COPS’ BAN ON WHITES IS PC MAD
Recruitment for minorities only
POLICE chiefs have barred white men from workshops for aspiring officers.
The British Transport Police hold the events to help recruits join the force by coaching them on questions and staging mock tests.
But it emerged the workshops in Manchester, Birmingham and London are open only to “women and black or ethnic minority” applicants.
One candidate accused police chiefs of discrimination and claimed that serving officers believe “quotas” for minority workers are leading to “substandard recruits”.
The man, aged 48 and from Stoke, said: “I am a white male. How can a public service support this kind of discrimination and inequality in 2017?
“It’s discrimination to me as a white man. They want their quota of a certain person.
“It should be the best person for the job.
“I have a friend in the ® police who said they were getting substandard officers through because the BTP is so hell-bent on fulfilling their public image.” The two-hour workshop is advertised as a “Police Officer Application and Assessment Centre Workshop”. The force, which polices the railways, said the “positive action” is legal and is designed to boost the number of officers from under-represented minority groups. BTP director Simon Downey insisted it was “vitally important” that the force “reflects the diverse community which we serve”. He added: “These workshops are designed specifically to ensure our force is more representative of the communities who use the rail network. “Every application we receive will be judged on their individual merits and no one will be discriminated against or favoured because of their ethnicity or gender.”