Specialist units
Maintaining standards and security is an important role within any organisation.
A priority for South Yorkshire Police is to raise performance and the following units make sure this is achieved without sacrificing our organisational standards.
Diversity Unit
The Diversity Unit is based within the Professional Standards Department and comprises the Diversity Unit Manager, a police sergeant and a diversity assistant. The Unit has direct management responsibility for:
- Developing and promoting the strategic management of diversity in South Yorkshire Police which focuses on, not only internal issues, but also on service delivery
- Monitoring and administering the First Contact, Fairness at Work and Positive Action Mentoring Schemes
- Compliance with law and regulation
- Marketing Diversity
- Proactively tackling fairness and inclusion issues within the force
The unit also audits the quality of Diversity Impact Assessments, ensuring that they are carried out for all policies and procedural instructions.
Information Compliance Unit
The ICU is all about information security, conducting a variety of monitoring activities to ensure the lawful, secure and efficient management of information held by the Force e.g. the way it is gathered, processed, transmitted, communicated, stored, disclosed and disposed of.
The unit acts as a source of information and guidance on all of the matters mentioned above and ensures compliance with associated legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998.
Force Vetting Unit
This unit basically says who can and can’t have regular or unsupervised access to police premises, information or assets.
The service provided by the FVU has to be robust, effective and fair but isn’t just for police officers and staff – it also includes contractors and partnership workers such as Arrest Referral Workers, Interpreters and City Centre Ambassadors.
Freedom of Information Unit
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 came fully into force on 1 January 2005 and the FOI unit processes all requests for information from members of the public.
Please visit the Requesting Information section to find out more about making a request for information from South Yorkshire Police.
Intelligence Development Unit
This unit provides the facility for staff to report suspicions (confidentially if desired) about ‘serious wrongdoing’ that is likely to affect the integrity of South Yorkshire Police. The unit will then analyse and develop such information before making any relevant recommendations to address the issues raised.