Equality Objectives
Under the Equality Act 2010, Gwent Police is required to establish at least one Equality Objective in consultation with people who share Protected Characteristics to address areas of inequality.
These Equality Objectives form part of our Strategic Equality Plan which also includes more information about how we will seek to comply with our equality duty and a detailed action plan which sets out how we will deliver our objectives.
Our Objectives have been designed to reflect feedback that we have had from extensive internal and external engagement and consultation which finished on Monday the 26th of March.
Our Strategic Equality Objectives :
Objective 1: Domestic Abuse and Honour Based Violence
To ensure that Gwent Police's response to domestic abuse is appropriate and accessible to all communities, including those that may face particular barriers in reporting domestic abuse incidents, and to establish a true picture of the number and nature of HBV incidents that occur in the Gwent Police Force area. (People and Culture, Operational Delivery, Organisational Processes)
Objective 2: Hate Crime
To ensure that victims of all types of hate incidents and crimes receive an appropriate response from Gwent Police that identifies vulnerability at an early stage, best supports them, and increases the chances of a successful prosecution. (People and Culture, Operational Delivery, Organisational Processes)
Objective 3: Prevent
To work with all communities to minimise any negative impact that counter terrorism operations and activity may have on them, and to improve confidence in communities to report incidents of concern. (Operational Delivery, Organisational Processes)
Objective 4: Custody
To identify the specific needs of people who share Protected Characteristics in order to ensure the service they receive in custody is appropriate and flexible (People and Culture, Operational Delivery, Organisational Processes)
Objective 5: Gypsy and Traveller Communities
To increase the trust and confidence of Gypsies and Travellers in our policing services and promote positive relationships between the police, Gypsies and Travellers, and settled communities (People and Culture, Operational Delivery, Organisational Processes)
Objective 6: Stop and Search
To ensure that the stop and search activities are carried out in a way that is lawful, proportionate, non discriminatory, and fosters positive relations within and between communities and the police. (People and Culture, Operational Delivery, Organisational Processes)
Objective 7: Access and Engagement
To reduce identified barriers people face in accessing police services through maximising engagement opportunities with people who share protected characteristics. (People and Culture, Operational Delivery).
Objective 8: Recruitment, Selection, Progression and Retention
To build an inclusive and supportive working environment that encourages and supports the development and progression of all staff. We will encourage innovative initiatives to recruit, support, progress and retain personnel from diverse groups. (People & Culture)
Objective 9: Learning, Training and Development
To train and develop our workforce to recognise the value of Equality and Human Rights for policing. (People & Culture) (Organisational Process)
Objective 10: Disability
To increase the trust and confidence of disabled people in the services provided by Gwent Police and to retain disabled members of staff by enabling them to participate and contribute fully by addressing barriers within the workplace where possible. (People and Culture, Operational Delivery, Organisational Processes)
Objective 11 Parental Provisions
To ensure that officers and staff have access to information about workplace provisions and processes including pregnancy, maternity and paternity leave, and returning to work after maternity leave. To ensure that officers and staff are not disadvantaged by virtue of having taken a period of leave relating to parental duties. (People and Culture)
Objective 12: Embedding Equality and Diversity through our policies, procedures and process.
Developing our culture to embed the principles of equality in all that we do, recognising and respecting individual values and peoples' differences. (People and Culture, Operational Process)
