Police Race & Diversity Learning and Development Programme

A principal aim of the Government’s Police Reform Programme is to provide a citizen-focused service that responds to the needs of individuals and communities, and inspires confidence in the police. The Police Race and Diversity Learning and Development Programme (PRDLDP) seek to fulfil this aim. Centrex (now the NPIA) have been commissioned through the PRDLDP to develop a blended learning programme to support the primary goal of the PRDLDP – ensure the delivery of effective race and diversity learning and development with the specific aim of improving police performance.

Effective race and diversity learning and development, with the committed participation of all members of the police service, will lead to improved operational performance through:

• A change in organisational culture and practices to eliminate discrimination and establish an ethos of fair treatment for everyone.
• Improved recruitment and retention of officers and staff from all underrepresented groups.
• Improved interaction with diverse communities, creating a citizen-focused, and community based police service.
• Better intelligence and information from the public.
  Increased community confidence.
• An achieved level of competence assessed through PDR and promotion procedures.
• Improved Basic Command Unit and force performance in race and diversity issues.
• Compliance with legislation such as the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation)
  Regulations 2003, the Employment Equality (Religion and belief) Regulations 2003, the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, the Human Rights Act 1998, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Sex Discrimination Act 1995.
• An upholding of the moral principle of intolerance of all forms of discrimination.

List of courses

• Age and the Police
• Disability and the Police
• Diversity and the Police
• Race and the Police
• Religion and Belief
• Sexual Orientation
• Gender and the Police

Access
These modules are available via the MLE to the 43 forces of England and Wales. They can be found in the National Programmes category. There is then a sub category called PRDLDP, where you will find e-learning, workbooks and Learning Descriptors under separate sub-categories.