Diversity
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary is committed to delivering the highest possible standards of policing, reflecting our aim to work with, care for and protect the community. Being a public service, we have two requirements: to be responsive and to be accountable.
When carrying out our functions we will make diversity a central part of the way we do business by placing it at the heart of policy making, service delivery and employment practice. This common thread throughout all that we do will improve the service we deliver to the entire community.
Through recognition of the protected characteristics as listed in the Equality Act 2010 we aim to ensure that all sections of society are embraced and protected. This means that we will aim not to discriminate against people either directly or indirectly, on the grounds of race, disability, religion/belief, age, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, sex (male or female) and sexual orientation.
We encourage all members of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and the community of Dumfries and Galloway to engage fully in this process for the benefit of us all.
The diverse communities that enrich Dumfries and Galloway are entitled to excellent services that are responsive to their needs. Discriminating unfairly against or disadvantaging individuals is morally and legally unacceptable.
We seek to be responsive to the needs of the communities we serve throughout Dumfries and Galloway. Our force Strategic Plan is the result of a wide consultation process which involved the public, organisations and agencies we work with and our own staff. Our priorities are explained in our Community Promise.
We will continue to look at all our activities and services to identify any areas where we are not providing real equality of opportunity to all sections of our community whatever their race or background. We will then take action to change the way we deliver those services.
The publication of our Force Single Equality Scheme and Action Plan is the beginning of the process. It is a living action plan, we will review what we have achieved each year and show what we have discovered and achieved. We recognise that we will not get everything right first time. We actively welcome comments, and have built a programme of consultation into the scheme to ensure all parts of the community have a say on what we need to change and how.
This Scheme is important to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and we are committed to being accountable for and to delivering improvements. We want to see a region where difference and diversity is celebrated, where everyone feels they belong and can prosper. This Strategy will help us to achieve this.
People with Learning Disabilities and the Scottish Criminal Justice System
The Scottish Government has published guidance for the public entitled ‘People with Learning Disabilities and the Scottish Criminal Justice System’. Easy read summary versions of the information contained within that guidance, can be found at:
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