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A recent Freedom of Information Request has revealed that West Yorkshire Police spent almost 3 per cent of its annual budget on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, a figure so huge, and accompanied by so much extraordinary detail, that one should perhaps attribute its release to a whistle-blower. The jobs involved are Head of DEI (£91K — nice work if you can get it), Communications and Marketing (96K — split between two different jobs), six Ambassadors of Positive Action (£360K), a Positive Action Inspector and Sergeant (£174K) , a Positive Action Progression Officer (£46K), two Administrative Assistants For DEI and Positive Action (£60K). There are also funds for external training (£360K).
This is a staggeringly large amount to be signed off by a Chief Constable who pleads poverty so regularly that you’d mistake him for having a role in the West End revival of Oliver. Quite what the Department of Progression actually progresses, mind, remains a mystery. The latest report published by His Majesty’s Inspectorate does little to solve the enigma.
On matters relating to the core elements of policing — investigating crime, handling suspects, looking after victims — West Yorkshire receives a rating of “Requires Improvement”, which is not the ringing endorsement likely to be hung from the fence on a banner. In fact, should you ever find yourself the victim of a grievous bodily assault in Wakefield, you should consider holding off dialling 999 until you have crawled across the border to Barnsley. As with most things, South Yorkshire is superior.
Of course, if you read the Inspectorate’s report with the mindset of a hateful bigot — the type of regressive who would rather judge a plumber by his ability to fix a tap than by his knowledge of structural racism — then you might find yourself outraged. If this is the case, keep it to yourself. Detecting hate is something at which West Yorkshire does excel.
A recent Freedom of Information Request has revealed that West Yorkshire Police spent almost 3 per cent of its annual budget on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, a figure so huge, and accompanied by so much extraordinary detail, that one should perhaps attribute its release to a whistle-blower. The jobs involved are Head of DEI (£91K — nice work if you can get it), Communications and Marketing (96K — split between two different jobs), six Ambassadors of Positive Action (£360K), a Positive Action Inspector and Sergeant (£174K) , a Positive Action Progression Officer (£46K), two Administrative Assistants For DEI and Positive Action (£60K). There are also funds for external training (£360K).
This is a staggeringly large amount to be signed off by a Chief Constable who pleads poverty so regularly that you’d mistake him for having a role in the West End revival of Oliver. Quite what the Department of Progression actually progresses, mind, remains a mystery. The latest report published by His Majesty’s Inspectorate does little to solve the enigma.
On matters relating to the core elements of policing — investigating crime, handling suspects, looking after victims — West Yorkshire receives a rating of “Requires Improvement”, which is not the ringing endorsement likely to be hung from the fence on a banner. In fact, should you ever find yourself the victim of a grievous bodily assault in Wakefield, you should consider holding off dialling 999 until you have crawled across the border to Barnsley. As with most things, South Yorkshire is superior.
Of course, if you read the Inspectorate’s report with the mindset of a hateful bigot — the type of regressive who would rather judge a plumber by his ability to fix a tap than by his knowledge of structural racism — then you might find yourself outraged. If this is the case, keep it to yourself. Detecting hate is something at which West Yorkshire does excel.