Inspector Steve Alison - Credit: Herts police A Herts police inspector has shared his experiences of striving for equality as part of an event to mark LGBT+ History Month, hosted by the University of Hertfordshire. Inspector Steve Alison is the chair of the Herts police LGBT+ network, a support group that works with the local LGBT+ community and advises colleagues internally on matters both personal and operational. On Friday, February 26, inspector Alison took part in a thought-provoking virtual panel discussion titled ‘Engaging the LGBT+ community in public service leadership: experiences from Local Government and the Police’. Chaired by Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Matthew Weait, the event began with Carl Austin-Behan OBE DL, the first openly homosexual Lord Mayor of Manchester and now an advocate for inclusion and equality.