in the number of BME officers and staff being subjected to internal disciplinary processes. We welcome the recent work by the NPCC to instigate reforms. However it is extremely...
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Committee recommendation
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#35 - Many police forces underutilised positive action provisions for BME recruitment.
All forces must do far more to use the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to develop targeted recruitment campaigns, mentoring and support. Some forces have used those provisions very effectively to increase BME recruitment significantly in a short space of time. But we have been troubled to find that until recently many The Macpherson Report:...
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Committee recommendation
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#34 - Require APCC to facilitate shared learning on race equality in police recruitment.
We recommend that the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners works with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to enable force level comparison, and shared learning from different PCCs’ approaches to addressing race equality in recruitment to the police service.
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Committee recommendation
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#7 - Police forces and Home Office failing to collect local ethnic confidence data or plan effectively
Given the seriousness of the issue we are particularly alarmed by the failure of police forces and the Home Office to have proper plans in place to address the confidence gap, or even to be gathering the basic evidence and data they need at local force level to understand and tackle the problem. Lack of confidence data by...
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Committee recommendation
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#84 - Police forces and PCCs show insufficient progress on key race equality areas
Twenty-two years on, police forces need to take responsibility for the lack of progress in vital areas raised by the Macpherson report. Individual forces and Chief Constables have considerable scope within their own organisations and communities to increase BME recruitment, establish fair misconduct processes, and build trust with local communities over stop and search policies. Police and Crime...
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Committee recommendation
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#68 - Serious and persistent racial inequality shortcomings remain unaddressed in policing after two decades.
This report recognises the many significant changes that have been made on issues raised in the Macpherson report twenty-two years ago, including the major improvements in the way the police deal with racist crimes, and the public commitments by forces and senior officers to diversity and race equality. We also welcome the increased focus on race equality over...
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terms: police, racism
PFD report
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Arsema Dawit
Police investigation suffered from premature offence classification, misleading record entries, and inadequate supervision of action plans. There was also a gap in domestic violence reporting for non-adults and a reluctance to use interpreting services.
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PFD report
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Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor
Police investigations were marred by a significant number of "very serious and very basic investigative failings," including a profound lack of curiosity and errors, with terrible consequences.
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Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-66 - Require HMIC to inspect and report on police minority ethnic staff progress
That HMIC include in any regular inspection or in a thematic inspection a report on the progress made by Police Services in recruitment, progression and retention of minority ethnic staff.
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Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-65 - Facilitate initiatives to increase qualified minority ethnic recruits in police services
That the Home Office and Police Services should facilitate the development of initiatives to increase the number of qualified minority ethnic recruits.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-53 - Implement independent and regular monitoring of all Police Service training
That there should be independent and regular monitoring of training within all Police Services to test both implementation and achievement of such training.
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Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-7 - Ensure police authority membership reflects the community's cultural and ethnic mix
That the Home Secretary and Police Authorities should seek to ensure that the membership of police authorities reflects so far as possible the cultural and ethnic mix of the communities which those authorities serve.
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Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-1 - Establish Ministerial Priority for police to increase trust among minority ethnic communities
That a Ministerial Priority be established for all Police Services: "To increase trust and confidence in policing amongst minority ethnic communities".
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Committee recommendation
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#6 - Ensure police training on recognising and recording intersectional hate crimes against Muslim women.
The Government should take steps to ensure that police officers are appropriately trained on how to recognise, record, and respond effectively to hate crimes perpetrated against Muslim women. The Government should work with the police to ensure that both the police and victims of hate crime know that they can express their own perception as to what has...
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Committee recommendation
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#5 - Black communities, particularly youth, expect less fair and respectful treatment from police
Fairness, respect and impartiality are core values that should be fundamental to policing. So the fact that Black people, and especially Black Caribbean people, have much lower expectations than White people that they will be treated fairly and with respect by the police is a matter of deep and serious concern. The problem is particularly acute for young...
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Committee recommendation
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#4 - Confidence in police significantly declining among Black and Mixed ethnicity communities
Evidence to our inquiry shows that there is a significant problem with confidence in the police within Black communities. We were very concerned to see that confidence in the police among Black people has fallen in recent years and the gap in confidence in policing between White and Asian people on the one hand, and Black and Mixed...
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Committee recommendation
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#56 - Many police forces fail to address or explain racial disparities in stop and search.
Police forces need to take very seriously their responsibility to address racial disparities in the way people are treated in their local communities. Too many forces are unable to explain the levels of racial disparities in their area and are still not engaging in serious attempts to monitor and explain or to change their approach. All forces must...
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Committee recommendation
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#8 - Increasing Black community trust in policing not considered a Ministerial or policing priority
The Macpherson report in its first recommendation called for a Ministerial Priority for all police services to “increase trust and confidence in policing amongst minority ethnic communities”. For the Macpherson report, the setting of a “Ministerial Priority” had a particular meaning as part of the formal relationship between the Home Office and the police, as well as indicating...
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Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-70 - Implement community initiatives promoting cultural diversity and addressing racism across agencies
That in creating strategies under the provisions of the Crime & Disorder Act or otherwise Police Services, local Government and relevant agencies should specifically consider implementing community and local initiatives aimed at promoting cultural diversity and addressing racism and the need for focused, consistent support for such initiatives.
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terms: police, racism
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-54 - Review racism awareness training in local government and criminal justice agencies
That consideration be given to a review of the provision of training in racism awareness and valuing cultural diversity in local Government and other agencies including other sections of the Criminal Justice system.
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terms: racism
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-24 - Include racism awareness and cultural diversity training for Family Liaison Officers
That training of Family Liaison Officers must include training in racism awareness and cultural diversity, so that families are treated appropriately, professionally, with respect and according to their needs.
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terms: racism
Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-16 - Encourage reporting racist incidents and crimes, offering non-police station and 24/7 access
That all possible steps should be taken by Police Services at local level in consultation with local Government and other agencies and local communities to encourage the reporting of racist incidents and crimes. This should include: - the ability to report at locations other than police stations; and - the ability to report 24 hours a day.
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Inquiry recommendation
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MACP-14 - Universally adopt racist incident definition across police, local government, and agencies
That this definition should be universally adopted by the Police, local Government and other relevant agencies.
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Inquiry recommendation
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DM-12 - Resources for tackling police corruption
The Metropolitan Police must ensure that the necessary resources are allocated to the task of tackling corrupt behaviour among its officers. Without proper resources there can be no effective fight against corruption. Since the Independent Office for Police Conduct has responsibility for investigating such matters, it must also be properly resourced to do so.
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Committee recommendation
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#52 - Metropolitan Police's lockdown stop and search surge widened racial disparity and damaged confidence.
Stop and search needs to be used in a focused and targeted way. When it is not, it leads to injustice and to too many people being searched without good reason. The Metropolitan Police increased their use of stop and search during the early months of the first national covid-19 lockdown to the highest levels seen in London...
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Committee recommendation
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#8 - Third-party reporting mechanisms for anti-Muslim hatred are vital and require inclusivity.
We welcome the Government’s introduction of a new fund to support a third-party reporting mechanism for victims of anti-Muslim hatred. Such mechanisms can play a vital role in enabling individuals to report hate crimes, particularly in cases where mistrust of the police or other frontline services may discourage direct reporting. It is essential that these mechanisms are inclusive...
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Committee recommendation
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#6 - Significant confidence and fairness gap for Black communities persists for over two decades
Overall the majority of people from all communities still report confidence in their local police. However, there is no getting away from the significant confidence and fairness gap for Black communities. The fact that this persists twenty-two years after the Macpherson report is deeply troubling. It undermines the principle that all victims of crime should feel confident in...
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Inquiry recommendation
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DM-15 - Regular security clearance updates for police
Security clearance processes for police officers and police staff are fundamental to any anti-corruption strategy. Regular updating of the security status of each individual is essential to identify any concerns and to enable action to be taken in respect of such concerns. Notwithstanding the assurance received by the Panel from the Metropolitan Police in December 2020, the Metropolitan...
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HMICFRS recommendation
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Disproportionate use of police powers: A spotlight on stop and search and the use of force
Analyse data and either explain with evidence the reasons for disproportionality or take clear action to address it
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Committee recommendation
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#93 - Policing's current race equality accountability system remains fragmented and ineffective.
The current system for delivery and accountability on race equality within policing is not working. While there are some opportunities for ensuring accountability within the police service, our evidence indicates that these processes are far too fragmented and rarely exercised fully. Race equality tends to be left to the discretion of individual leaders or forces and important recommendations...
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