Accessibility
Standards compliance
Every effort has been made to ensure all pages on this site comply with Priority 3 W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This indicates that necessary care has been taken to provide an inclusive website.
While conformance to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is often down to interpretation, Leicestershire Police Authority believes this site meets all of the requirements.
If you encounter a page on this site that does not meet Priority 3 W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, please inform us and we will attempt to correct the problem.
All pages on this site should validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. If you encounter a page on this site that does not validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional, please inform us and we will correct the problem.
Headings and page structure
HTML 'tags' are used to convey document structure appropriately. For example, an H1 tag is used for the main page heading, H2 tags for sub headings, P tags for paragraphs, and so on.
Images
All images on this site should include a descriptive ALT tag attribute, and where appropriate a LONGDESC tag attribute, providing a more detailed explanation of the image.
Font Sizes
This site uses relative font sizes. This means that you can change text to a more suitable size using your browser easily, without having a detrimental affect the layout of the website.
Stylesheets
This site uses cascading stylesheets (CSS) for visual layout. If your browser does not support stylesheets, we've worked to ensure that carefully structured mark-up means that the content of each page is still readable and logically structured.
Access Keys
This website uses keyboard shortcuts, which are intended to help users who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse.
The following information details each of the keyboard shortcut commands available to you.
- [S] Skip navigation and proceed to content
- [1] Home page
- [3] Sitemap
- [0] Access key details (this page)
- [A] About us
- [N] News & events
- [G] Get involved
- [R] Resources
- [C] Contact us
The use of access keys depends on your internet browser software. Here are instructions for some of the most popular browsers:
- Internet Explorer 5+: Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press ENTER
- Internet Explorer 4: Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key
- Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac: Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key
- Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac: Access keys are not supported
- Netscape 6+: Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key
- Netscape earlier versions: Access keys are not supported
- Mozilla: Hold down the ALT and SHIFT key and select the number/letter of the access key
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