>Concerns across the groups highlighted the lack of visible diversity within the PSNI with one group stating “if you don’t see someone from your community in that role, you don’t aspire to it”
>The culture within the Police Service is perceived as a barrier as it is not viewed as welcoming to diverse communities as people “need to be able to express their identity within the PSNI”.
>Requirements around the English Language can also be a barrier to joining the PSNI and therefore a focus on second or third generation communities and young people is particularly important.
>The security risk associated with joining the PSNI was also highlighted as a barrier to recruiting from the BAME community with the organisational data loss in August 2022 being highlighted as a significant issue. One attendee remarked that “after the leak I considered not coming here. If someone took photos would my face be on social media?”

If the Irish had said all these things about their communities they'd have been called racist bigots who need to accept diversity.