Since 2021, together with the partners in the professional standards sector, policing has been working to toughen up the way police officers and staff are vetted, scrutinised and disciplined, in particular with a focus on stopping violence against women and girls.  

Over the last three years, Professional Standards Directorates have been working relentlessly to root out those who cause harm to policing and risk damaging public confidence in the service, whilst concurrently strengthening the vetting regime to prevent the wrong people ever having the opportunity to represent policing.  However, there is still further work to be done, evidenced by part 1 of the Angiolini Inquiry report published in February 2024, with publication of part 2 impending.  

It therefore follows that with a commitment to being an anti-sexist, anti-misogynistic, anti-racist organisation, PSDs and policing more widely must re-double their efforts to eradicate sexism, racism and misogyny, contributing to a wider positive culture to remove all forms of discrimination from the profession.  

Nothing less will do.  

This year’s eagerly anticipated conference will focus on a whole systems professional standards approach to creating a more inclusive culture, enhancing the vetting regime as a first line of defence, alongside further improving our ethical response to preventing and detecting misconduct in the service.  

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