Ninety years before officer diversity reflects population

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'Ninety years' before officer diversity reflects population

It will be 90 years before Black officers reach representation, according to diversity data.

Date - 25th February 2021
By - Chris Smith

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Delegates at the online Police Foundation conference were told diversity in all ranks had reduced despite the drive to recruit 20,000 officers in the uplift programme. Figures shared by Stephen Walcott, Researcher at the Police Foundation, showed...

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