Agenda item

To receive a verbal update of the Equalities, Diversity and Human Rights Manager.

The Committee received a verbal update from the Equalities, Diversity and Human Rights Manager, who advised that recruitment was underway for the Independent Advisory Group and would be advertised for a six week period. A further report back would be provided at the next meeting.

A meeting had taken place on the Stonewall Equality Index and Police benchmarking, and it was stated the activities the Police needed to undertake to meet these measures were of very little cost.

In response to a query from a Member on the costs associated with the Force implementing Stonewall Equality Index and the risk of trade-offs needing to be made, the Assistant Commissioner clarified that costs would be discussed internally and reported back to Members at the April Committee.

RESOLVED – That the report be received and its contents noted.