Improving police response to discrimination, racism and intolerance

ongoing

DISMANTLE aims to support the improvement of the response of the police in Germany, Spain, Greece and Cyprus to (intersectional) discrimination, racism, antisemitism, LGBTIQ-phobia and all forms of intolerance. More specifically the project aims to: 1. Enhance the understanding and skills of police personnel on respecting individuals’ ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics in all processes and communication between police and citizens, and on the impact of discrimination, racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance 2. Enhance the understanding and skills of police personnel on identifying and recording different forms of intolerance and bias (xenophobic, LGBTIQ-phobic etc.), and on gender-sensitive approaches to victims of (intersectional) discrimination 3. Promote the adoption of non-discrimination policies regarding police interactions with vulnerable groups members (with special focus on most vulnerable groups, facing multiple forms of (intersectional) discrimination 4. Increase cooperation between the police and other actors that support the rights of vulnerable communities/persons to improve responses to discrimination, racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance 5. Enhance the trust between the public, especially vulnerable communities/persons, and the police, to improve reporting of incidents of discrimination and hate. This will be achieved through training of police staff, promoting the adoption of non-discrimination policies regarding police interactions with vulnerable groups members (facing multiple forms of (intersectional) discrimination), as well as through strengthening the cooperation between the police and other public and private actors that support the rights of vulnerable communities/persons. The project will also boost the trust of vulnerable groups in the police through targeted awareness raising.