Recommendation - South Yorkshire Police, September 2023
We identified organisational learning from a review following other handling.
IOPC reference
Recommendations
The IOPC recommends that South Yorkshire Police (SYP) should incorporate training on interacting with Transgender people for all staff within their regular discrimination awareness training/ refresher training.
This follows an IOPC review of a complaint handled other than by investigation by South Yorkshire Police whereby officers were unaware of the correct procedures of searching a transgender person who was arrested. I am aware that there are specific areas in SYP where training is being rolled out, specifically within Sheffield for NPT supervisors. However, I feel that this training would be extremely beneficial to all staff who deal with members of the public to ensure that they act in accordance with Equality Act 2010, and in line with the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice guidance. This will also improve relations with any transgender persons coming into contact with the police.
Recommendation accepted:
Recommendation Accepted.
Action from SYP: -
-Further Training for custody staff from internal staff and external colleagues at WYP are supporting SYP with extract form their training packages
-Ascertained SYP Hate Crime Co-ordinator to cover transgender via hate crime inputs at Sgt & Insp SYP training.
- Operational Police Training are to link in with the SYP Hate Crime Co-ordinator to ensure our Stop and Search content, which does cover transgender searching, is on the same lines (not contradictory)
- SYP Hate Crime Co-ordinator to do similar hate crime inputs for PCSOs. PCSO Trainers will link in with the Hate Crime Co-ordinator
-Ascertained hate crime inputs covering transgender are happening for Call Resolution Officers in the Force Control Room.