Why does racial disparity still exist in the police misconduct system?

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Why does racial disparity still exist in the police misconduct system?

Black Asian and Minority Ethnic officers are more than twice as likely to be dismissed than white officers. Policing has known about this disparity for years, so why has progress been so slow?.

Janet Hills, former chair of the Met Black Police Association

Date - 13th October 2021
By - Chloe Livadeas

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The Home Affairs Committee recently published a report on racial disparities in policing, highlighting how BAME officers are disproportionately facing misconduct hearings and being dismissed in double the numbers than their white...

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