About us 

Equality and diversity

Diversity is all about ‘difference’ and recognising that different people have equally valuable skills, experience and knowledge.

Thames Valley Police has a duty to eliminate discrimination within the Force, and to promote good relationships between officers, staff and the community. This is both a moral responsibility and a practical necessity, as understanding diversity has a direct impact on the quality of service the Force provides.

Thames Valley Police's Diversity Unit actively promotes diversity to the entire Force. We also have a Diversity Board which monitors progress in this area and a Diversity Executive Group to drive action on diversity issues.

Thames Valley Police is the first police force to sign up to be a supporting member of the ‘Face Equality at Work’ initiative, run by the Changing Faces charity.

• Visit the Changing Faces website (opens new window).

Our Confidence and Equality Strategy (PDF 125 Kb - opens new window) sets out a vision of a policing service for Thames Valley which values and respects the diversity of our staff and of the communities that we serve. This Strategy is the overarching introduction to our Race, Disability and Gender Equality Schemes.

In this section, you can find out about:

• How we value diversity.
• Thames Valley Police Diversity Unit.
• Thames Valley Police Diversity Board and Diversity Executive Group.
• Community and diversity officers.
• Staff support networks.
• Force multi-faith chaplaincy.
• Diversity monitoring.

How we value our ‘six strands of diversity’:

• Age.
• Disability - including our Disability Equality Scheme.
• Gender and transgender– including our Gender Equality Scheme.
• Race – including our Race Equality Scheme.
• Religion.
• Sexual orientation.

Our response to:

• Forced marriage.
• ‘Honour-based’ violence.
• Hate crime.