The Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland have reviewed and updated their Equality Outcomes for policing, setting out how they will seek to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by or under the Equality Act 2010.

Following extensive internal and external engagement, including an online survey open to the public, a new set of Equality Outcomes have been developed and published to provide a refreshed focus for the work which both organisations already have underway in this area.

There are seven Equality Outcomes covering both equality in employment and in service delivery:

• Equality Outcome 1: Reporting Crime and Community Concerns – Confidence and Support
  By 2029, minoritised communities will have greater confidence to report crime and community concerns.
  Equality Outcome 2: Accessibility of Services and Communication
  By 2029, people will have improved access to information and be able to communicate with us in ways that meet their diverse needs.
• Equality Outcome 3: Meaningful Engagement
  By 2029, we will have improved engagement with our communities, using their insights and experience to shape how best to deliver services and work with partners to keep people safe.
• Equality Outcome 4: Violence Against Women and Girls - Confidence and Support
  By 2029, we will have supported societal change in ending Violence against Women and Girls, support those at risk of becoming victims of violence, and those facing violence are safer and confident that the police will be responsive to their needs.
• Equality Outcome 5: Representation and colleague voice
  By 2029, minoritised groups are better represented in policing, and have improved colleague voice.
• Equality Outcome 6: Leadership and colleague experience
  By 2029, colleagues from minoritised groups have an improved colleague experience through the enhanced equality, diversity and inclusion knowledge, skills and behaviours of our people leaders.
• Equality Outcome 7: Colleague Support
  By 2029, colleagues from minoritised groups have their needs met more proactively through improved accessibility, technology, equipment, facilities and family friendly provisions.

Speaking about the new Equality Outcomes, Fiona McQueen, Chair of the Scottish Police Authority said:

"These outcomes set out how policing will seek to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations with our workforce and the communities policing serves."

Chief Constable Jo Farrell added: “The relationship we have with the public we serve, our fellow citizens, is the foundation of police legitimacy and vital to our ability to keep people safe. The onus is on policing to earn and maintain the trust of all communities and ensure we are delivering a service which is for everyone.

“We remain committed to driving sustainable and meaningful change to ensure equality and diversity lies at the heart of policing, and that we are meeting the needs of all our officers and staff and the communities we serve.”

The Authority has also published an EDI Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Progress Report 2023-2025, an SPA EDI Employment Monitoring Report - 2024 and a Police Scotland EDI Employment Monitoring Report – 2024. These documents provide updates on the progress which has been made in relation to previous set of outcomes, and the work which is continuing as the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland mainstream equality and diversity into all areas of the organisation, across all ranks and roles.

All documents are accessible from the links below.