Police chiefs say the plan is not 'woke' as they try to boost black people's confidence in officers.
Launching the plan on Tuesday, Chief Constable Sir David Thompson said creating an anti-racist police service "must be a priority for us".
He said he knew the plan might be criticised "as being woke or politically correct policing" but said it is instead "about good policing". Every officer in England and Wales will receive anti-racism training under the plan, which will will be put out for public scrutiny before it is updated in December.Giovanni, a member of the Voyage Youth Group in Hackney, east London, says he has been stopped and searched by police several times, despite never doing anything wrong.
The 17-year-old told BBC News: "For me personally, I have fear. When you see people acting up towards the police, it stems from fear."Other new measures in the action plan include:Efforts to recruit and retain more black police officersImprovements to the way police respond to hate crime committed against black people, including online and on social media.
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