Manchester police branded ‘institutionally homophobic’ in damning report

GMP admits it needs to do a lot more on workplace equality

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is “still an institutionally racist, sexist, homophobic and disablist organisation”, a report has claimed.

Former superintendent Martin Harding was asked by GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy to look at how the force’s recruitment policy reflects the community it serves.

Mr Harding, a founding member of the National Black Police Association, was damning in his assessment.

The executive summary said: “Evidence was uncovered that would suggest that GMP is still an institutionally racist, sexist, homophobic and disablist organisation.”

The report, Diversity in Recruitment, stated that gay officers had felt obliged to go “back into the closet” because of homophobic attitudes.

A lesbian officer in the firearms unit told how she felt “ostracised” when her sexuality became known and she had to move to another department.

Greater Manchester Police admits it needs to do a lot more when it comes to workplace equality.

In a statement to PinkNews.co.uk, Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said: “I commissioned this report to ensure GMP is doing everything it can to have a workforce that reflects the community it serves.

“Despite some significant effort in the past to attract diverse communities, we have not attracted the level of interest from local diverse communities that we need; if we had continued using the same approaches to recruitment that we had historically taken then it would have taken us until 2093 to get there – which clearly is unacceptable.

“Almost a year ago we embarked upon an ambitious recruitment drive that aims to create a more diverse workforce. This is even more challenging at a time of financial constraints but we are determined to do all we can to make a difference.

“We have tested different approaches to recruitment and achieved success in attracting candidates from local minority communities through a neighbourhood level recruitment drive.”

Sir Peter added: “This has significantly increased BME (Black Minority Ethnic) representation in certain aspects of recruitment, for example a recent intake of PCSOs had 32% BME representation. Should we continue to utilise these and other more effective approaches and achieve similar results, GMP could reflect the communities it serves by 2022 – some 70 years sooner than 2093.

“In reading the report it is pleasing to know that we are already achieving/delivering 40 of the 59 recommendations and we are now going through the remaining recommendations to look at future developments.”

Manchester Evening News also claims GMP tried to water down the report’s conclusion, removing the line that the force is “institutionally racist”, and replacing it with, “Barriers still exist for all protected groups under the Equality Act.”

Responding to the claims made in the paper, GMP told PinkNews.co.uk: “The report was produced in final draft format and on reviewing the recommendations; some revisions were required to correct factual inaccuracies, remove content that was out of the scope of the commissioned work, widen some recommendations to all strands of diversity and to improve the relevance of the document to GMP today.”

Greater Manchester Police was branded “institutionally racist” in 1998 by the then chief constable David Wilmot.

Five years later the BBC’s damning ‘Secret Policeman’ documentary exposed racism among trainees within a number of forces, including GMP.

It led to the resignation of six officers and a drive to recruit more black and Asian officers.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/01/28/manchester-police-branded-institutionally-homophobic-in-damming-report/

       They will be forced to get their house in order, that's for sure.

Yes, they're going to have to grow up and learn how to get along in a diverse society, poor things. Good to hear, it will make better people of them.

that's a load of rubbish printed by a left wing paper and c@pd by a left wing poster!

Uh -oh!!..Kaka, Drinky!!!!

nicko wrote:that's a load of rubbish printed by a left wing paper and c@pd by a left wing poster!

Former superintendent Martin Harding was asked by GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy to look at how the force’s recruitment policy reflects the community it serves.

Mr Harding, a founding member of the National Black Police Association, was damning in his assessment.


Still having problems reading i see, must be the old age i suppose.   

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/sexism-homophobia-discrimination-still-problem-6634916


You can download the report from there Nicko and read for yourself

Ben_Reilly wrote:Yes, they're going to have to grow up and learn how to get along in a diverse society, poor things. Good to hear, it will make better people of them.

The Metropolitan police were hauled over the coals for exactly the same thing a few years back.

Catman wrote:

nicko wrote:that's a load of rubbish printed by a left wing paper and c@pd by a left wing poster!

Former superintendent Martin Harding was asked by GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy to look at how the force’s recruitment policy reflects the community it serves.

Mr Harding, a founding member of the National Black Police Association, was damning in his assessment.


Still having problems reading i see, must be the old age i suppose.   

the national black police association???

is like the national white police association??

oh wait we don't have a national white police association because that would be racist

good thing they are black then since racism only swings one way

smelly_bandit wrote:

Catman wrote:

Former superintendent Martin Harding was asked by GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy to look at how the force’s recruitment policy reflects the community it serves.

Mr Harding, a founding member of the National Black Police Association, was damning in his assessment.


Still having problems reading i see, must be the old age i suppose.   

the national black police association???

is like the national white police association??

oh wait we don't have a national white police association because that would be racist

good thing they are black then since racism only swings one way  

There is no need for one, white people aren't under represented in the police and have never experienced any kind of discrimination.

A recent intake of 32% BME pcso's ? no wonder they can't catch Serial Sex offenders , they have joined the Police.

Catman wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

the national black police association???

is like the national white police association??

oh wait we don't have a national white police association because that would be racist

good thing they are black then since racism only swings one way  

There is no need for one, white people aren't under represented in the police and have never experienced any kind of discrimination.

As I said racism swings one way in the mind of the left

Guess you never heard of positive discrimination

Oh wait you live on benefit street so you've never heard of work

smelly_bandit wrote:

Catman wrote:

There is no need for one, white people aren't under represented in the police and have never experienced any kind of discrimination.

As I said racism swings one way in the mind of the left

Guess you never heard of positive discrimination

Oh wait you live on benefit street so you've never heard of work

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

The drums of the far right!   

The house over the road recently sold for £300,000.

There are a mixture of H/A properties and privately owned properties in this road, and a good multicultural spirit!

 :D 

Catman wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

As I said racism swings one way in the mind of the left

Guess you never heard of positive discrimination

Oh wait you live on benefit street so you've never heard of work

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

The drums of the far right!   

Vs the Bums of the far Left.





    

Mr Catman - do a search for police found not guilty of racism - there are hundreds.

Now, that tells us that white (they will mainly be white) policemen are constantly being accused of racism, usually by criminals.

It tells us that the police force they work for usually takes them to court, or disciplines them.

It tells us that white policemen have one hell of a tough job and like the rest of the white British population, fear for their lives, their careers, their reputation on a daily basis and it tells us that it is so bloody easy for a foreigner to accuse a white man of anything they bloody well like, and not only is it taken seriously by the authorities, but it is taken more seriously than other crimes because it has a special, modern title.

So, why don't white policemen have a white police officer's association?

Six white police officers have accused Scotland Yard of racial discrimination, saying they are the victims of political correctness.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15341661

Catman wrote:The house over the road recently sold for £300,000.

There are a mixture of H/A properties and privately owned properties in this road, and a good multicultural spirit!

 :D 

Yes I know , it was not hard to find on Google earth.

BigAndy9 wrote:So, why don't white policemen have a white police officer's association?

Six white police officers have accused Scotland Yard of racial discrimination, saying they are the victims of political correctness.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15341661

....Well stop being racist and homophobic then!

....Is the motto of the story!

If you are going into the profession of being a police officer, then you are required to serve all sections of society, if you are unable to do that due to personal prejudices, then you shouldn't be in the job!

Nisha Patel-Nasri - the unsackable WPC in the Met.

She was a vice madam who threatened other officers, innocent civilians, she had a criminal record and used her police warrant card to collect debts for her husband's escort agency.

Other officer's knew about her and reported her to their leaders - they were told to shut up because she "ticked all the right boxes".

The Met sent one hundred fellow officers to form a guard of honour to her funeral.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024779/Nisha-police-cover-She-vice-madam-criminal-record.html

ALLAKAKA wrote:

Catman wrote:The house over the road recently sold for £300,000.

There are a mixture of H/A properties and privately owned properties in this road, and a good multicultural spirit!

 :D 

Yes I know , it was not hard to find on Google earth.

Yea....House prices are very high in this area of London.   

Catman wrote:

ALLAKAKA wrote:


Yes I know , it was not hard to find on Google earth.

Yea....House prices are very high in this area of London.   

I'll mention you to some Eastern European friends , they can pop round for tea and a chat.

ALLAKAKA wrote:

Catman wrote:

Yea....House prices are very high in this area of London.   

I'll mention you to some Eastern European friends , they can pop round for tea and a chat.

Gawd!

In this road, with have black people, white people, gay people, mixed race people, rich, poor...We have always said hello to each other!

The Christian lady at the end of the road, she always posts a card through at Xmas, and when we see her, when we go to the local shop, we always have a chat!

.....It's a village type atmosphere...and a multicultural success story!

    

....That's why the house prices are so high around here!