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Official Devon & Cornwall Police Equality, Diversity & Human Rights Strategic Group held on Thursday 13 September 2018 at 09:30am in the Helford Room, Force Headquarters, Middlemoor, Exeter Attendance Deborah Marsden (Assistant Chief Juliet Simmons (Head of Equality and Diversity) Constable Delivery) (Chair) Mark Arthurs (EDHRSG Officer) Vicky Booty (OPCC’s Office) Steve Parker (Commander Crime & Justice) Carey Owen (Head of People Strategy & Jacqui Hawley (Superintendent Prevention) Policy) Gareth Twigg ( Christine Howard (Planning & Performance Sarah Hobson (Alliance Business Change) Manager) Martin Whitehouse (LGBT Network) Matt Longman (CIOS BCU) Teresa Berridge (Equality, Diversity & Human Emily Owen (Womens Network) Rights Officer) Keith Perkin (Mental Wellbeing Network) Phil Skedgell (Christian Police Association) Rob Mooney (Representing Plymouth BCU) Andy Berry (Police Federation) Sophie Jones (Tri-Partite Rep) Sarah Jepp (Devon Diverse Communities Team Jan Dwan (Strategic Meetings Hub) Leader Sergeant) Guests Ben Shardlow (Professional Development Louise Costin (PSD) (for minute reference Unit Supervisor) (for minute reference 03/18/28 03./18/27 Ali Lander (for minute reference 03/18/26) Jamaa Ben M’Hand (DCT Team) Independent Advisors from item 02/18/10 Keith Denby (Hate Crime Reference Group) Syed Jusef (Devon Local Reference Group) Brian Nathan (Devon Local Reference Group) Jill Singh (Hate Crime Reference Group) Apologies Shaun Sawyer (Chief Constable) John Harrison (Head of Occupational Health) Sharon Taylor (ACC Convergence Sandy Goscomb (Director of Finances and Programme Director of proposed merger) Resources) Graham Smith (Director of People) Matt Trevivian (Dyslexia Staff Support Group) Pete Windle (Head of Professional Standards Nikki Leaper (Ops Department / D&C & Dorset) Superintendents’ Association) Antony Hart (Crime & Justice) Craig Downham (Plymouth BCU) Alexis Poole (Head of performance and Richard Bullock (Alliance Business Change) Analysis) Catherine Thomas (Mental Wellbeing Network) 03/18/21 Opening and Declaration of Interests [FOIA Open] Shaun Sawyer opened the meeting and welcomed members and guests. Shaun Sawyer gave his apologies for the remainder of the meeting as he had another commitment that he had to attend. Shaun Sawyer handed the chair over to Debbie Marsden. No declarations of interest were made. EDHR 13/09/18 – Agreed 1 Fairness & Respect : Integrity : Courage : Professionalism Official 03/18/22 Equality Objective Presentations [FOIA various as below] a. Hate Crime Reference Group [FOIA Closed s.31 (1) (a)] b. Progress update on the Hate Crime Equality Objectives (Business Areas) [FOIA Open] Juliet Simmons gave the Equality and Objectives presentation to members. Due to the amount of information within the presentation the following key issues within the presentation were highlighted: Plymouth BCU LPP staff had built an excellent relationship with Piety and regularly visited as part of the organisations ‘open door’ policy. Activity and progress in Plymouth included: Hate crime detectives working with City College to develop a DVD on Hate Crime and to support them to become a third party reporting centre. Work was being carried out with taxi drivers to also establish a third party reporting centre. Work with the Polish community to explore opportunities to develop a third party reporting centre. Devon Diverse Communities Team (DCT) Representatives meet Local Policing Areas (LPA) Commanders once a month to ensure that Devon LPA’s are working in the right areas. Hate Crime data was used to support the focus on under reported areas. Babcock representatives attended the Gypsy Roma and Traveller (GRT) forums which were bringing confidence to the communities to report Hate Crime and the potential to expose other crimes such as Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), Modern Slavery and vulnerability. The arson attack on the Exeter Synagogue on 21 July 2018 was highlighted. The attack had had a huge impact on the Jewish community. The Force responded to the incident and were on the scene in two to three minutes. A joint statement had been published which had gone into great detail advocating that the Force would not tolerate these sort of attacks. It was noted that there had been an outpour of support for Devon and Cornwall Police across the community. Cornwall Diverse Community Team In 2017/2018 Hate Crime workshops had been provided to year eight and nine students in schools in south east and north Cornwall. This enabled students to act as ambassadors raising awareness with other students. The sixth Blue Light Day was held in July 2018. Activity and progress in Cornwall included: EDHR 13/09/18 – Agreed 2 Fairness & Respect : Integrity : Courage : Professionalism Official Five reporting centres and work was starting to review the approach to third party reporting and identify opportunities to make further progress. Custody Staff CPD training on Modern Slavery for custody staff had increased awareness of modern slavery and associated offences. Call Management and Communications Unit (CMCU) [FOIA open] CMCU were working with the Devon diverse communities team to engage with ‘hard to engage’ communities and gain greater insight into the issues, concerns and obstacles they may face in contacting the police. Web chat service was implemented in September 2018. Online crime reporting was also available. c. Performance Update [FOIA Open] Chris Howard presented the performance data on Hate Crime. Further to the slides as presented, the following key points were highlighted: Devon and Cornwall Police had recorded 1,031 hate crimes in 2016/2017 which was a 28% increase on the previous year Homophobic hate crime in South Devon LPA had increased 193% (79) There had been a National increase in Transphobic Hate Crime. Survey Findings Data for victim satisfaction in the 12 months to August 2018 were highlighted. There had been a total of 2061 respondents to the survey. Respondents who had been a victim more than once in the last 12 months had significantly lower levels of satisfaction with: Ease of contact Actions taken Kept informed Treatment Whole experience 21% (424) respondents were identified as a repeat victim. It was highlighted that figures for Hate Crime respondents could not be compared with national figures and there was no significant differences in satisfaction levels between respondents whose crime(s) were motivated by hate compared to those who were not. Discussion was held around the survey findings. However, the presentation did not give any update on action 189. At the meeting on 12 July 2018 there had been an update on Hate Crime. There had been an increase of 72% in homophobic hate crime. The group had asked if there was a reason for this increase. Whether the increase happened at certain times / events etc. It had been agreed that this would be investigated further and an update brought back to the meeting. The reasoning behind the increase had not been seen within the presentation. Therefore the EDHR 13/09/18 – Agreed 3 Fairness & Respect : Integrity : Courage : Professionalism Official action would remain open and an update to be given at the meeting on 13 December 2018. 03/18/23 Executive Lead Update - Disability [FOIA Open] Members received and noted a paper on the Disability Executive Update. The following key points were highlighted: Be active safe and healthy (BASH) awards. Devon Basic Command Unit (BCU) had held its second BASH awards earlier in the year. This was an opportunity to develop police/community relationships, building trust and confidence and recognising the valuable contribution disabled people make to society. The DCT’s continued to develop their relationships with existing disability groups and engaging with new groups. Through engagement by the local DCT links were continuing to be developed with various autism groups. Third party reporting was being looked into for deaf and learning disabilities and autism. Staff support groups were highlighted. Including the Mental Wellbeing Network. The ‘Lets talk’ film initiative was now rolling out as an Alliance wide project. Volunteers had shared their experiences to help promote discussions around mental ill health and recovery. It was envisaged that the film would be released to mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2018 Peer support initiative. It was hoped that 6 peer supporters would be trained in Dorset and a further 60 trained in Devon and Cornwall with an additional 20 peer supporter supervisors across the Alliance. Dyslexia Support Group would continue to be developed. Corporate Equality and Diversity department had enabled all its staff to receive deaf awareness training. 03/18/24 Minutes from previous meeting on 12 July 2018 [FOIA Open] The minutes from the meeting on 12 July 2018 were agreed as a true and accurate record. 03/18/25 Actions Sheet [FOIA various as below] Members received and noted the actions sheet for 13 September 2018. The following updates were noted: a. Actions 149/151a/151b] UNIFI and data victim requirements (previous minute reference [FOIA Closed s.31 (1) (a)] Action to remain open EDHR 13/09/18 – Agreed 4 Fairness & Respect : Integrity : Courage : Professionalism Official b. Action 169 Street Interactions training evaluation report (previous minute reference 01/18/04(b) [FOIA Open] An update had been provided outside of the meeting by Becky Villar. A team members was currently carrying out research around the changes in the quality of the forms submitted. Contact would be made with a key individual to understand if there had been any changes in the quality of the ViSTs as a result of the training as the initial work was proving to be difficult. Once more details were known an update would be given to members. Action to remain open c. Action 170(a) Tattoos [FOIA Open] Members received and noted an update on Tattoo guidance. A paper had previously been presented to EDHRSG on 7 September 2017 which sought to determine the Force’s direction on the acceptance and governance of tattoos for both police Officers and Staff. Brief discussion was held around the issue. The Group agreed: 1.