Our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy

We value diversity and are committed to promoting good community relations and equal opportunities among our employees.

Our statement of intent

• Wiltshire Police will eliminate unlawful discrimination and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason.
• We will actively promote our core values and behaviours to ensure we are an organisation where diversity is valued and respected so that we understand and work with our communities to make them safe.
• We will create a culture that values difference and which recognises the benefits a diverse workforce brings to the service we provide to our communities.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 

• Our published Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy covers the period 2019 to 2021. 
• We are in the process of updating this document and are currently undertaking a review with newly appointed Chief Constable Catherine Roper, and aiming to publish our updated strategy in Spring/Summer 2023.

Equality and Diversity Information Reporta

Our last Equality and Diversity Statutory Information Report was published in November 2021

It contains the equality information we hold in relation to the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act.  This includes hate crime, violent crime, stop and search, and use of force data. Other sections detail workforce statistics by gender, ethnicity, age, disability and length of service and the latest victim satisfaction survey results.

Equality Act 2010

The Public Sector Equality Duty came into force in April 2011, covering nine protected characteristics

 

Age	Race (ethnic or national origin, colour or nationality)	Sexual orientation
Disability	Religion or belief	Pregnancy or maternity
Gender reassignment	Sex	Marriage and civil partnership

The Equality Duty has three aims and requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to

1. Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Act;
2. Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it;
3. Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.

Key Documents 

As a public body, we are required to publish information to demonstrate our compliance with the Equality Duty and Equality objectives - you can download our current available publications below.