Warwickshire Police

DATA MONITORING

This paper provides an overview of statistics on ethnicity gathered by Warwickshire Police for the period April 2007 – March 2008. The collection of this data is a requirement under Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991. The legislation is aimed at “facilitating the performance of such persons (engaged in the administration of justice) of their duty to avoid discriminating against any persons on the grounds of race, sex, or any other improper ground”.

Date Monitoring - An overview of statistics for Warwickshire Police April 2007 - March 2008

Collection and publication of this data is also an important part of our monitoring duty under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000. As we continually expand our data collection systems, including data under disability and gender, this will be incorporated into this report, which is published at least annually. Data featured in this monitoring report is used by policy developers in Warwickshire Police to conduct equality impact assessments and to review the ongoing impact of Force policies from an equalities perspective.

The data in this report is assembled under four main categories to help assess the experience of people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups as:

  1. Users of the Criminal Justice System
  2. Suspects, defendants and prisoners
  3. Workers in the Criminal Justice System
  4. The Confidence of people from BME groups in the Criminal Justice System.

The contents of this report are regularly monitored and reviewed to identify any actions we can take to promote equality of opportunity and eliminate discrimination in out employment procedures and in all aspects of our public service delivery. This data is reviewed by our Confidence and Equality Board and is shared with our Force Independent Advisory groups, who are made up of members of the public.

We welcome any questions and comments regarding this monitoring data and we are committed to sharing this information with the public.

Further information concerning this report can be obtained by contacting our Diversity Unit.

The Diversity Unit, Warwickshire Police HQ Leek Wootton, PO BOX 4, CV35 7QB Telephone 01926 418141 or 01926 415722