'Intercultural Competence\r'

'10th puritythorn 2011, London: Following several incidents involving the patrol and members of the globe of different cultures, religions and beliefs the body politic has decided to educate the constabulary nip and publish a enchiridion that is knowing to give legal philosophy officers a better understanding of the involve and expectations of the people in the argona. This handbook will consort to e reallyone from asylum square offkers and ethnic minorities to travelers, homosexuals and people with disabilities.\r\nThe councils Head officeholder in Diversity issues said, â€Å"It is crucial that the patrol in Britain understand and are aware of the different cultures obscure in the community that they serve in vagabond to improve the service and trust for the people we are protecting”. One incident that caused a trade of media attention to the way that the British police suck handles multi heathenish and diverse members of the public occurred last year in E ssex County when a Muslim woman was arrested and the police officer proceeded to search her for concealed weapons.\r\nFor Muslim women this is really disrespectful to be searched by a man, who subsequently requested that she remove her headscarf so that he could see her properly. It is incidents like this that are completely cruel to person with different beliefs than the police officer. After the media had heard nigh the way this individual was mis tough the police officer involved said, â€Å"I had no idea that I was disrespecting her religion or her beliefs and I would have neer acted in that air if I was aware of the grand differences”.\r\nThis is why the need for a handbook and a heavy deal cultural upbringing for the police is necessary to rush along a more effective police service. a nonher(prenominal)(prenominal) incident that backs up this handbook was the documentary record by the BBC called ‘The surreptitious Policeman’ (2003) which inve stigated the police durability in Manchester and the large amount of racialism displayed during the show, typically referring to Muslim and Middle-Eastern members of the public as ‘Pakis’.\r\nThe documentary shows a nonher side of the police that Britain was not aware of, and a particular Junior Officer said a shocking statement, â€Å"A dog born in a barn is still a dog. A Paki born in England is still a F****** Paki”. The documentary caused an uproar and the police were forced to channel body process as the public was no long-dated comfortable organism monitored by such people. The diarist responsible for covering the story; Mark Daly in person went hugger-mugger in the Manchester police force and enter racist behavior with hidden cameras.\r\nFive years later (2008), Daly went back to the police and collected canvasss from multicultural members of the force to see if the racism issue had improved, what he discovered yet again was severely disappointing , â€Å"this person in particular says he is treated as a slave purely because he is slow”. Other issues came up such as neer being promoted based on race, being treated worse than in the 60’s, and that more than 72% of all police officers in Britain had experienced racism at work. The Secret Policeman’ had hours of disgraceful police behavior recorded and really caused the public to be aware of who they are being served by, lending to a huge loss of trust and respect for the absolute police force in Britain. This alone was a potentially dangerous situation for the crime mark in the UK. Not only were the police in the UK acting in a racist manner towards members of the public but in any case towards separate police officers.\r\nAccording to the documentary, each police department in the UK has a required percentage of ethnic minorities that should be involved in the force, however this percentage was not met by any of the police departments. Another surve y shows that 50% of Ethnic Minorities that join the police force last less than 6 months, compared to 85% of white officers. The racism occurring amongst the police force members was shown to be very severe and involved extreme racist references to the Ku Klux Klan.\r\nThis sheath of discrimination towards anyone is truly unacceptable and only proves how frequently the police truly require some advance training in respecting, understanding and dealing with cultural differences. The entire country could benefit from a handbook on intercultural sensitivity, as it would create a much better environment for every community in Britain. The BBC documentary ‘The Secret Policeman’ (2003) explores racism in the police force, however there is still a large amount of racism amongst the general public.\r\nThis was proved from another documentary also conducted by the BBC ‘ racism in Multicultural Britain’ (2009) where a Middle-Eastern couple went undercover in a ho using estate in Bristol. They were targeted by the youth of the estate and were constantly discriminated against for being Muslim and an ethnic minority in the community. They were not only verbally abused but also physically from having rocks and punches thrown at them for no good reason but being different.\r\nAs the unify Kingdom continues to attract immigrants due to the better opportunities for education and employment the police force needs to adapt. This handbook hopefully symbolizes the acknowledgement for this change and will lead to the entire country becoming more interculturally competent. As more and more people in and out of doors Britain become aware of the racist issues in the country there will be more action taken to help communities accept and respect other ethnic groups. In the future, discrimination should be eradicated and no longer accepted in British culture.\r\nReferences:\r\n‘The Secret Police man’ (2003, October 24). Racism In U K Police For ce. YouTube . Retrieved whitethorn 14, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_GWy82olhw&feature=related\r\n‘Racism in Multicultural Britain’. (2009, October 21). Racism in Multicultural Britain. YouTube. Retrieved May 14, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8e6lS7T9yI\r\n'