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Police race plan will have ‘no long-term impact’, campaigners warn
The new Police Race Action Plan has been criticised as a “box-ticking exercise" by campaigners.

POLICE chiefs’ new racism action plan has been criticised by campaigners, who predict that the strategy will fail unless forces accept that they have a problem with institutional racism. 

All officers in England and Wales will receive mandatory anti-racism training as part of the plan, published today by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing, to root out racism. 

The NPCC also wants to recruit more black officers and staff and launch a thorough review of stop-and-search powers to improve confidence in the police among black communities.

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