Met Police found guilty of racism as black officers more likely to have promotions cancelled

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Met Police found guilty of racism as black officers more likely to have promotions cancelled.

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The Metropolitan Police is guilty of indirect race discrimination, a Watford Employment Tribunal has found.It ruled that its blanket policy of halting or withdrawing promotions for officers facing misconduct proceedings has a disproportionate effect on black officers.Employment Judge Lisa Wilson determined that the force's approach to automatically blocking career advancement for those under investigation will "inevitably bear more heavily" on black officers, placing them at a "particular disadvantage" compared to white colleagues.The landmark judgment centres on the case of Sergeant Caroline Nku, a black officer who successfully claimed indirect race discrimination after "falling under suspicion for committing a fraud, of which she was herself the victim".

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Sgt Nku is now set to receive compensation following a remedy hearing.The Cameroon-born officer joined the Met in 2007 and had passed her sergeants' examination but remained working as a police...

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