Objective
Victoria Police strives to be an inclusive, accessible, and disability confident organisation that supports the safety and human rights of people with disability.
Goal one: Victoria Police members are disability confident
| DAP 2025-2030 action | Inclusive Victoria: state disability plan 2022–2027 systemic reform alignment | A Safe Victoria, Victoria Police strategy alignment |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1. Work with people with disability to co-design and develop education and training resources for police that improves workforce understanding of disability. This includes general resources, in addition to content specific to neurodiversity and acquired brain injury. | Co-design with people with disability. Disability confident and inclusive workforces . | Our Principles: Prevention mindset. Our Priorities: Enable our people. |
| 1.2. Increase engagement with people with disability to build trust and confidence in their interactions with police. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Priorities: Build trust and confidence. |
| 1.3. Embed accessibility considerations into the Education Design Process to ensure consideration is given to including accessibility in training scenarios. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Priorities: Enable our people. |
| 1.4. Develop collaboration and information sharing arrangements with relevant safeguarding bodies. This will include frontline capability uplift to support the safety of people with disability using disability services. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Operating Model: Community first. Our Priorities: Enable our people. |
| 1.5. Rollout and promotion of the updated Voluntary Disclosure Process. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Principles: Prevention mindset. Our Principles: Intelligence informed. |
Goal two: Victoria Police services are accessible
| DAP 2025-2030 action | Inclusive Victoria: state disability plan 2022–2027 systemic reform alignment | A Safe Victoria, Victoria Police strategy alignment |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1. Work with people with disability to identify accessibility gaps in police services and information. | Accessible communication and universal design. Co-design with people with disability. | Our Priorities: Build trust and confidence. Our Priorities: Reduce crime and harm. |
| 2.2. Continue to maintain Police Station Locator tool data to enable accessible public facing information. | Accessible communication and universal design. | Our Priorities: Build trust and confidence. |
Goal three: Victoria Police members are proactive when supporting people with disability and they have the right skills and resources
| DAP 2025-2030 action | Inclusive Victoria: state disability plan 2022–2027 systemic reform alignment | A Safe Victoria, Victoria Police strategy alignment |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1. Ensure disability awareness training and education within the Police Foundation Training Program remains current. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Priorities: Enable our people. Our Principles: Leadership at every level. |
| 3.2. Promote education and training resources to employees working on public transport networks to increase awareness and knowledge of disability and accessibility supports. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. Accessible communication and universal design. | Our Priorities: Enable our people. Our Principles: Leadership at every level. |
| 3.3. Provide and promote communication resources and supports to all 24-hour police stations to reduce communication barriers between police and people with disability. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Priorities: Build trust and confidence. Our Priorities: Enable our people. |
| 3.4. Strengthen the governance of the Disability Liaison Officer (DLO) program to ensure longevity, sustainability, outcomes and increased proactive community engagement activities. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Priorities: Build trust and confidence. Our Priorities: Enable our people. Our Principles: Leadership at every level. Our Principles: Victim focus. |
| 3.5. Technical support will be provided on the implementation of the Disability Action Plan. | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Priorities: Enable our people. Our Principles: Intelligence informed. |
Goal four: Victoria Police is an inclusive and accessible employer
| DAP 2025-2030 action | Inclusive Victoria: state disability plan 2022–2027 systemic reform alignment | A Safe Victoria, Victoria Police strategy alignment |
|---|---|---|
| 4.1. Deliver all actions and commitments in the Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan 2025-2027 (GEDI). | Disability confident and inclusive workforces. | Our Priorities: Enable our people. |
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