As half its mounted officers face the axe, the cash-strapped Met is spunking £5.2 million a year on a 64-strong ‘woke’ taskforce. The Mailon Sundayhas more.
The Metropolitan Police is committed to expanding its woke workforce despite slashing thousands of officers’ jobs as it grapples with a £250 million funding gap, according to data exclusively obtained by this newspaper under a Freedom of Information request.
The document also reveals the mind-boggling array of inclusivity projects in the force.
Among 63 events celebrated on a ‘diversity calendar’ are International Pronouns Day, Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness Day, Be Kind To Humankind Week and National Tsunami Awareness Week.
There are also 47 staff support networks including the Bisexual Support Group, the He For She gender equality movement, and the Borderline Personality Disorder network, as well as 19 associations for various ethnicities – including Ibero-American, Polish, Italian, Slavic and Romanian – and support for followers of every major religion.
Scotland Yard is currently advertising for two “life events delivery managers” on £47,000 a year. One will help parents find a good work-life balance, while the other will aid staff with disabilities and neurodivergent conditions. Both roles are based in Kilburn, where the local police station closed its front counter to the public in 2017. …
The Met currently spends £3.2 million on posts in its Culture Diversity and Inclusion Unit, which will rise to £5.2 million once all current vacancies are filled.
And the force conceded: “This does not include any other posts that may lead or be involved in DEI related activity across other business areas in the Met.”
