Inclusivity Assessment of Peel Regional Police Now Complete

Region of Peel – The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) has completed its inclusivity assessment of Peel Regional Police. CCDI was selected by the Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services Board (PPSB) in May of 2017. Our Chief’s Management Group welcomed the review, participated in the process and encouraged employees to be involved.                         

On March 22, 2019, the report Current State of Inclusivity Assessment was presented to, and accepted by the PPSB.

“I have reviewed the report. It is extensive, but clearly says we need to continue to grow as a police service with respect to inclusivity to keep pace with the rapidly changing community. We know Peel Region is one of the most diverse communities in Canada and that is something we value. Last year 60.5% of our newly hired officers and cadets and 54.5% of our newly hired civilian employees were racialized.” said Chief Chris McCord.

The assessment is very thorough. It compared Peel Regional Police demographics with our community’s, and highlights our accomplishments and opportunities for improvement. The report has provided a comprehensive set of recommendations with the aim of making us better and enhancing our cultural competency.

“We recognize there is a lot of work ahead of us. We will support our leaders and employees by enhancing their cultural competencies. Our aim is to use the findings of this report to make us a best-in-class police agency. I want to thank the Police Services Board, our employees, and members of the community for their participation and candid feedback. We will be better because of your input.” said Chief Chris McCord.

To guide us in taking our organization to the next level, Peel Regional Police will hire an equity and inclusion specialist. We will look to our six Chief’s Advisory Committees (Black, Chinese, LGBTQ+, Muslim, Sikh, Youth) to help us find solutions that are meaningful to our community. We will also continue to work together with PPSB, the police associations, our employees and our community to improve.

Peel Regional Police & Diversity and Inclusion

In their report, CCDI acknowledges PRP has put in place many of the right kinds of messages, initiatives and processes across aspects of policing as an employer and in the community and that these efforts are recognized in several different ways by employees and memebers of the community.

Providing and Equitable Police Service

Objective 1.3 in our 2017 to 2019 Strategic Plan highlights our commitment to Provide an Inclusive and Equitible Police Service.

• All employees are mandated to take our Fair and Impartial and Workplace Harassment and Discrimination training. We also offer guidebooks for all of our employees on religious and cultural awareness and hate-motivated crime.
• We continue to provide services to the public and our employees in multiple languages and accessible formats.
• We regularly hold Lunch and Learns for employees, topics included Black History Month, Pride Month, Sikh Heritage Month and International Women’s Day.

Hiring to Reflect Our Community

Objective 2.1 in our 2017 to 2019 Strategic Plan highlights our commitment to Attract and Retain professional, skilled employees that reflect the community.

• Our Recruiters are working diligently to ensure new hires reflect the community we serve and we have made great progress. Aggressive recruitment drives have been expanded to attract people who reflect our community and are supported by advertising campaigns. Last year, 6,605 people attended our recruitment drives.
• Last year 60.5% of our newly hired officers and cadets and 54.5% of our newly hired civilian employees were racialized.
• According to Canada Census data in 2016, there were 50.9% women in Peel Region and 58.2% of our new civilian employees hired were women. Today 64% of new civilian employees are women.

• In 2018, 30.3% of the officers and cadets hired were female. Our recruiters are working hard to look for innovative ways to attract women to our profession.

• The make-up of our Senior Leadership Team includes 17.5% racialized employees and 26.3% women.

• We have nearly 1,000 employees who speak 60 different languages.

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