Sarah Crew of Avon and Somerset Police says it is 'not representative of the community we police'.
BBC NewsSarah Crew said she came to that conclusion after applying a series of criteria to Avon and Somerset Police following a report into the local criminal justice system.
Ms Crew said: "We are not representative of the community we police. I am now owning the definition of institutional racism.Avon and Somerset Police employs more than 6,000 peopleShe was the peer asked toActive discussions about racism have taken place within Avon and Somerset Police since Desmond BrownIdentifying Disproportionality in the criminal justice system in the force area.
"To make real change we need to work together, we need to be accountable and by admitting the truth we can start to make progress.Image source,The Casey Review called the Met Police institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic Staff and officers from black heritage and ethnically/racially minoritised backgrounds experience racism at work and it is routinely ignored, dismissed, or not spoken about.The force under-protects and over-polices black heritage people"I think it's likely to for misogyny, homophobia and disability as well, though the gaps in the data don't give us the sense of scale, impact or certainty that we have for race.
Chair Mark Loker said Ms Crew's comments had been shared internally via a vlog and needed data to back them up, otherwise they amounted to "virtue signalling".
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