
by Jose Nino
Several members of parliament from the Conservative Party sent a freedom of information request which revealed that British police forces are spending over $12 million to hire workers who only focus on diversity, inclusion, and equality.
The results from a freedom of information request that was submitted to the 48 civilian police forces in the UK showed that on average each force features five full-time diversity staff. The average collective salary of this diversity staff is $257,000 annually. Their role is to push issues for racial, religious, and sexual minorities.
On top of the $12 million spent annually on diversity, inclusion, and equality officers, police forces also spent an additional £3.6 million and allocated 24,100 staff days to host “equality training programmes,” per a report by The Times of London…