A newly published report has revealed that people from ethnic minorities in the UK have less chance than their white counterparts of joining police.
According to the study by the Guardian, white Britons have a better chance of joining the police than someone from an ethnic minority in more than 68 per cent of the UK’s forces.
The newly published figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show that 31 of the UK’s 45 territorial police forces appoint a greater proportion of white applicants than they do people who identify themselves as being from a BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) background.
Lack of trust
A London-based political commentator believes the latest revelation is yet another sign indicating trust gap between police and ethnic minorities in the UK.
“We have two problems here: Police forces in the UK have not yet come to terms with the fact that ethnic minorities are part of the community and they should be part of police forces, but also many members of ethnic minorities do not trust the police because they believe they are not treated fairly because of the color of their skin,” Javier Faraje told Press TV on Saturday.
Back in October, British Home Secretary, Theresa May, called for the racial diversity in the country’s law enforcement agencies saying the police in England and Wales do not represent the communities they serve.
“The proportion of black and Asian officers in the police force is not good enough", May said while addressing a conference of the National Black Police Association in Birmingham.
May pointed to Home Office data that suggests Cheshire, Durham, Dyfed-Powys and North Yorkshire have no black officers.
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