Lessons from The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry

Conference Report and Action Plan
21 January 2000
Police Headquarters, Middlemoor, Exeter

Contents

Introduction - Inaction is not an option

Part One - Transcript of Keynote Speeches:

Chairman's Introduction - Robert Hutley LLB, Justices Chief Executive, Devon and Cornwall Magistrates Courts Service and Chair of the Area Criminal Justice Liaison Committee's Race Issues Sub-Group

Police Complaints and Prejudice - Josephine Dobry, Police Complaints Authority

Britain After Macpherson, The Challenge for Community Safety Partnerships - Barbara Cohen, Commission for Racial Equality

Challenging Racism in the Rural Idyll - Mohammed Dhalech, South Wales Police (formerly Director of the Rural Race Equality Project for the South West of England)

Building Strategies to Address Racially Motivated Crime in Devon - Devon's Community Safety Partners :

• Philip Burton, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
• Mike Ellis, Devon County Council
• David Incoll, West Devon Borough Council
• John Howard, Devon Probation Service

Part Two - Workshops and Panel Discussion

Part Three - Multi-Agency Action Plan

Part Four - Chairman's Summation

Part Five - Address Book

Part Six - Bibliography

Part Seven - Conference Programme