Act 2000 gives public authorities, including police authorities, a general duty to
promote race equality. Under the general duty, when carrying out its functions
including policy, service delivery and employment, the authority is required to:

• Eliminate unlawful racial discrimination
• Promote equality of opportunity; and
• Promote good relations between people of different racial groups

In order to enable public authorities to meet the general duty, regulations made
under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 set out specific duties in
policy making, service delivery and employment.

Northumbria Police Authority is committed to fulfilling its obligations under the
Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and will commit the necessary resources
to ensure that the general duty and specific duties are complied with.

Under the specific duties the Authority must:

• produce and publish a Race Equality Scheme, which sets out how we intend to meet the general and specific duties including assessing, consulting on, and monitoring the impact of policies and practices on the promotion of race
  equality and
• carry out ethnic monitoring of applicants for jobs, training and promotion
  and staff grievance, discipline and appraisal systems.

Police authorities have a twofold responsibility:

• to meet the general and specific duties in relation to the Authority‛s own
  functions/policies and staff, and
• to ensure that Northumbria Police meets the general and specific duties

Race Equality Scheme 2005

NPA Equality Scheme (196KB)

Race Equality Scheme 2002

NPA Equality Scheme (184KB)
NPA Equality Scheme Appendix A (564KB)
NPA Equality Scheme Appendix B (94KB)
NPA Equality Scheme Appendix C (172KB)
NPA Equality Scheme Appendix D (268KB)
NPA Equality Scheme Appendix E (187KB)