600 POLICE INVESTIGATED OVER CLAIMS OF RACISM; EXCLUSIVE.Byline: DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. COLLINS A TOTAL of 549 police officers are being investigated after they were accused of racism by members of the public. A Daily Mirror investigation also found that another 42 have been accused of racist behaviour by their fellow officers. The Met in London accounts for 43%, with 223 accused, and 13 officers facing internal allegations. The freedom of information responses from 42 of 53 forces comes 10 years after the Met was accused of being "institutionally racist" in the Stephen Lawrence For the Australian footballer, see Steven Lawrence. For the Zimbabwean footballer, see Stephen Lawrence (footballer). For the American child actor, see Steven Anthony Lawrence. Stephen Lawrence inquiry. Stephen's mum Doreen yesterday rejected claims by Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson This article is about a British footballer. For the senior police officer, see Paul Stephenson (police officer). Paul Stephenson (born 2 January, 1968) is a former footballer who played as a winger/ central midfielder for Newcastle United, Millwall, that racism had stopped. She said: "If it no longer exists, how come all these investigations are happening? I believe it's because police don't admit racism exists. Unless you admit something needs fixing you're not going to be able to fix it." Since 2004, 104 UK officers have been disciplined, but just 12 sacked, with the Met accounting for 50 cases and one dismissal. The Met Black Police Association said: "Racism has not been stamped out. The number kicked out says it all." Offences include wrongly searching people, racist and religious jokes, racist emails and racist language in interviews. Other forces with high numbers of investigations include West Midlands, 52, Avon and Somerset, 33, Derby, 15, and Nottingham, 13. The Met said it involved a fraction of its 53,000 police, adding: "We fully investigate each allegation." FORCE BY FORCE Despite Freedom of Information Requests being sent on August 2 - the remaining forces The total surviving United States forces at any given stage of combat operations. had still not replied by October 1 - well over the 20 working day legal limit for such requests. CAPTION(S): CALL Stephen's mum |
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