Diversity not a social but a Business issue Scotland 2008.

Diversity not a social Diversity not a social but a Business issuebut a Business issue

Scotland 2008Scotland 2008

Drs. Max Daniel MPM

Police Commissioner Amsterdam Police

Head of the CID Schiphol Airport

Koninklijke Marechaussee

National Program managerOrganised Drugs

Crime

Police

Academy

National Expertise Centre for Diversity

- 17 million inhabitants- 55,000 police officers- 1 million people from:

- Turkey- Morocco- Suriname- the Dutch Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) - Other countries

- 25 regional police forces

Police

Academy

Facts & Figures

Diversity:Not only a Social issue;But a Business issue!

Police

Academy

National Expertise Centre for Diversity

National Expertise Centre for Diversity

- Incorporated within Police Academy of the Netherlands- Funded March 2001- Financier: 50% Ministry of Home Affairs

50% 25 regional police forces, KLPD, Police Academy of the Netherlands

- Budget: 1,300.000

Police

Academy

“We need to Change!”

Target groups

- Women

- Minorities

- Homosexuals

- Disabled

Police

Academy

“We need Changes!”

- - Investigation

- - Community policing

- Emergency

- Public services/intake

Big cities will be populated with more than 50% minorities in the near future !

Recapitulate: Importance of legitimacy in the community !

Future?Future?

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““ Diversity a Business issueDiversity a Business issue””

““Do we know what to look for?”Do we know what to look for?”

Profile of a terroristProfile of a terrorist

Long dressLong dress

Long beardLong beard

Violent associatesViolent associates

Leaves packets behindLeaves packets behind

Suspicious behaviourSuspicious behaviour…………..

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“How to deal with new comers?”

“Different Worlds…”

“Why don’t solutions always work?”

““Communication !”Communication !”

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““Who is the enemy…?”Who is the enemy…?”

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Organisation of ideologyOrganisation of ideology

Building bridges?

“ What’s happening in our society?”

Police

Academy

““We need Changes”We need Changes”

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E = A x QE = A x Q

“Changes”

Instruments:

Meetings in a ‘public hearing’ session

Expert group Diversity

Buddy project

Recruitment and selection

Posters (Role models)

Stay over

Surveillance

Police

Academy

Multicultural Skills

Expert group Diversity

- Police officers

- Different police regions

- Colored & White

- For the outside and inside

60% -------------- 15%

Role modelsPolice

Academy

Translation:

If I wasn’t a standup comedian, I might have been a police officer.

“We are changing”

Diversity:Not only a Social issue;But a Business issue!

70’s: Ministry of Culture

80’s: Ministry of Home Affairs

90’s: Ministry big cities policyand integration

2000-2006: Ministry of Justice/immigration policy- integration

2006: Ministry of integration

Police

Academy

“Professionals Need Changes;in order to stay in position”

“Doing nothing is no option!”