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Recommendation 88
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Acknowledged
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NPCC's delayed race equality plan hindered by structural agreement difficulties
Conclusion
The NPCC has a leadership function in policing, co-ordinating police forces at a national level. It is welcome that the NPCC has announced its intention to develop and implement a race equality action plan but it is deeply disappointing that this has since been delayed and that it is taking so long for forces to agree on much needed action. The capacity of the NPCC to act quickly and decisively is hindered by the difficulty of reaching agreement between 43 forces. We do not believe that 192 The Macpherson Report: Twenty-two years on the current structures will be sufficient to deliver change that is already twenty-two years overdue. The NPCC has also done important and welcome work in some of the individual areas we have considered in our report, such as on misconduct (see chapter five). Again, however, its impact has been limited where forces have been slow to address its recommendations.
Government Response Summary
The government notes that the NPCC and College of Policing have co-developed a new 'Race Action Plan' which outlines measures to improve policing and secure the confidence of Black people, including updated officer guidance and training.
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Government Response
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HM Government
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Both the NPCC and the College have also co-developed, with policing stakeholders, a new ‘Race Action Plan’ which outlines a series of measures to improve policing and secure the confidence of black people, both within policing and the public. Across policing including forces, the College and NPCC, there is a drive to ensure officers guidance and training reflects the needs of both the police and the communities they service.