Our Race Action Plan
The Police Race Action Plan was first published in May 2022 and sets out the changes policing intends to achieve to improve outcomes for Black people who work within or interact with policing.
The plan was developed jointly by the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), working in collaboration with Black communities and partners – including the National Black Policing Association (NBPA) and an independent scrutiny and oversight board (ISOB). It has the commitment of all 43 chief constables in England and Wales.
It aims to address:
- disparities affecting Black people
- lower levels of trust and confidence in the police among some Black people
How are we driving forward the Police Race Action Plan?
Our plan commits us to four key workstreams, which further enable our communities to feel:
- Represented: By being a police service that is representative of Black and ethnic minority individuals and communities and supports its officers and staff of a Black or minority ethnic heritage.
- Respected: By being a police service that is fair, respectful and equitable in its actions towards Black and ethnic minority individuals and communities.
- Involved: By being a police service that routinely involves Black and ethnic minority individuals and communities in its governance.
- Protected: By being a police service that protects Black and ethnic minority individuals and communities from crime and seeks justice for them.
What are we doing to support the plan?
Since the launch, Humberside Police has remained committed to delivering the Race Action Plan, running it as a programme of work with four main workstreams, each with a senior lead. The programme is supported by members of the Humberside Police BRIDGE (Ethnic Minorities and Allies) Network, so that it values and is influenced by lived experience.
The updates on each of these four workstreams are outlined below
Humberside Police want to be an employer of choice for all members of our communities and be made up of officers and staff that look like the communities we serve. This workstream focusses on our internal culture and how we can attract, recruit and then retain members of our Black communities.
The national data for police use of powers, in particular stop and search, shows that Black people are disproportionately stopped. In Humberside, we are improving processes for stop and search, monitoring the data and will be publishing our stop and search figures to the public.
Community engagement is key to any police force across all areas of our business. We need the community voice to help us represent and serve our local communities. We are doing this by holding and attending community events, Independent Advisory Groups and encouraging members of the public to help form our thinking and to provide us with feedback and examples of lived experience.
Workstream four is data led and looks at understanding the impact of crime that disproportionately affects our Black communities. With that data, we can better understand how we can improve, educate and protect our Black communities from criminality.
How can you support our Race Action Plan?
If you would like to share your views with the National Police Chiefs’ Council team who are leading the Police Race Action Plan, or ask questions or obtain information, you can do so by emailing: [email protected]
Alternatively, you may wish to share your views by joining one of the Humberside Police Independent Advisory Groups (IAG).
These groups are made up of a variety of community members, each of which have an interest or background in something that might resonate with yourself. The IAGs advise police on an array of matters, including:
- Stop and Search practices and scrutiny panels
- Hate crime statistics
- Critical incidents
- Wider concerns raised in the local area
They also provide a critical eye over policing in order to ensure that officers and staff continue to serve and protect the public and operate transparently.
To find out more information about our IAGs, please click here or alternatively, please contact [email protected] stating you have particular interest in Police Race Action Plan.
Updates
Sharing the Experiences of Black Missing People and their Families (npcc.police.uk)