City of London commits to recruit 40 per cent BAME officers

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City of London commits to recruit 40 per cent BAME officers

Police Authority Board (PAB) will challenge the force to recruit at least 40 per cent BAME officers for the remainder of the Home Office uplift programme.

Date - 6th April 2021
By - Chloe Livadeas

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In 21/22, the City of London Police have been allocated 41 officers as part of the uplift programme, meaning it needs to aim for around 16 of them to be BAME. City of London, the National Lead force for Fraud, has 872 officers as of the end of...

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