Essex Police has come under fire for describing white people as a “non-protected group” in its diversity memos, GB News can reveal.
In documents seen by this broadcaster, the force has set a goal to “narrow the disparity” in stop and search and other police actions between “protected and non-protected groups.”
The force’s monitoring of stop and search in diversity documents lists two groups, “white” and “Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic.”
The Equality Act lists nine protected characteristics, including age, sex and race.
No other police force refers to “non-protected groups” in its publications.
In Kent not Essex …
Police bosses are reviewing a video that shows an officer bringing a 14-year-old boy to the ground with a knee to his midriff. Full story: https://t.co/FppHKHXEsy pic.twitter.com/A3mMYaooUN
— KentOnline (@Kent_Online) May 23, 2024
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