Book and film clubs, 'bias awareness' workshops and holistic therapists for distressed officers are among the anti-racism policies hailed by police forces.Guidance given by the National Police Chiefs' Councils has come under scrutiny amid allegations of 'two-tier' policing following student Henry Nowak's murder.A Police Race Action Plan brochure published by the organisation last October has been condemned by ex-Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman who defected to Reform in January.The document lays out strategies from forces across the country to combat racism since the Police Race Action Plan was first published by the NPCC and the College of Policing in 2022.Fresh scrutiny comes after harrowing footage was shared this week of the moment police officers arrested 18-year-old Mr Nowak and put him in handcuffs as he bled to death. Mr Nowak, a first-year student at the University of Southampton, was stabbed in December last year by Vickrum Digwa, 23, who falsely told officers that he had been racially abused and attacked.Hampshire Police chief constable Alexis Boon this week apologised to Henry's family for the student being handcuffed and arrested as he lay dying.Digwa was jailed on Monday for life with a minimum of 21 years. Henry Nowak (pictured), a first-year student at the University of Southampton, was stabbed to death in December last year by Vickrum Digwa, 23, who has since been convicted of murder Harrowing footage was shared this week of the moment police officers arrested 18-year-old Mr Nowak and put him in handcuffs as he bled to deathMs Braverman has criticised some of the measures included in last year's Police Race Action Plan update, posting on X: 'The rot runs deep.'She said: 'As Home Secretary, I blocked the Race Action Plan because I saw how dangerous it was. It is a tragedy that it went ahead after I left office.' She highlighted Sussex Police's 'Senior Officer Book Club' focusing on blogger and author Layla Saad's 2020 book called Me And White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change The World, And Become A Good Ancestor.The force's contribution to the NPCC report tells how the book club, run by former charity sector worker and now Assistant Chief Officer Anita Grant, uses the book 'to encourage white officers to reflect on bias, though the emotional toll is high'. One officer is quoted as saying: 'I thought I was an ally, committed to anti-racist practice... But reading this book took me on a difficult and challenging journey that I would repeat.'Other police actions mentioned by forces in the report include Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire addressing the low number of misconduct cases involving discrimination - but which have since gone up from 20 to 50 per cent.There had previously been 'a tendency to dismiss complaints when the complainant isn't from the affected group', according to the NPCC document that also added: 'Microaggressions and racial bias persist, with many affected officers wanting to leave the profession.'British Transport Police told of launching a Police Race Action Plan lending library, a digital platform for staff to search for books related to Black history and lived experiences.The books highlighted were Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race, Homecoming: Voices Of The Windrush Generation (2019) by Colin Grant and Paul Gilroy's There Ain't No Black In The Union Jack: The Cultural Politics Of Race And Nation.Dorset Police described four-hour workshops on 'bias awareness, cultural competence, inclusive language and confidently and professionally engaging in sensitive conversations' - with staff encouraged to move from 'Fear' zone to 'Learning' or 'Growth' zones.Essex and Kent Police told of sessions exploring 'key historical events that have contributed to mistrust between police and Black communities', while Greater Manchester Police aimed for a 'dynamic, Gen Z friendly, data-driven approach rooted in community and partnership'.North Yorkshire Police has provided training sessions with staff given buttons to press - indicating thumbs up or thumbs down - to questions such as: 'Are you five times more likely to be searched in North Yorkshire if you are Black?'The force added: 'The delivery is interactive with attendance participation a must. Intersectionality and neurodiversity have been at the forefront of the design.'A 'holistic therapist' is also on offer as a follow-up, 'to support those struggling with the concepts or who have identified traits in themselves they wish to discuss', while there are also three separate book and film clubs.Police Scotland has organised one-day face-to-face sessions providing 'an opportunity for officers and staff to explore where they are on their anti-racist journey and learn from their colleagues'.Meanwhile, South Wales Police told of having 'recently offered paid summer work placement opportunities only to those from ethnically diverse backgrounds'. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police have come under intense scrutiny for their conduct after they handcuffed Henry Nowak (pictured) and ignored his pleas that he had been stabbed Vickrum Digwa (pictured) falsely told officers he had been racially abused and attacked. He has been jailed for life with at least 21 years after being convicted of Henry Nowak's murderCheshire Police officers have been trained, with hypothetical situations such as being called to an unsecured vehicle with signs of disturbance - and challenged on how would they respond depending on whether the person reporting it was a white female, a white male or a Black male.Meanwhile, West Midlands Police flagged a football event for 400 school-aged young people, to help support the West Midlands Police Race Action Plan Strategy.This was followed by a programme called 'Kickin' It Forward', involving a February 2024 tournament for 200 girls aged between 12 and 16 - before 21 were chosen for a six-week programme 'combining football coaching and weekly education sessions with police officers'.In an introduction to the document, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dr Alison Heydari writes: 'The projects in this brochure I hope demonstrate to everyone the depth and breadth of work going on to make policing better for Black communities.'Dr Heydari, Police Race Action Plan programme director, added: 'I would highlight that this is only a small fraction of the good work we have seen across our service. There is still a huge amount to do.'We need to better evaluate and share what works, and ensure actions and activity translates into policing feeling different for both our communities and our workforce.'However, the will and good work out there provides excellent foundations to do this. The Police Race Action Plan remains a long term commitment for policing and we must not rest in our efforts to make policing an anti-racist organisation.' The Henry Nowak case has prompted accusations that police equality guidance influenced the disparity in how the victim and his killer were initially treated. Reform MP Suella Braverman, a former Conservative Home Secretary, has highlighted anti-racism strategies set out in a Police Race Action Plan document published last OctoberA 'values' document issued by the National Police Chiefs Council last year says that 'producing equality of policing outcomes... does not mean treating everyone "the same" or being "colour blind". The NPCC has now launched a review into criticism of the guidance, issued last year as a 'Police Anti-Racism Commitment'. Chairman Gavin Stephens said: 'We are listening to legitimate concerns about how some of these commitments are worded or phrased, and where needed we can and will make changes, but this should not detract from the intent, which is to improve the quality of policing.'The 'values' statement on not being 'colour blind' was defended at the time by the Home Office.However, in a round of interviews on Wednesday, policing minister Sarah Jones said the guidance 'gives the wrong impression'. She told GB News: 'It's definitely clumsy. I think it's wrong.The minister insisted that 'everyone must be equal under the law and we must ensure that is the case' but added: 'We can't shy away from what are historic and legitimate concerns about racism within police forces.'A Downing Street spokesperson told reporters: 'The NPCC is rightly reviewing the document to ensure there's no ambiguity in their guidance. We don't think that language is right.'When asked with which wording the Prime Minister took issue, the official said 'that is for the NPCC to review' and 'I'm not going to go through the guidance line by line'.He added: 'We continue to engage with the NPCC on their plans to review the guidance.'The NPCC is independent of government. It's right that they have the space to review the wording.'Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police have come under intense scrutiny for their conduct after they handcuffed Mr Nowak and ignored his pleas that he had been stabbed and could not breathe.Digwa had lied to police that he had been the victim of a racist attack at the hands of Henry.The incident is now being investigated by the police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct.Hampshire's area coroner Jason Pegg yesterday told a court the inquest at Winchester Coroner's Court would consider whether police actions might have 'caused or contributed to' Mr Nowak's death.He also expressed regret that the inquest had been scheduled for as far off as September 20 next year - though hoped it might be brought forward sooner.Political outcry about the murder has centred on how officers dealt with Henry before his death.Parm Sandhu, director of the London Policing College and the first and only Sikh chief superintendent in the Metropolitan Police, has rejected accusations of a two-tier approach.She said this week: 'The guidance on racism is more about teaching people to understand different cultures. It doesn't say you treat people differently.'It says take into account different cultures because if you're dealing with somebody who is deaf, blind.'I do not accept that there is two-tier policing in this country. I do not accept that police officers go to work thinking I am going to watch a young person bleed out.'Andy George, president of the National Black Police Association, said initiatives being put in place were not about being 'woke'.He said: 'We need to understand the increased vulnerability of certain sections of the community - we need to understand things like language barriers, cultural barriers, barriers even in where people living and their access to coming forward and speaking to the police service.'Mr George told Times Radio: 'The Police Race Action Plan is trying to make sure that we recognise and we understand every community that we're tasked with keeping safe.'That's really important. It's not about being woke, it's not about identity politics like some people say.'It's about ensuring that all sections of the community can come forward and tell us who is causing them harm, tell us who is committing crimes in their communities and work with us to bring people to court.'It emerged yesterday that some police in the force whose officers handcuffed Mr Nowak felt 'controlled and pressured to act certain ways' during mandatory diversity training.More than 6,000 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary officers and staff were taught about racism, unconscious bias and the 'importance of being an ally'.A survey following the course revealed one in seven participants (16 per cent) had felt 'controlled and pressured' to adopt certain ideas during the teaching.A similar proportion of 14 per cent thought 'mistakes would have been held against me', while one in five (20 per cent) feared being 'rejected for saying the wrong thing'.The results were in a report by the University of Reading which the force asked to survey officers and staff following the compulsory 'Inclusion Matters' course.Others were more positive - with 84 per cent disagreeing that they felt 'controlled and pressured' and 86 per cent disagreeing 'mistakes would have been held against me'.The study was revealed as the police watchdog faced pressure to investigate the officers who handcuffed Mr Nowak in Southampton as he was dying.Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has led calls for the officers who arrested the 18-year-old on bogus racism claims last December to face a full misconduct probe.And Reform UK leader Nigel Farage suggested the public should feel 'pure, cold rage' and warned division will get 'far worse' if policing culture was not changed.But Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer branded Mr Farage 'unforgiveable' for his remarks.Referring to Henry's family, who have urged politicians and the public against using the case to sow division, Sir Keir told the House of Commons: 'That's his (Mr Farage's) response to a father who has lost his son and asked for that not to happen.'Sir Keir also condemned riots on Tuesday in Southampton following the case's conclusion, which led to the injury of 11 police officers and a police dog.