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£30k contract open to tender.

Mark Burns-Williamson

 

A police and crime commissioner is to take on a £30,000 consultant to help with black and Asian equality issues.

West Yorkshire’s Mark Burns-Williamson has a contract open to tender for an individual or company to work with voluntary, community, faith or social enterprises to work with black and Asian communities.

Among the duties of for the holder of the new role will be to “act as an advocate for West Yorkshire communities and victims”.

They will also be expected to “develop written functional strategies, policies, plans and guidance to enable the PCC to meet the needs of relevant West Yorkshire communities effectively”, and to monitor equality legislation to check the PCC is complying with it fully.

The contract is out for tender and has a budget of up to £30,000 for the first 18 months. A spokesman for Mr Burns-Williamson said the budget beyond that point is to be decided.

Asked why the position is required and why it has not been needed for the last six years he has been in post, the PCC said the role builds on previous initiatives used by his office.

He added: “From feedback received during our public perception surveys and my ongoing discussions with local people and partners, I know that there is still more scope for improvement in the way we engage with our very diverse communities in West Yorkshire.

“This includes better understanding some of the barriers that victims face, offering new solutions and a direct path to the support they need.

“Likewise, ensuring that my office is constantly at the forefront of understanding new legislation, providing the best possible service and advice is also central to this approach. 

“To achieve all this, we need a clear strategy involving the relevant agencies, which not only promotes our BAME [black and minority ethnic] relationships, but maximises opportunities for greater interaction across all our communities."

The move comes as chief constables have adopted a new strategy which treats diversity in the service like a critical incident.

PCCs are expected to hold forces to account over their progress.

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[Zulu 22 + 4,571]

Yet another waste of money.  The one thing that happened after the PCC's were formed, that they created an empire with a multitude of unnecessary, un -needed  and expensive staff.  If only that money got spent on extra officers.

[Mac7 808]

Surely the force has an existing equality unit?? More duplicated work and wasting money.

[Billy Blue Tac 170]

18 hours ago, Fedster said:

...there is still more scope for improvement in the way we engage with our very diverse communities...

There's also scope for improvement in the way MOPs engage with the police. I doubt if anyone would get £30,000 pa for stating that patently obvious fact though.

 

[Reasonable Man + 1,231]

Surely the force has an existing equality unit?? More duplicated work and wasting money.

As WYP has had a dubious relationship with race relations maybe the Force's equality unit has been found wanting - hence the need for the PCC to do his job by holding the Force to account and doing things independently.

[a-bothan-spy 81]

As WYP has had a dubious relationship with race relations maybe the Force's equality unit has been found wanting - hence the need for the PCC to do his job by holding the Force to account and doing things independently.

Oh behave!

[Reasonable Man + 1,231]

Oh behave!

In what way?