Disabled People

The Police Authority always ensures that a full accessibility audit is carried out before any consultation event takes place and we strive to offer any necessary support requested from attendees such as signers or a loop system. Whilst this is standard practice at every event so that everyone who wants to come along can attend, we recognise the importance of speaking specifically to those people with disabilities so that we can gain an understanding of what their policing priorities are. Our commitment to ensuring the disabled community has equal access to all of our services is laid out in the Authority's Disability Equality Scheme.

What have we done?

The Authority, in conjunction with Merseyside Disability Federation, held a series of focus groups covering St Helens, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley and Liverpool (pictured). The focus groups gave members of the disabled community an opportunity to come along and speak about their policing concerns in a safe, supported and accessible environment.

Members and officers of the Authority, alongside various departments from the police service, recently visited the Wirral branch of the Stroke Association to ask them about their policing priorities. We ran two events on the 6th and 11th May 2009. You can see the results of these events by clicking on Stroke Association Results 2009.