We have has responded to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services’ (HMICFRS) police inspection framework consultation for 2025–2029.
Our response calls for routine inspections of police forces to always include equality and human rights considerations, particularly when assessing Chief Constables and other senior police figures, to ensure that leaders in the force are giving due regard to their equality and human rights obligations.
Our consultation response also recommends:
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That HMICFRS prioritise the inspection of new and emerging technology, particularly facial recognition technology, to ensure usage of this technology is done transparently and to ensure that the technology is never used to breach equality and human rights law
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That inspections ensure that forces are taking steps to tackle discrimination, harassment and victimisation
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That inspections assess whether police forces are giving due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty, and that they comply with both the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998.
The above information is from News from the Equality and Human Rights Commission Equality Law News Newsletter Tue 05/11/2024