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Promoting Equality & Respecting Diversity – Our Commitment
Tayside Police is committed to the provision of a quality service that is fair, accessible and meets the needs of all individuals. Tayside Police has as one of its objectives "to ensure that our communities are safe and feel safe". To this end, each division has staff who are committed to working within the Community Planning and Community Safety Partnerships within each local authority area. We also recognise that equality and diversity issues cannot be 'bolted on' or considered as after-thoughts. They must be an integral part of all decision-making and policy development processes. We also recognise our accountability to the public we serve and we will continue to identify and tackle any internal inequalities and promote good community relations. As such, understanding the different needs and demands of our diverse communities is recognised as an important part of Tayside Police's Objectives. We aim to deliver on this commitment by • Ensuring that all our functions, policies and procedures are inclusive and non-discriminatoryTo ensure that our functions, policies and procedures are non-discriminatory, Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) are carried out during the completion of new policies or during the review of existing policies. These EIAs are published alongside our Force Policies on the Freedom of Information section of this website. Our various equality schemes and other relevant equality and diversity related documents are published here for your information. We encourage our service users to take an interest in what we do and inform and influence our policies and activities by providing feedback on an ongoing basis. This is how we can work together to create the kind of police service that you can have confidence in. You can provide your comments by: Post : Diversity Adviser, Tayside Police, PO Box 59, Dundee, DD1 9JU Reporting Hate Crime Tayside Police takes hate crime very seriously and encourages members of all communities to report incidents to the police. Even if what happened does not amount to a crime then we will still record it for information and future reference. Click here for more information on reporting hate crime TAYSIDE POLICE EQUALITY SCHEME 2010-2013 Initial Involvement and Consultation Questions The law says that as a public body Tayside Police must publish a scheme and action plan that tells its communities and staff how it is going to promote equality in its service delivery and employment functions. We have had a Race Equality Scheme since November 2002, Disability Equality Scheme since December 2006 and Gender Equality Scheme since June 2007. Soon, all the different legal duties related to these schemes will be replaced by one discrimination law. This is why we have decided that now is a good time to develop one scheme that promotes equality for all rather than one for each recognised strand of diversity. It will be published in June next year (2010). We need your help to make sure that we include in our new scheme and action plan the issues and activities that will help us to further improve the way we provide our services and how we recruit and develop our staff. Our main aim is to promote equality by identifying and eliminating unlawful discrimination and harassment, promoting equality of opportunity, involving our diverse communities and staff in our decision making processes and promoting positive attitudes towards and good relations between different groups. We need to know how you feel about Tayside Police's efforts to provide a professional service that is fair and equally accessible to all and to develop a workforce that reflects our communities. We also want to you to tell us about what we are doing well and what we need to improve. You don't have to give us your details unless you wish us to respond to any comments made or be involved in relevant discussions in the future. The information provided will only be used in relation to improving our services. Click here to download and complete the questionnaire Please return the completed form to : Diversity Adviser Tayside Police PO Box 59 Dundee, DD1 9JU To request this form in an alternative format you can call 01382 596742, textphone 01382 204500, write to above address or email 
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