The Devon and Cornwall Police Diverse Communities Team (DCT) is a small team of specialist officers and staff who focus on maintaining and developing confidence in the police, working to ensure community cohesion. It supports local officers in understanding the needs of people with protected characteristics and ensuring that we work with our diverse communities to protect the vulnerable and reduce the risk of harm.
We work to achieve the following aims:
- engagement with people with protected characteristics and from diverse backgrounds to create and maintain trust
- reduce risk to vulnerable people and promote community cohesion through our work with partner agencies
- increase awareness and reporting of hate crime
- reduce the re-victimisation of hate crime victims
- champion the Devon and Cornwall Police Equality Objectives (including reducing violence against women and girls)
We cover all of Devon and Cornwall and can be contacted for non-urgent enquiries Monday to Friday by email using the addresses below. Please note that in an emergency, people should telephone 999/101 or contact via the Devon & Cornwall Police website instead.
Website: devon-cornwall.police.uk
Contact (for non-urgent enquiries):
Diversity Cornwall CIOSDiversity@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
Diversity Devon DiversityDevon@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
Diversity Plymouth DiversityPlymouth@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk