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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Plan to combat police racism needs full support of home secretary, report says

Metropolitan police officers on patrol
Abimbola Johnson, the report’s author, says a push is needed from central government to ensure all 44 police forces take action to tackle racial prejudice. Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

A plan to combat police racism has made limited progress and will not lead to meaningful change unless it has the full support of the new home secretary, a report has warned.

The police race action plan was announced by police chiefs in 2020 to tackle prejudice in forces, whether directed at officers or the public, but the Independent Scrutiny and Oversight Board (ISOB), which monitors progress, says the new government must take responsibility for it to succeed.

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