Annual Equality Report 2022

Improving outcomes

In May 2022, the national Police Race Action Plan was launched; developed jointly by the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing. The plan sets out changes to improve outcomes for Black people who work within or interact with policing.

The plan commits Devon & Cornwall Police to four key pillars, which would enable our communities to feel:

• Represented: By being a police service that is representative of Black and ethnic minority individuals and communities and supports the members of the workforce 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.

Adopting a listening approach, feedback on the plan was obtained from a range of internal and external stakeholders and submitted to the College of Policing.

A high-level strategic RAG (Red/Amber/Green) assessment has been carried out on the plan; identifying the key actions that need to be undertaken by the force, and the conversation with our Black and ethnic minority communities continues.

We have set up a Community Advisory Board to support our work on this plan.