We’re so excited to connect directly with key decision-makers in police forces and government with our committee elected in 2024.

Now that we’ve launched on LinkedIn, we’ll be hoping to use the platform to:

• Share our vision for a more inclusive police service
• Amplify the voices of disabled police staff and officers
• Collaborate with you to drive positive change

Follow us on LinkedIn here:

linkedin.com/company/disabled-police-association

We would like to give a big thank you to those already supporting us!

Together, let’s promote, challenge and celebrate opportunities for disabled people working within the extended police family. ∎

As part of the Police Uplift Programme to attract new officers representing our diverse communities, the Disabled Police Association is delighted to announce that a recruitment video featuring a disabled officer has been released on joiningthepolice.co.uk, the applications portal for police forces in England and Wales.

The DPA’s film features Keyur Patel, an Acting Inspector with the Metropolitan Police who was diagnosed with leukaemia. Cancer is an example of an illness that is treated as a disability due to the impact that it has on day-to-day life.

Tracy Betts, DPA President, said: “It is great to see disability featured in a national police recruitment campaign, and we are grateful to Keyur for sharing his story. We would urge anyone with a disability who is looking for a challenging and rewarding career to look at the options available for joining the police service.”

For more information, click on the link to go to the DPA page on the Joining The Police
website. ∎

To celebrate the start of UK Disability History Month, the Disabled Police Association is proud to announce the first ever police national hearing survey.

The survey has been created to ensure we are aware of how many officers, staff, or volunteers having a hearing condition to ensure support is available to them. Data will be used to drive forward essential work and projects in relation to hearing on a national level.

The DPA would like to thank our colleagues in Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and Greater Manchester Police for creating the survey, and the Police Federation and Unison for supporting the project.

The survey is open to all officers, staff, volunteers including Specials, cadets, contractors etc. with hearing loss or a hearing related condition.

The survey link will be circulated to Force disability support networks. The link can also be accessed from our website Members’ Area (password required). ∎