Henry, Leroi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6303-7634, Miller, Paul and Linton-Williams, Kenisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7390-1512 (2024) A review of the impact of inclusion training in Merseyside Police. Report. Institute for Educational and Social Equity (IESE) - Merseyside Police Service, Liverpool, UK.

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Abstract

The report presents analysis of two surveys conducted between January 2024 and June 2024 one completed by participants prior to anti racism training and one completed after training. The surveys demonstrate a clear link between the ability to understand key concepts around race and racism and how these concepts are used to understand practices within the Merseyside Police Service and the wider criminal justice system. The surveys indicate that the training led to a clear increase in participants’ understanding of these concepts and a consequent increase in their understanding of the impacts of race and racism on police practice. Most participants described a range of social interactions with minority ethnic people outside of the workplace which went beyond encountering minority ethnic people in service industries. When presented with a range of scenarios almost all participants (95%+) were able to distinguish between racist bullying and banter. Participants were much more likely to identify systemic racism related to occupational issues within the service compared to issues in the criminal justice system and there were significant differences in the likelihood of different ethnicities labelling practices, behaviours and outcomes as systemic racism. After the training almost half of the respondents reported an awareness of systemic racism related to occupational issues. There was a strong relationship between knowledge of the reporting structures and confidence in them. The training led to increased knowledge of how to challenge racism and increased knowledge of and confidence in the reporting structures at Merseyside police. Prior to and following the training participants reported that they were very likely to report colleagues who has engaged in racist behaviour in a range of scenarios with a slight increase in the already high likelihood of reporting colleagues following the training. Before the training most participants were aware of the support available to them if they encountered racism with all racialized minority groups except White Other more likely to know what support is available to them. Overall, the training led to a significant increase in the understanding of Mixed, White Other, Other and White British participants but had little or no impact on the understanding of Black and Asian participants. Generally, there were very high levels of agreement that the organisation is anti -racist, non racist, inclusive, open to change and not institutionally racist. After completing the training there were slight shifts, from a low base, towards believing that that the organisation was not anti -racist, non-racist inclusive and open to change and was institutionally racist.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	police, inclusion, training, equity
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW) Greenwich Business School > School of Business, Operations and Strategy Greenwich Business School > School of Management and Marketing
Last Modified:	12 May 2025 09:16
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50366

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