Promoting diversity within the police service

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Standards

Reflective police service

The Board, or the Commissioner must ensure that:

(1) The police service’s hiring, promotion, and retention policies and practices are non-discriminatory, free of systemic barriers, and include strategies related to increasing and maintaining diversity in the police service.

(2) The police service’s recruitment material depict gender equity and minority representation.

(3) The police service engages in targeted recruitment activities to attract under-represented groups.

(4) The police service monitors the diversity within the police service in relation to the area served, including at a minimum sex and ethnicity variables.

Workplace harassment

The Board, or the Commissioner must ensure that:

(5) The police service promotes a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, including written policy that prohibits bullying or any form of harassment, including sexual harassment.

(6) The police service has processes in place to support the reporting and investigation of workplace bullying or harassment.

Policies and procedures

The Board, or the Commissioner must ensure that:

(7)  Policies and procedures are consistent with these BC Provincial Policing Standards.