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Equality and Diversity

Dyfed-Powys Police is fully committed to ensuring that every person who resides, works or visits the Dyfed-Powys Police area, receives treatment that is fair, meets their particular needs and does not discriminate on grounds of nationality, race, colour, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.

Dyfed-Powys Police is working with local communities to eradicate incidents which are motivated by intolerance of diversity and that result in hate crime.

Public Sector Equality Duty

The Public Sector Equality Duty is at Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and sets out that:
 
(1) A public authority must, in the exercise of its functions, have due regard to the need to:
 
(a) eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under this Act;
(b) advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it;
(c) foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.
 
The relevant protected characteristics are: age; disability; gender reassignment; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation.
 
Our equality objectives
Information relevant to the Public Sector Equality Duty

Confidence and Equality Groups

Each of the four counties that make up Dyfed Powys has set up Confidence and Equality Groups. These groups are organised by the police and seek representatives from communities that include:

  • Young people - aged 16 to 25 years
  • Elderly people
  • People with disabilities
  • People who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender
  • People from minority ethnic communities

The purpose of these forums is to ensure access by under-represented groups within the community to the police and to provide a forum to discuss and resolve the needs and concerns of the community.

Dyfed-Powys Police & Police Authority Independent Advisory Group

The Independent Advisory Group (IAG) consists of a cross-representation of the area’s diverse communities of interest, in terms of age, gender, gender reassignment, disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, and Welsh language. The first meeting of Dyfed-Powys Police and Police Authority Independent Advisory Group took place in September 2011.