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Race and Ethnicity Action Plan 2025 - 2027 Consultation

Equality in Action - Delivering Effective and Trusted Policing for Ethnic Minority Communities, Officers and Staff 

The Purpose of this Consultation

We are seeking your views on how we, as the Police Service of Northern Ireland, can better serve our ethnic minority communities. We are committed to developing a robust Race and Ethnicity Action Plan, which aims to ensure that everyone in Northern Ireland feels safe, valued, and engaged with policing.

This consultation is an opportunity for you to share your thoughts, ideas, and experiences to help shape our approach. Your feedback will directly influence the development of this plan, helping us ensure that our policing service is engaged, inclusive and fair for all communities.

Race and Ethnicity Action Plan 2025 -2027.  Equality in Action - Delivering Effective and Trusted Policing for Ethnic Minority Communities, Officers and Staff.  Draft for Consultation Purposes

Our Action Plan Commitments

As part of our Race and Ethnicity Action Plan, we are making the following key commitments:

  • We are an anti-racist Police Service.
  • We are committed to people from an ethnic minority background feeling safe, valued by and engaged in policing. 
  • We are committed to staff and officers from an ethnic minority background feeling safe, valued by and engaged in the workplace. 
  • We are a Police Service who can be trusted by people from ethnic minority communities. 
  • We are a Police Service who strive for excellence in diversity, equality and inclusivity.

Why Your Views Matter

Your voice is invaluable in helping us build a more inclusive, equitable, and trusted Police Service. 

We are committed to listening to your views and using your feedback to guide the way we serve and protect all communities in Northern Ireland. 

Thank you for your participation and support in shaping a better future for communities and policing.

Our Consultation Paper

The full consultation paper has been provided in text format on our Police Service website to ensure that it is as accessible as possible. 

There is also a printable version for those who find this format much easier to consider.

Please see document links below.

Response Questions

To guide your responses, we would appreciate your input on the following questions:

  1. What are your overall thoughts on the Race and Ethnicity Action Plan?
  2. Does the plan reflect the priorities and concerns of ethnic minority communities in Northern Ireland?
  3. Do you feel that the commitments outlined in the plan are clear and achievable?
  4. If not, what would you suggest, to improve the clarity or focus of these commitments?
  5. Do you agree with the Police Service’s commitment to being an anti-racist organisation?
  6. Are there any areas that you feel are missing or not given enough attention? If so, what are they?

How to Respond

Online form: Our preferred response option is through the online form (linked below).  This form includes the questions outlined above and a number of voluntary responder monitoring questions 

By email: Please add the questions to the body of an email or insert in a word type document and send your response to zRace&[email protected]

By Post to: Please add the questions to a Word type document and send to the Head of PSNI Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Unit, PSNI Lisnasharragh, 42 Montgomery Road, Belfast, BT6 9LD

What Happens When the Consultation Closes

All responses will be analysed and considered along with other available information to help finalise our action plan.

We will publish an analysis report of the consultation responses.

Our intention is to publish our action plan in early 2025.

Consultation Period

This consultation will run for an 8 week period, commencing on Monday 21 October 2024, and concluding on Monday 16 December 2024.