Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 13384 | 27 January 2014

Tackling racism in the police

Signatories: Mr Geraint DAVIES, United Kingdom, SOC ; Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Michael CONNARTY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr David CRAUSBY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jim DOBBIN, United Kingdom, SOC ; Sir Alan MEALE, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Sandra OSBORNE, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jim SHERIDAN, United Kingdom, SOC

Origin - 2014 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 7.1.3, add the following words:

"including targets and quotas including senior ranks."

Explanatory note

Warm words about diversity are not enough. We need targets and quotas. In the UK, the target is 7%, yet just 5% is achieved when 14% is from an ethnic minority. In London 55% are now from ethnic minorities yet just 10.5% of the police are.