Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Priorities 2022-23

Ensuring that everyone who works for North Yorkshire Police understands the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion and their role within it:

• Relaunch NCALT training as a foundation level course
• Introduce comprehensive DEI training for all
• Managers to have DEI and Positive Action PDR objectives
• Ensure our workforce understand positive action and dispel myths

Taking positive action to recruit and retain the best possible candidates from a far wider range of background, making our workforce representative of the communities we serve:

• Introduce a new positive action process to focus upon a more diverse applicant pool
• Embed positive action into all internal and external selection and promotion processes
• Engage our workforce to identify and remove barriers to equality of opportunity
• Ensure operational policing is included in, and leading, external positive action engagement with the community
• Ensure we identify barriers to retention by using our strong support networks and meaningful exit interviews

Increase our engagement with all communities, including them in genuine scrutiny of all matters which relate to building confidence:

• Set up a new community reference group for DEI
• Ensure important policies for diversity and inclusion are available for scrutiny and feedback from our communities

Ensuring we focus upon building an environment where everyone is able to be themselves:

• Reduce the amount of bullying and harassment complaints by early intervention
• Improving our relationships with staff support networks, ensuring that they are integral to change decisions and policy setting
• Ensure ownership of both DEI and positive action by managers at a local level