LGB Police Officers

Question 1

In which 3 areas are LGB officers most likely to suffer the most harassment and discrimination?

Answer 1

Deployment, Recruitment and Promotion

Question 2

Lesbian Officers suffer from what?

Answer 2

Both sexism and homophobia

Question 3

What does Burke 1993 suggest a psychological consequence is?

Answer 3

Double lives, ‘dual persona’.

Question 4

Give an example of when an LGB officer has brought unique qualities to the table?

Answer 4

David Copeland and the soho bomb

Question 5

What is on the Police reform agenda?

Answer 5

active recruitment, expansion of GPA, establishment of gay staff associations, and establishment of LGBT liaison officers.

Question 6

What were the conclusions of the Morris Inquiry 2004?

Answer 6

‘ticking boxes, with no real substance’

Question 7

What did the Home Office 2005 conclude?

Answer 7

‘still evidence of explicit homophobia’

Question 8

What percentage of Jones and Williams (2013) respondents experienced discrimination in the workplace in deployment, in training, in promotion and reported this?

Answer 8

Workplace: 17%
Deployment: 10%
Training: 9%
Promotion: 4%
Reported it: 24%