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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
Time: 11:43 pm
Time: 11:43 pm
Results for race discrimination (u.k.)
1 results foundAuthor: Independent Police Complaints Commission (U.K.) Title: Policing handling of allegations of discrimination Summary: In 2013, the IPCC published a report on the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of race discrimination complaints, following some well-publicised cases. This revealed some significant weaknesses in complaints handling in general, which were even more acutely revealed in dealing with discrimination allegations. We therefore decided to examine the way the other three large English metropolitan forces - West Midlands, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire - deal with allegations in relation to any kind of discrimination: including race, disability, age, gender and sexual orientation. This report sets out the findings, and they are stark. In general, and particularly in relation to complaints that come from members of the public, these complaints are poorly handled from beginning to end - in relation to the way the complaint is investigated, the conclusions drawn and, importantly, the contact with the complainant. Only 94 of the 170 complaints from the public were investigated, and none of the discrimination allegations were upheld. By contrast, where discrimination allegations had been raised by other officers, other external parties, over half of these were upheld. It is of course welcome that some police officers are themselves prepared to challenge colleagues, but allegations from the public need to be taken equally seriously and dealt with effectively. Details: London: IPCC, 2014. 58p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 19, 2015 at: https://www.ipcc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/guidelines_reports/IPCC_report_police_handling_of_allegations_of_discrimination_June2014.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.ipcc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/guidelines_reports/IPCC_report_police_handling_of_allegations_of_discrimination_June2014.pdf Shelf Number: 134977 Keywords: Bias Crimes Police InvestigationsRace Discrimination (U.K.) |