Joint Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Progress Report published
A report which sets out how Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) is making progress with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion outcomes has been published today (Friday 28 April 2023).
The Joint Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Progress Report outlines the progress being made in delivering on equality, diversity and inclusion activity within Police Scotland/the SPA. The report can be found on our Strategic Planning webpage .
The progress made against the eight outcomes in the last two years includes
- making our websites more accessible
- introducing a mandatory online equality, diversity and inclusion training course for all officers and staff
- providing training to raise awareness and understanding of protected groups
- Working with partners to progress actions relating to barriers faced by vulnerable groups in reporting gender-based violence, and explore best practices.
Chief Constable, Sir Iain Livingstone, QPM said:
“Providing all our citizens and communities with a just and effective police service is our duty and crucial for ensuring public trust and confidence.
“All communities must have confidence to come forward; trusting that they will be listened to and treated fairly, with dignity and respect; assured that their police service will respond professionally, with high levels of operational competence.
“Building a positive working environment where everyone is able to thrive and flourish knowing they are valued for their true and authentic selves is also the right thing for our officers and staff.
“Our Equality and Diversity Mainstreaming and Joint Equality Outcomes Progress Report 2021-2023 demonstrates how we keep equality at the heart of all we do and outlines the progress that has been made.
“This report illustrates progress across our eight equality outcomes, which underline policing’s important contribution to building a society where everyone feels safe, secure and welcome and are able to access police services.
“Much more must be done and driving progress will continue to be a priority.
“As we seek to build an anti-racist Service which champions equality, the onus is on every police officer and member of staff to live our standards and values and earn the trust of our fellow citizens.
“I am realistic about the challenges ahead but confident and enthusiastic about our readiness to meet them head on.
“A great strength of policing is that our officers and staff are drawn from different backgrounds and experiences. What unites us in Police Scotland are our shared values and a mission to keep people safe.”
The PDF version and accessible Word document versions are on our website. Easy Read and BSL formats will be added soon.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy and our Joint Equality Outcomes can be found on our website.
