Levels of gay police officers ‘vary signifintly across the untry’ | Exprs & Star

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• SERGEANT HARRY DALEY: ‘HONOUR MET’S FIRST GAY POLICEMAN WH BLUE PLAQUE,’ SAY MPAIGNERS
• EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNLEVELS OF GAY POLICE OFFICERS ‘VARY SIGNIFINTLY ACROSS THE UNTRY’UK NEWSPUBLISHED: FEB 25, 2022THE DATA FOLLOWS THE QUT TO STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS, AT WHICH FAI SAID A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF LGBT ISSU HRED THE VTIGATNS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPA RABOW FLAT AT PRI LONDONPOLICE OFFICERS WHO INTIFY AS GAY OR LBIAN MAKE UP LS THAN 3% OF THE WORKFORCE SOME NSTABULARI ACROSS ENGLAND AND WAL, THE FIRST FIGUR OF THEIR KD SUGGT.OTHER FORC REPORTED LEVELS MORE THAN DOUBLE THIS, ACRDG TO SNAPSHOT STAFFG FIGUR OBTAED OM POLICE FORC BY THE PA NEWS AGENCY UNR FREEDOM OF INFORMATN (FOI) LAWS.HOWEVER, THE TE NUMBER IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH HIGHER DUE TO SOME OFFICERS BEG RELUCTANT TO E OUT TO THEIR EMPLOYERS AMID NCERNS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY CREATG A BARRIER TO PROMOTN, OR RULTG HOMOPHOBIC ABE.THE DATA FOLLOWS THE DAMNG NCLNS OF THE QUT FOR THE VICTIMS OF SERIAL KILLER STEPHEN PORT, AT WHICH GRIEVG FAY MEMBERS AND IENDS SAID PREJUDICE, A LACK OF LGBT OFFICERS BARKG AND DAGENHAM, AND A FAILURE TO ENGAGE WH THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME MEANT CCIAL CLU ABOUT HIS MURRO SPREE WERE MISSED.(PA GRAPHICS)CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, -CHAIRMAN OF THE LGBT+ WORK REPRENTG GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANS OFFICERS ACROSS THE UNTRY, TOLD PA: “IF WE’RE NOT REPRENTATIVE OF OUR MUNI THEN WE DON’T UNRSTAND THAT MUNY.“THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT THE MUNI NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN EQUABLE POLICE SERVICE.”THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS EACH FORCE INTIFYG AS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND STRAIGHT WAS LCULATED BY PA ONLY WHERE NSTABULARI HAD DATA FOR AT LEAST HALF OF S OFFICERS.THIS EQUATED TO 26 OUT OF 40 FORC WHICH REPLIED TO FOI REQUTS.WHILE HEAVILY VEATED, THE DATA DIT WI DISCREPANCI THE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH POLICE FORCE.THE HIGHT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS GAY OR LBIAN, OF THE 26 FORC WH RELEVANT RMATN, WAS SSEX (7.2%), FOLLOWED BY HUMBERSI (6.2%) AND HERTFORDSHIRE (5.8%).CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, OF THE POLICE’S LGBT+ WORK, SAID FORC NEED TO REFLECT THEIR MUNI (GREATER MANCHTER POLICE/PA)CONVERSELY, THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF GAY AND LBIAN OFFICERS WAS LLNSHIRE (2.3%), FOLLOWED BY DYFED POWYS AND NORTH WAL (BOTH 2.9%).THE FIGUR SHOWED DYFED POWYS AND SUFFOLK HAD THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS BISEXUAL (0.8%).THE HIGHT RATE WAS WARWICKSHIRE (4.4%).SIARLY, THE HIGHT RATE OF HETEROSEXUAL OFFICERS WAS DYFED POWYS AND LLNSHIRE (BOTH 96.2%), FOLLOWED BY GLOUCTERSHIRE (95.5%) AND SOUTH WAL (95.4%).THE LOWT RATE WAS SSEX (89.1%) AND WARWICKSHIRE (90.2%).THE METROPOLAN POLICE – THE UNTRY’S LARGT FORCE, WH A HEADUNT OF MORE THAN 33,500 – ONLY HAD DATA FOR 40.1% OF THE WORKFORCE.THE FIGUR SHOWED 92.8% SCRIBED THEMSELV AS HETEROSEXUAL, WHERE THEIR SEXUALY WAS RERD TO BE EHER STRAIGHT, GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, SELF-SCRIBED, OR PANSEXUAL/OTHER.THE FIGUR SHOWED 5.1% INTIFIED AS GAY OR LBIAN, WH 2.1% BISEXUAL.MR BROADSTOCK, A CHIEF SPECTOR WH GREATER MANCHTER POLICE, SAID: “I THK WHAT THE DATA SUGGTS IS THAT THERE IS PROBABLY A HIGHER NCENTRATN OF OFFICERS WHO ARE LGB AREAS WHERE THERE IS A MORE WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM – THAT’S WHERE THEY WILL GRAVATE.”BUT HE SAID THE TE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH FORCE IS LIKELY TO BE HIGHER, WH NO SEXUALY RERD FOR 61,000 OUT OF 131,000 OFFICERS.RELATIV OF STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS SAID THERE WAS A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF THE GAY MUNY WH THE POLICE 2014 AND 2015 WHEN HE MURRED FOUR GAY MEN (METROPOLAN POLICE/PA)MR BROADSTOCK, WHO SAID HE HAS PREVLY EXPERIENCED HOMOPHOBIA AMONG LLEAGU AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ADD: “SOMETIM THEY DON’T TST WHAT THEIR FORCE HR IS GOG TO DO WH THEIR RPONS – ARE THEY GOG TO BE TREATED LS FAVOURABLY FUTURE WHEN TO PROMOTNS? – AND WHOUT DOUBT PORT SHED A LIGHT ON CULTUR WH POLICG THAT ARE NOT WELG ENVIRONMENTS.“IT IS SAD THAT THAT IS STILL THE SE SOMETIM, BUT THE PICTURE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPROVG.“IF YOU TRIED TO GET THE FIGUR 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY – I DOUBT YOU WOULD HAVE GOT ANY DATA.”LATT FIGUR OM THE OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS, PUBLISHED 2019, SHOW AN TIMATED 2.7% OF THE UK POPULATN AGED 16 AND OVER INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL, UP OM 2.2% 2018.ANOTHER 3.0% STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR SEXUALY, OR REFED TO ANSWER, UP OM 2.5% 2018.UK NEWSMOST READ
• NUMBERS OF OPENLY GAY POLICE OFFICERS ‘VARY SIGNIFINTLY' ACROSS THE UNTRY
• GAY POLICEMAN STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• GAY SENR POLICE OFFICER TOLD TO ‘BEHAVE LIKE A STRAIGHT WHE MAN’
• GAY POLICE OFFICERS STILL FEAR FOR THEIR REERS, POLL SHOWS
• GUERNSEY PRSHOMENEWSSPORTWEATHERSERVICPODSTSNEWSALL NEWS CORONAVISBSPOLICSNEWS OM THE ISLANDSTRAVELVOICEDUTNCAMPAIGNSFEATURMORE PROPERTYUK NEWSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSMOTORSLEVELS OF GAY POLICE OFFICERS ‘VARY SIGNIFINTLY ACROSS THE UNTRY’UK NEWSPUBLISHED: FEB 25, 2022THE DATA FOLLOWS THE QUT TO STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS, AT WHICH FAI SAID A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF LGBT ISSU HRED THE VTIGATNS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPPOLICE OFFICERS WHO INTIFY AS GAY OR LBIAN MAKE UP LS THAN 3% OF THE WORKFORCE SOME NSTABULARI ACROSS ENGLAND AND WAL, THE FIRST FIGUR OF THEIR KD SUGGT.OTHER FORC REPORTED LEVELS MORE THAN DOUBLE THIS, ACRDG TO SNAPSHOT STAFFG FIGUR OBTAED OM POLICE FORC BY THE PA NEWS AGENCY UNR FREEDOM OF INFORMATN (FOI) LAWS.HOWEVER, THE TE NUMBER IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH HIGHER DUE TO SOME OFFICERS BEG RELUCTANT TO E OUT TO THEIR EMPLOYERS AMID NCERNS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY CREATG A BARRIER TO PROMOTN, OR RULTG HOMOPHOBIC ABE.THE DATA FOLLOWS THE DAMNG NCLNS OF THE QUT FOR THE VICTIMS OF SERIAL KILLER STEPHEN PORT, AT WHICH GRIEVG FAY MEMBERS AND IENDS SAID PREJUDICE, A LACK OF LGBT OFFICERS BARKG AND DAGENHAM, AND A FAILURE TO ENGAGE WH THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME MEANT CCIAL CLU ABOUT HIS MURRO SPREE WERE MISSED.(PA GRAPHICS)“THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT THE MUNI NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN EQUABLE POLICE SERVICE.”THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS EACH FORCE INTIFYG AS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND STRAIGHT WAS LCULATED BY PA ONLY WHERE NSTABULARI HAD DATA FOR AT LEAST HALF OF S OFFICERS.THIS EQUATED TO 26 OUT OF 40 FORC WHICH REPLIED TO FOI REQUTS.WHILE HEAVILY VEATED, THE DATA DIT WI DISCREPANCI THE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH POLICE FORCE.THE HIGHT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS GAY OR LBIAN, OF THE 26 FORC WH RELEVANT RMATN, WAS SSEX (7.2%), FOLLOWED BY HUMBERSI (6.2%) AND HERTFORDSHIRE (5.8%).CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, OF THE POLICE’S LGBT+ WORK, SAID FORC NEED TO REFLECT THEIR MUNI (GREATER MANCHTER POLICE/PA)THE FIGUR SHOWED DYFED POWYS AND SUFFOLK HAD THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS BISEXUAL (0.8%).THE HIGHT RATE WAS WARWICKSHIRE (4.4%).SIARLY, THE HIGHT RATE OF HETEROSEXUAL OFFICERS WAS DYFED POWYS AND LLNSHIRE (BOTH 96.2%), FOLLOWED BY GLOUCTERSHIRE (95.5%) AND SOUTH WAL (95.4%).THE LOWT RATE WAS SSEX (89.1%) AND WARWICKSHIRE (90.2%).THE FIGUR SHOWED 92.8% SCRIBED THEMSELV AS HETEROSEXUAL, WHERE THEIR SEXUALY WAS RERD TO BE EHER STRAIGHT, GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, SELF-SCRIBED, OR PANSEXUAL/OTHER.THE FIGUR SHOWED 5.1% INTIFIED AS GAY OR LBIAN, WH 2.1% BISEXUAL.MR BROADSTOCK, A CHIEF SPECTOR WH GREATER MANCHTER POLICE, SAID: “I THK WHAT THE DATA SUGGTS IS THAT THERE IS PROBABLY A HIGHER NCENTRATN OF OFFICERS WHO ARE LGB AREAS WHERE THERE IS A MORE WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM – THAT’S WHERE THEY WILL GRAVATE.”BUT HE SAID THE TE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH FORCE IS LIKELY TO BE HIGHER, WH NO SEXUALY RERD FOR 61,000 OUT OF 131,000 OFFICERS.RELATIV OF STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS SAID THERE WAS A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF THE GAY MUNY WH THE POLICE 2014 AND 2015 WHEN HE MURRED FOUR GAY MEN (METROPOLAN POLICE/PA)“IT IS SAD THAT THAT IS STILL THE SE SOMETIM, BUT THE PICTURE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPROVG.“IF YOU TRIED TO GET THE FIGUR 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY – I DOUBT YOU WOULD HAVE GOT ANY DATA.”LATT FIGUR OM THE OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS, PUBLISHED 2019, SHOW AN TIMATED 2.7% OF THE UK POPULATN AGED 16 AND OVER INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL, UP OM 2.2% 2018.ANOTHER 3.0% STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR SEXUALY, OR REFED TO ANSWER, UP OM 2.5% 2018.UK NEWSMOST READ
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• SERGEANT HARRY DALEY: ‘HONOUR MET’S FIRST GAY POLICEMAN WH BLUE PLAQUE,’ SAY MPAIGNERS
• EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNLEVELS OF GAY POLICE OFFICERS ‘VARY SIGNIFINTLY ACROSS THE UNTRY’UK NEWSPUBLISHED: FEB 25, 2022THE DATA FOLLOWS THE QUT TO STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS, AT WHICH FAI SAID A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF LGBT ISSU HRED THE VTIGATNS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPA RABOW FLAT AT PRI LONDONPOLICE OFFICERS WHO INTIFY AS GAY OR LBIAN MAKE UP LS THAN 3% OF THE WORKFORCE SOME NSTABULARI ACROSS ENGLAND AND WAL, THE FIRST FIGUR OF THEIR KD SUGGT.OTHER FORC REPORTED LEVELS MORE THAN DOUBLE THIS, ACRDG TO SNAPSHOT STAFFG FIGUR OBTAED OM POLICE FORC BY THE PA NEWS AGENCY UNR FREEDOM OF INFORMATN (FOI) LAWS.HOWEVER, THE TE NUMBER IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH HIGHER DUE TO SOME OFFICERS BEG RELUCTANT TO E OUT TO THEIR EMPLOYERS AMID NCERNS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY CREATG A BARRIER TO PROMOTN, OR RULTG HOMOPHOBIC ABE.THE DATA FOLLOWS THE DAMNG NCLNS OF THE QUT FOR THE VICTIMS OF SERIAL KILLER STEPHEN PORT, AT WHICH GRIEVG FAY MEMBERS AND IENDS SAID PREJUDICE, A LACK OF LGBT OFFICERS BARKG AND DAGENHAM, AND A FAILURE TO ENGAGE WH THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME MEANT CCIAL CLU ABOUT HIS MURRO SPREE WERE MISSED.(PA GRAPHICS)CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, -CHAIRMAN OF THE LGBT+ WORK REPRENTG GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANS OFFICERS ACROSS THE UNTRY, TOLD PA: “IF WE’RE NOT REPRENTATIVE OF OUR MUNI THEN WE DON’T UNRSTAND THAT MUNY.“THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT THE MUNI NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN EQUABLE POLICE SERVICE.”THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS EACH FORCE INTIFYG AS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND STRAIGHT WAS LCULATED BY PA ONLY WHERE NSTABULARI HAD DATA FOR AT LEAST HALF OF S OFFICERS.THIS EQUATED TO 26 OUT OF 40 FORC WHICH REPLIED TO FOI REQUTS.WHILE HEAVILY VEATED, THE DATA DIT WI DISCREPANCI THE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH POLICE FORCE.THE HIGHT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS GAY OR LBIAN, OF THE 26 FORC WH RELEVANT RMATN, WAS SSEX (7.2%), FOLLOWED BY HUMBERSI (6.2%) AND HERTFORDSHIRE (5.8%).CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, OF THE POLICE’S LGBT+ WORK, SAID FORC NEED TO REFLECT THEIR MUNI (GREATER MANCHTER POLICE/PA)CONVERSELY, THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF GAY AND LBIAN OFFICERS WAS LLNSHIRE (2.3%), FOLLOWED BY DYFED POWYS AND NORTH WAL (BOTH 2.9%).THE FIGUR SHOWED DYFED POWYS AND SUFFOLK HAD THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS BISEXUAL (0.8%).THE HIGHT RATE WAS WARWICKSHIRE (4.4%).SIARLY, THE HIGHT RATE OF HETEROSEXUAL OFFICERS WAS DYFED POWYS AND LLNSHIRE (BOTH 96.2%), FOLLOWED BY GLOUCTERSHIRE (95.5%) AND SOUTH WAL (95.4%).THE LOWT RATE WAS SSEX (89.1%) AND WARWICKSHIRE (90.2%).THE METROPOLAN POLICE – THE UNTRY’S LARGT FORCE, WH A HEADUNT OF MORE THAN 33,500 – ONLY HAD DATA FOR 40.1% OF THE WORKFORCE.THE FIGUR SHOWED 92.8% SCRIBED THEMSELV AS HETEROSEXUAL, WHERE THEIR SEXUALY WAS RERD TO BE EHER STRAIGHT, GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, SELF-SCRIBED, OR PANSEXUAL/OTHER.THE FIGUR SHOWED 5.1% INTIFIED AS GAY OR LBIAN, WH 2.1% BISEXUAL.MR BROADSTOCK, A CHIEF SPECTOR WH GREATER MANCHTER POLICE, SAID: “I THK WHAT THE DATA SUGGTS IS THAT THERE IS PROBABLY A HIGHER NCENTRATN OF OFFICERS WHO ARE LGB AREAS WHERE THERE IS A MORE WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM – THAT’S WHERE THEY WILL GRAVATE.”BUT HE SAID THE TE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH FORCE IS LIKELY TO BE HIGHER, WH NO SEXUALY RERD FOR 61,000 OUT OF 131,000 OFFICERS.RELATIV OF STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS SAID THERE WAS A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF THE GAY MUNY WH THE POLICE 2014 AND 2015 WHEN HE MURRED FOUR GAY MEN (METROPOLAN POLICE/PA)MR BROADSTOCK, WHO SAID HE HAS PREVLY EXPERIENCED HOMOPHOBIA AMONG LLEAGU AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ADD: “SOMETIM THEY DON’T TST WHAT THEIR FORCE HR IS GOG TO DO WH THEIR RPONS – ARE THEY GOG TO BE TREATED LS FAVOURABLY FUTURE WHEN TO PROMOTNS? – AND WHOUT DOUBT PORT SHED A LIGHT ON CULTUR WH POLICG THAT ARE NOT WELG ENVIRONMENTS.“IT IS SAD THAT THAT IS STILL THE SE SOMETIM, BUT THE PICTURE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPROVG.“IF YOU TRIED TO GET THE FIGUR 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY – I DOUBT YOU WOULD HAVE GOT ANY DATA.”LATT FIGUR OM THE OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS, PUBLISHED 2019, SHOW AN TIMATED 2.7% OF THE UK POPULATN AGED 16 AND OVER INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL, UP OM 2.2% 2018.ANOTHER 3.0% STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR SEXUALY, OR REFED TO ANSWER, UP OM 2.5% 2018.UK NEWSMOST READ

SERGEANT HARRY DALEY: ‘HONOUR MET’S FIRST GAY POLICEMAN WH BLUE PLAQUE,’ SAY MPAIGNERS

Campaigners want Bra’s first openly gay policeman to be honoured after beg told he was “not famo enough” for a historic blue plaque. Sergeant Harry Daley, said to be spiratn for TV seri Dixon of Dock Green, was “wildly discreet” even though homosexualy was illegal at the joed the Metropolan Police 1925 and worked Hammersmh, Wtmster and Wandsworth for 25 Daley was the lover of celebrated thor E. Colleagu ma a distctn between his sexualy and men they harassed and arrted for Daley died 1971 the former fay home Dorkg he shared his brother David, who was also gay, and David’s long-term partner John.

Sergeant Harry Daley pated by Dunn Grant 1930 / Dunn Grant Sgt Daley’s name nnot be re-nomated until 2027, when another panel would reasss his Stephen Bourne’s 2017 book Fightg Proud: The Untold Story Of The Gay Men Who Served In Two World Wars featur a chapter on Sgt has gaed renew promence durg LGBTQ+ History month and programm like Channel 4’s acclaimed drama It’s A S about the Aids Bourne said: “Harry Daley was greatly loved the muni he served. “In the days when gay officers had to nceal their sexualy, Harry was an exceptn.

There has always been an tert gay history but now wh It’s A S, we’ve gone mastream.

EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNLEVELS OF GAY POLICE OFFICERS ‘VARY SIGNIFINTLY ACROSS THE UNTRY’UK NEWSPUBLISHED: FEB 25, 2022THE DATA FOLLOWS THE QUT TO STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS, AT WHICH FAI SAID A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF LGBT ISSU HRED THE VTIGATNS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPA RABOW FLAT AT PRI LONDONPOLICE OFFICERS WHO INTIFY AS GAY OR LBIAN MAKE UP LS THAN 3% OF THE WORKFORCE SOME NSTABULARI ACROSS ENGLAND AND WAL, THE FIRST FIGUR OF THEIR KD SUGGT.OTHER FORC REPORTED LEVELS MORE THAN DOUBLE THIS, ACRDG TO SNAPSHOT STAFFG FIGUR OBTAED OM POLICE FORC BY THE PA NEWS AGENCY UNR FREEDOM OF INFORMATN (FOI) LAWS.HOWEVER, THE TE NUMBER IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH HIGHER DUE TO SOME OFFICERS BEG RELUCTANT TO E OUT TO THEIR EMPLOYERS AMID NCERNS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY CREATG A BARRIER TO PROMOTN, OR RULTG HOMOPHOBIC ABE.THE DATA FOLLOWS THE DAMNG NCLNS OF THE QUT FOR THE VICTIMS OF SERIAL KILLER STEPHEN PORT, AT WHICH GRIEVG FAY MEMBERS AND IENDS SAID PREJUDICE, A LACK OF LGBT OFFICERS BARKG AND DAGENHAM, AND A FAILURE TO ENGAGE WH THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME MEANT CCIAL CLU ABOUT HIS MURRO SPREE WERE MISSED.(PA GRAPHICS)CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, -CHAIRMAN OF THE LGBT+ WORK REPRENTG GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANS OFFICERS ACROSS THE UNTRY, TOLD PA: “IF WE’RE NOT REPRENTATIVE OF OUR MUNI THEN WE DON’T UNRSTAND THAT MUNY.“THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT THE MUNI NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN EQUABLE POLICE SERVICE.”THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS EACH FORCE INTIFYG AS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND STRAIGHT WAS LCULATED BY PA ONLY WHERE NSTABULARI HAD DATA FOR AT LEAST HALF OF S OFFICERS.THIS EQUATED TO 26 OUT OF 40 FORC WHICH REPLIED TO FOI REQUTS.WHILE HEAVILY VEATED, THE DATA DIT WI DISCREPANCI THE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH POLICE FORCE.THE HIGHT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS GAY OR LBIAN, OF THE 26 FORC WH RELEVANT RMATN, WAS SSEX (7.2%), FOLLOWED BY HUMBERSI (6.2%) AND HERTFORDSHIRE (5.8%).CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, OF THE POLICE’S LGBT+ WORK, SAID FORC NEED TO REFLECT THEIR MUNI (GREATER MANCHTER POLICE/PA)CONVERSELY, THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF GAY AND LBIAN OFFICERS WAS LLNSHIRE (2.3%), FOLLOWED BY DYFED POWYS AND NORTH WAL (BOTH 2.9%).THE FIGUR SHOWED DYFED POWYS AND SUFFOLK HAD THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS BISEXUAL (0.8%).THE HIGHT RATE WAS WARWICKSHIRE (4.4%).SIARLY, THE HIGHT RATE OF HETEROSEXUAL OFFICERS WAS DYFED POWYS AND LLNSHIRE (BOTH 96.2%), FOLLOWED BY GLOUCTERSHIRE (95.5%) AND SOUTH WAL (95.4%).THE LOWT RATE WAS SSEX (89.1%) AND WARWICKSHIRE (90.2%).THE METROPOLAN POLICE – THE UNTRY’S LARGT FORCE, WH A HEADUNT OF MORE THAN 33,500 – ONLY HAD DATA FOR 40.1% OF THE WORKFORCE.THE FIGUR SHOWED 92.8% SCRIBED THEMSELV AS HETEROSEXUAL, WHERE THEIR SEXUALY WAS RERD TO BE EHER STRAIGHT, GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, SELF-SCRIBED, OR PANSEXUAL/OTHER.THE FIGUR SHOWED 5.1% INTIFIED AS GAY OR LBIAN, WH 2.1% BISEXUAL.MR BROADSTOCK, A CHIEF SPECTOR WH GREATER MANCHTER POLICE, SAID: “I THK WHAT THE DATA SUGGTS IS THAT THERE IS PROBABLY A HIGHER NCENTRATN OF OFFICERS WHO ARE LGB AREAS WHERE THERE IS A MORE WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM – THAT’S WHERE THEY WILL GRAVATE.”BUT HE SAID THE TE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH FORCE IS LIKELY TO BE HIGHER, WH NO SEXUALY RERD FOR 61,000 OUT OF 131,000 OFFICERS.RELATIV OF STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS SAID THERE WAS A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF THE GAY MUNY WH THE POLICE 2014 AND 2015 WHEN HE MURRED FOUR GAY MEN (METROPOLAN POLICE/PA)MR BROADSTOCK, WHO SAID HE HAS PREVLY EXPERIENCED HOMOPHOBIA AMONG LLEAGU AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ADD: “SOMETIM THEY DON’T TST WHAT THEIR FORCE HR IS GOG TO DO WH THEIR RPONS – ARE THEY GOG TO BE TREATED LS FAVOURABLY FUTURE WHEN TO PROMOTNS? – AND WHOUT DOUBT PORT SHED A LIGHT ON CULTUR WH POLICG THAT ARE NOT WELG ENVIRONMENTS.“IT IS SAD THAT THAT IS STILL THE SE SOMETIM, BUT THE PICTURE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPROVG.“IF YOU TRIED TO GET THE FIGUR 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY – I DOUBT YOU WOULD HAVE GOT ANY DATA.”LATT FIGUR OM THE OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS, PUBLISHED 2019, SHOW AN TIMATED 2.7% OF THE UK POPULATN AGED 16 AND OVER INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL, UP OM 2.2% 2018.ANOTHER 3.0% STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR SEXUALY, OR REFED TO ANSWER, UP OM 2.5% 2018.UK NEWSMOST READ

His fisherman father died at sea 1911 and olr brother Joseph was killed actn jt a few days before the end of World War wasn’t until 1967, that male homosexualy was crimalised. “From one gay skipper to another, I salute you Harry. “Whilst Harry Daley was the first openly gay officer to serve the Met that we are currently aware of, his historil profile and signifince was not strong enough to persua the panel on this ocsn.

NUMBERS OF OPENLY GAY POLICE OFFICERS ‘VARY SIGNIFINTLY' ACROSS THE UNTRY

Adapted om Bethan Roberts’ h 2012 novel of the same name, the ptivatg perd romance explor Tom’s plex relatnship wh wife Marn (Emma Corr) and lover Patrick (David Dawson) agast a backdrop of stutnal prejudice an era where homosexualy remaed illegal all four rners of the UK. It wasn’t until I moved to England and while I was there I actually met LGBT police officers, I met gay guys, who were ps.

We have to be agast racism, we have to be agast homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.

Lee Broadstock, Chief Inspector, gay (he/him). ’ He’d been out wh lleagu om work, disclosed to them that he was gay and they beat him up.

GAY POLICEMAN STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

Amy Tappg, police nstable, gay (she/her). There was an ocsn when I did receive homophobic abe om a member of the public. It mak me proud of what I’ve done as a gay police officer and what my precsors have done.

A rabow flat at Pri LondonPolice officers who intify as gay or lbian make up ls than 3% of the workforce some nstabulari across England and Wal, the first figur of their kd forc reported levels more than double this, acrdg to snapshot staffg figur obtaed om police forc by the PA news agency unr Freedom of Informatn (FOI) laws. However, the te number is likely to be much higher due to some officers beg reluctant to e out to their employers amid ncerns about their sexualy creatg a barrier to promotn, or rultg homophobic data follows the damng nclns of the qut for the victims of serial killer Stephen Port, at which grievg fay members and iends said prejudice, a lack of LGBT officers Barkg and Dagenham, and a failure to engage wh the gay muny at the time meant ccial clu about his murro spree were missed.

GAY SENR POLICE OFFICER TOLD TO ‘BEHAVE LIKE A STRAIGHT WHE MAN’

(PA Graphics)Chief Inspector Lee Broadstock, -chairman of the LGBT+ work reprentg gay, lbian, bisexual and trans officers across the untry, told PA: “If we’re not reprentative of our muni then we don’t unrstand that muny. ”The percentage of officers each force intifyg as gay, lbian, bisexual and straight was lculated by PA only where nstabulari had data for at least half of s equated to 26 out of 40 forc which replied to FOI heavily veated, the data dit wi discrepanci the number of LGB officers each police hight percentage of officers intifyg as gay or lbian, of the 26 forc wh relevant rmatn, was Ssex (7. 8%) Inspector Lee Broadstock, of the police’s LGBT+ work, said forc need to reflect their muni (Greater Manchter Police/PA)Conversely, the lowt percentage of gay and lbian officers was Llnshire (2.

8% scribed themselv as heterosexual, where their sexualy was rerd to be eher straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, self-scribed, or pansexual/ figur showed 5. 1% intified as gay or lbian, wh 2. Relativ of Stephen Port’s victims said there was a lack of unrstandg of the gay muny wh the police 2014 and 2015 when he murred four gay men (Metropolan Police/PA)Mr Broadstock, who said he has prevly experienced homophobia among lleagu and members of the public, add: “Sometim they don’t tst what their force HR is gog to do wh their rpons – are they gog to be treated ls favourably future when to promotns?

GAY POLICE OFFICERS STILL FEAR FOR THEIR REERS, POLL SHOWS

7% of the UK populatn aged 16 and over intify as gay, lbian or bisexual, up om 2. The Natnal LGBT+ Police Network is a reprentative body for lbian, gay, bisexual and trans Police groups prent the 43 police forc across England, Wal & Northern Ireland. The LGBT+ Police Network is supportive of all lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people, regardls of their background or characteristics.

Officers who intify as gay or lbian make up ls than 3% of the workforce some areasAuthor: Ryan Hooper, PA Chief ReporterPublished 25th Feb 2022Police officers who intify as gay or lbian make up ls than 3% of the workforce some nstabulari across England and Wal, the first figur of their kd forc reported levels more than double this, acrdg to snapshot staffg figur obtaed om police forc by the PA news agency unr Freedom of Informatn (FOI) laws. However, the te number is likely to be much higher due to some officers beg reluctant to e out to their employers amid ncerns about their sexualy creatg a barrier to promotn, or rultg homophobic abe. The data follows the damng nclns of the qut for the victims of serial killer Stephen Port, at which grievg fay members and iends said prejudice, a lack of LGBT officers Barkg and Dagenham, and a failure to engage wh the gay muny at the time meant ccial clu about his murro spree were missed.

Chief Inspector Lee Broadstock, -chairman of the LGBT+ work reprentg gay, lbian, bisexual and trans officers across the untry, told PA: “If we’re not reprentative of our muni then we don’t unrstand that muny. ” The percentage of officers each force intifyg as gay, lbian, bisexual and straight was lculated by PA only where nstabulari had data for at least half of s officers. The hight percentage of officers intifyg as gay or lbian, of the 26 forc wh relevant rmatn, was Ssex (7.

GUERNSEY PRSHOMENEWSSPORTWEATHERSERVICPODSTSNEWSALL NEWS CORONAVISBSPOLICSNEWS OM THE ISLANDSTRAVELVOICEDUTNCAMPAIGNSFEATURMORE PROPERTYUK NEWSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSMOTORSLEVELS OF GAY POLICE OFFICERS ‘VARY SIGNIFINTLY ACROSS THE UNTRY’UK NEWSPUBLISHED: FEB 25, 2022THE DATA FOLLOWS THE QUT TO STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS, AT WHICH FAI SAID A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF LGBT ISSU HRED THE VTIGATNS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPPOLICE OFFICERS WHO INTIFY AS GAY OR LBIAN MAKE UP LS THAN 3% OF THE WORKFORCE SOME NSTABULARI ACROSS ENGLAND AND WAL, THE FIRST FIGUR OF THEIR KD SUGGT.OTHER FORC REPORTED LEVELS MORE THAN DOUBLE THIS, ACRDG TO SNAPSHOT STAFFG FIGUR OBTAED OM POLICE FORC BY THE PA NEWS AGENCY UNR FREEDOM OF INFORMATN (FOI) LAWS.HOWEVER, THE TE NUMBER IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH HIGHER DUE TO SOME OFFICERS BEG RELUCTANT TO E OUT TO THEIR EMPLOYERS AMID NCERNS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY CREATG A BARRIER TO PROMOTN, OR RULTG HOMOPHOBIC ABE.THE DATA FOLLOWS THE DAMNG NCLNS OF THE QUT FOR THE VICTIMS OF SERIAL KILLER STEPHEN PORT, AT WHICH GRIEVG FAY MEMBERS AND IENDS SAID PREJUDICE, A LACK OF LGBT OFFICERS BARKG AND DAGENHAM, AND A FAILURE TO ENGAGE WH THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME MEANT CCIAL CLU ABOUT HIS MURRO SPREE WERE MISSED.(PA GRAPHICS)“THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT THE MUNI NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN EQUABLE POLICE SERVICE.”THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS EACH FORCE INTIFYG AS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND STRAIGHT WAS LCULATED BY PA ONLY WHERE NSTABULARI HAD DATA FOR AT LEAST HALF OF S OFFICERS.THIS EQUATED TO 26 OUT OF 40 FORC WHICH REPLIED TO FOI REQUTS.WHILE HEAVILY VEATED, THE DATA DIT WI DISCREPANCI THE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH POLICE FORCE.THE HIGHT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS GAY OR LBIAN, OF THE 26 FORC WH RELEVANT RMATN, WAS SSEX (7.2%), FOLLOWED BY HUMBERSI (6.2%) AND HERTFORDSHIRE (5.8%).CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, OF THE POLICE’S LGBT+ WORK, SAID FORC NEED TO REFLECT THEIR MUNI (GREATER MANCHTER POLICE/PA)THE FIGUR SHOWED DYFED POWYS AND SUFFOLK HAD THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS BISEXUAL (0.8%).THE HIGHT RATE WAS WARWICKSHIRE (4.4%).SIARLY, THE HIGHT RATE OF HETEROSEXUAL OFFICERS WAS DYFED POWYS AND LLNSHIRE (BOTH 96.2%), FOLLOWED BY GLOUCTERSHIRE (95.5%) AND SOUTH WAL (95.4%).THE LOWT RATE WAS SSEX (89.1%) AND WARWICKSHIRE (90.2%).THE FIGUR SHOWED 92.8% SCRIBED THEMSELV AS HETEROSEXUAL, WHERE THEIR SEXUALY WAS RERD TO BE EHER STRAIGHT, GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, SELF-SCRIBED, OR PANSEXUAL/OTHER.THE FIGUR SHOWED 5.1% INTIFIED AS GAY OR LBIAN, WH 2.1% BISEXUAL.MR BROADSTOCK, A CHIEF SPECTOR WH GREATER MANCHTER POLICE, SAID: “I THK WHAT THE DATA SUGGTS IS THAT THERE IS PROBABLY A HIGHER NCENTRATN OF OFFICERS WHO ARE LGB AREAS WHERE THERE IS A MORE WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM – THAT’S WHERE THEY WILL GRAVATE.”BUT HE SAID THE TE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH FORCE IS LIKELY TO BE HIGHER, WH NO SEXUALY RERD FOR 61,000 OUT OF 131,000 OFFICERS.RELATIV OF STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS SAID THERE WAS A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF THE GAY MUNY WH THE POLICE 2014 AND 2015 WHEN HE MURRED FOUR GAY MEN (METROPOLAN POLICE/PA)“IT IS SAD THAT THAT IS STILL THE SE SOMETIM, BUT THE PICTURE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPROVG.“IF YOU TRIED TO GET THE FIGUR 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY – I DOUBT YOU WOULD HAVE GOT ANY DATA.”LATT FIGUR OM THE OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS, PUBLISHED 2019, SHOW AN TIMATED 2.7% OF THE UK POPULATN AGED 16 AND OVER INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL, UP OM 2.2% 2018.ANOTHER 3.0% STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR SEXUALY, OR REFED TO ANSWER, UP OM 2.5% 2018.UK NEWSMOST READ

Conversely, the lowt percentage of gay and lbian officers was Llnshire (2. 8% scribed themselv as heterosexual, where their sexualy was rerd to be eher straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, self-scribed, or pansexual/other. Mr Broadstock, who said he has prevly experienced homophobia among lleagu and members of the public, add: “Sometim they don’t tst what their force HR is gog to do wh their rpons – are they gog to be treated ls favourably future when to promotns?

Brian Paddick, a former police chief who beme the UK’s most senr gay officer, has shared the discrimatn he faced durg his time on the force.

“It was tertg, when I was the police I was told was okay to be a woman, or to be gay, or to be Black, provid you behaved like a straight whe man, ” he shar.

FIRST GAY POLICE CHIEF LLS FOR MORE ‘VISIBLE ROLE MOLS’ TO ATTRACT DIVERSE RECS

Hi, my name is Jacqui Prt and I wanted to share wh you a ltle of my life journey om tryg to hi my te self to fally beg empowered to stand tall, dance through the streets of Manchter and be very open about beg a gay woman. By this time I had started to play Hockey was a way of releasg my emotns and tratns and whilst no one on my team (that I knew of) was gay I found fort there. Eventually I met another player who I told and together we planned to go to the Gay Village Manchter.

I always knew I was gay but I had actually started to accept I was gay, embrace , and when I did this my nfince rocketed.

Tellg my mother should really have been easy you see I have four olr brothers and 2 of them were also gay and my mother knew and hadn’t changed how she was wh them. It was a fay get together and mother was okg Sunday lunch, I walked behd my brother and he asked mother if he uld talk to her, she took one look at my face and my brother told her I was gay. This was her ial reactn, yet over the next 12 months our relatnship returned to how was before my brother told her I was gay, but I know many don’t, and fact many years later my mother walked me down the aisle and gave me away at my weddg.

SERGEANT HARRY DALEY: ‘HONOUR MET’S FIRST GAY POLICEMAN WH BLUE PLAQUE,’ SAY MPAIGNERS

I joed policg 1992 when there were no visible gay role mols. I am an openly Gay woman and sce beg volved works I am more aware of the importance of talkg to people and challengg their perceptns of the LGBT muny as a whole.

An important part of my role is to be visible to all – by beg a visible role mol I hope to enurage more of my lleagu to be open and out their workplace and to show the muny is possible to be gay and the workplace. But the savagely vlent homophobic attack our cy last year by a group of men on Melania Geymont and her girliend Chris, whilst they were travellg home on the night b, is a sickeng remr of why we need to ntue to keep LGBT+ issu high on the policg agenda.

I have had straight lleagu challenge me: “We all get the gay thg, n’t you lot jt pipe down?

EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNLEVELS OF GAY POLICE OFFICERS ‘VARY SIGNIFINTLY ACROSS THE UNTRY’UK NEWSPUBLISHED: FEB 25, 2022THE DATA FOLLOWS THE QUT TO STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS, AT WHICH FAI SAID A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF LGBT ISSU HRED THE VTIGATNS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPA RABOW FLAT AT PRI LONDONPOLICE OFFICERS WHO INTIFY AS GAY OR LBIAN MAKE UP LS THAN 3% OF THE WORKFORCE SOME NSTABULARI ACROSS ENGLAND AND WAL, THE FIRST FIGUR OF THEIR KD SUGGT.OTHER FORC REPORTED LEVELS MORE THAN DOUBLE THIS, ACRDG TO SNAPSHOT STAFFG FIGUR OBTAED OM POLICE FORC BY THE PA NEWS AGENCY UNR FREEDOM OF INFORMATN (FOI) LAWS.HOWEVER, THE TE NUMBER IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH HIGHER DUE TO SOME OFFICERS BEG RELUCTANT TO E OUT TO THEIR EMPLOYERS AMID NCERNS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY CREATG A BARRIER TO PROMOTN, OR RULTG HOMOPHOBIC ABE.THE DATA FOLLOWS THE DAMNG NCLNS OF THE QUT FOR THE VICTIMS OF SERIAL KILLER STEPHEN PORT, AT WHICH GRIEVG FAY MEMBERS AND IENDS SAID PREJUDICE, A LACK OF LGBT OFFICERS BARKG AND DAGENHAM, AND A FAILURE TO ENGAGE WH THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME MEANT CCIAL CLU ABOUT HIS MURRO SPREE WERE MISSED.(PA GRAPHICS)CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, -CHAIRMAN OF THE LGBT+ WORK REPRENTG GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANS OFFICERS ACROSS THE UNTRY, TOLD PA: “IF WE’RE NOT REPRENTATIVE OF OUR MUNI THEN WE DON’T UNRSTAND THAT MUNY.“THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT THE MUNI NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN EQUABLE POLICE SERVICE.”THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS EACH FORCE INTIFYG AS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND STRAIGHT WAS LCULATED BY PA ONLY WHERE NSTABULARI HAD DATA FOR AT LEAST HALF OF S OFFICERS.THIS EQUATED TO 26 OUT OF 40 FORC WHICH REPLIED TO FOI REQUTS.WHILE HEAVILY VEATED, THE DATA DIT WI DISCREPANCI THE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH POLICE FORCE.THE HIGHT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS GAY OR LBIAN, OF THE 26 FORC WH RELEVANT RMATN, WAS SSEX (7.2%), FOLLOWED BY HUMBERSI (6.2%) AND HERTFORDSHIRE (5.8%).CHIEF INSPECTOR LEE BROADSTOCK, OF THE POLICE’S LGBT+ WORK, SAID FORC NEED TO REFLECT THEIR MUNI (GREATER MANCHTER POLICE/PA)CONVERSELY, THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF GAY AND LBIAN OFFICERS WAS LLNSHIRE (2.3%), FOLLOWED BY DYFED POWYS AND NORTH WAL (BOTH 2.9%).THE FIGUR SHOWED DYFED POWYS AND SUFFOLK HAD THE LOWT PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS INTIFYG AS BISEXUAL (0.8%).THE HIGHT RATE WAS WARWICKSHIRE (4.4%).SIARLY, THE HIGHT RATE OF HETEROSEXUAL OFFICERS WAS DYFED POWYS AND LLNSHIRE (BOTH 96.2%), FOLLOWED BY GLOUCTERSHIRE (95.5%) AND SOUTH WAL (95.4%).THE LOWT RATE WAS SSEX (89.1%) AND WARWICKSHIRE (90.2%).THE METROPOLAN POLICE – THE UNTRY’S LARGT FORCE, WH A HEADUNT OF MORE THAN 33,500 – ONLY HAD DATA FOR 40.1% OF THE WORKFORCE.THE FIGUR SHOWED 92.8% SCRIBED THEMSELV AS HETEROSEXUAL, WHERE THEIR SEXUALY WAS RERD TO BE EHER STRAIGHT, GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, SELF-SCRIBED, OR PANSEXUAL/OTHER.THE FIGUR SHOWED 5.1% INTIFIED AS GAY OR LBIAN, WH 2.1% BISEXUAL.MR BROADSTOCK, A CHIEF SPECTOR WH GREATER MANCHTER POLICE, SAID: “I THK WHAT THE DATA SUGGTS IS THAT THERE IS PROBABLY A HIGHER NCENTRATN OF OFFICERS WHO ARE LGB AREAS WHERE THERE IS A MORE WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM – THAT’S WHERE THEY WILL GRAVATE.”BUT HE SAID THE TE NUMBER OF LGB OFFICERS EACH FORCE IS LIKELY TO BE HIGHER, WH NO SEXUALY RERD FOR 61,000 OUT OF 131,000 OFFICERS.RELATIV OF STEPHEN PORT’S VICTIMS SAID THERE WAS A LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF THE GAY MUNY WH THE POLICE 2014 AND 2015 WHEN HE MURRED FOUR GAY MEN (METROPOLAN POLICE/PA)MR BROADSTOCK, WHO SAID HE HAS PREVLY EXPERIENCED HOMOPHOBIA AMONG LLEAGU AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ADD: “SOMETIM THEY DON’T TST WHAT THEIR FORCE HR IS GOG TO DO WH THEIR RPONS – ARE THEY GOG TO BE TREATED LS FAVOURABLY FUTURE WHEN TO PROMOTNS? – AND WHOUT DOUBT PORT SHED A LIGHT ON CULTUR WH POLICG THAT ARE NOT WELG ENVIRONMENTS.“IT IS SAD THAT THAT IS STILL THE SE SOMETIM, BUT THE PICTURE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPROVG.“IF YOU TRIED TO GET THE FIGUR 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY – I DOUBT YOU WOULD HAVE GOT ANY DATA.”LATT FIGUR OM THE OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS, PUBLISHED 2019, SHOW AN TIMATED 2.7% OF THE UK POPULATN AGED 16 AND OVER INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL, UP OM 2.2% 2018.ANOTHER 3.0% STATED THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR SEXUALY, OR REFED TO ANSWER, UP OM 2.5% 2018.UK NEWSMOST READ

I was also volved LAGPA (Lbian and Gay Police Associatn), then the GPA (Gay Police Associatn) London, marchg Pris as a Police staff member, as a Special Constable and as a SOCO before jog the Gay Staff Network South Wal. Although I am always out and will very volly challenge any assumptns about myself or others both work and outsi of work, I found myself not wantg to be ‘active’ and ‘a problem gay’ my new environment.

I was one of the first out gay ps Staffordshire. When I started policg, beg LGBT+ at work wasn’t an optn at all – there was still a ‘macho’ culture and beg a gay p on shift wasn’t a nsiratn. Fast forward 20 years and personally I have found that beg a gay p is about an tertg topic as the weather!

I am nfint, assertive and pletely at ease wh my wonrful gay liftyle, and feel very lucky to have .