Progressive Police Staff Group Activism Threatens Impartiality: Watchdog

Published on January 11, 2024

Police staff networks driven by identity politics are compromising the ability of forces to maintain public perceptions of impartiality, a watchdog has found. A letter to Home Secretary James Cleverly from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) on Thursday, provided an initial update to the review on “woke” policing ordered by former Home Secretary Suella Braverman last year. Last year, Ms. Braverman asked HMICFRS to examine police involvement in issues such as “gender identity” politics, critical race theory, and climate activism, and how much this may be affecting the efficiency and legitimacy of policing in England and Wales....