POLICE ESOL Cover - Cities of Migration

ForewordSouth Wales has an enviable reputation for hospitality and for welcoming people from diverse communitiesto the area.We in the police service fully recognise the vital role we play in promoting good community relations andin building trust and confidence. The community style of policing we practise is very different to someof the more oppressive policing that is seen in parts of the World. It is therefore important that peoplearriving from other countries, particularly those seeking political asylum, understand the nature of policingin South Wales.The course for which these materials were produced was devised in partnership by Police Constable VinceDonovan, a Cardiff Community Safety Officer and Ms. Sue Morris, of Cardiff City Council’s Parade Englishfor Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Service. The programme introduces students to the roles of thepolice within the United Kingdom and provides information with regard to the criminal laws of this countryand personal safety.The training program has proved to be an excellent means of increasing trust in the police and aninvaluable aid for helping students to integrate within the community. Police officers engage with studentsparticipating on the course when their duties allow and in doing so have been able to increase andenhance their awareness of the cultural diversity in the communities in which they police.This project has my full support.Barbara Wilding QPMChief ConstableSouth Wales Police3