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these offences.”
          The Force has committed to support any            West Midlands Police   Violence and hate
       officer or staff member subjected to
       disablist, racist, religious, homophobic or                                 crime on police
       transphobic abuse. And as case law shows,
       you don’t have to identify as a member of a                                 officers and staff
       minority group to make a report.       10 Point Plan
          The new 10-point plan is designed to
       guide employees and supervisors through
       the process of reporting an incident and is
                                                 1 Violence and hate crime on police officers and police staff should be
       being strengthened to include hate crimes.
                                                   investigated with the same care, compassion and commitment as we give to
          Along with the Federation branch, the    members of the public
       Force’s other staff networks and unions
       have backed the revised plan and will    2 Colleagues recover better and more quickly if they receive the right welfare
                                                   and supervision
       provide staff and officers with support.
          Chief Constable Dave Thompson has     3 All violence and hate crime on police officers and police staff will be treated
       also backed the plan and will provide a     seriously and WMP will seek to ensure appropriate redress through the
       signed statement outlining the impact any   criminal justice system
       crime has had on the member or staff as   4 The assault or hate crime is to be raised at the next available TRM and
       an individual, the Force and the            discussed outside of this meeting to maintain confidentiality of the victim
       communities they serve.
          When he became Chief Constable in     5 The officer or staff member must never be the OIC for their own investigation
       January 2016, Mr Thompson promised to    6 The ICASS report must be completed by the supervisor along with, where
       do more on staff wellbeing. As well as     severity
                                                  practicable, the employee for all assaults and hate crime regardless of
       introducing the People Deal, he has
       backed the Police Federation’s Protect the   7 The supervisor must ensure that the local senior leadership team is informed
       Protectors campaign and overseen the       of all assaults and hate crime; if the police employee is hospitalised the on
       introduction of spit guards and double-    call chief officer is to be notified
       shot Taser to help with officer safety.  8    The supervisor must notify the Police Federation or union representative
          Earlier this year, improvements to
                                               9 To achieve a successful prosecution, the best evidence must be presented
       staff wellbeing was identified as a key
                                                  and the Chief Constable will supply a personal impact statement to support
       issue in the results of The Big Staff      the prosecution
       Survey.
          West Midlands Police and Crime       10 The Victims Code applies to all victims including police officers and staff who
                                                 have been subjected to an assault or hate crime
       Commissioner David Jamieson has also
       welcomed the new plan.
          “I am always deeply concerned when
       I hear how our hard-working police
       officers and staff are abused by a small         Preventing crime, protecting the public and helping those in need
       minority of people. Everyone has the                                     www.west-midlands.police.uk
       right to go to work and be treated with
       respect. Thankfully, this is not
       something the West Midlands Police is
       prepared to stand for and they know
       they have my complete backing,’ said                                                          180104-000510
       the PCC.


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