Behind the blue line : my fight against racism and discrimination in the police
Virdi, Gurpal2018
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Detective Sergeant Gurpal Singh Virdi's exemplary career in the Metropolitan Police Service ended when he spoke out against racism within it: an issue it has long paid lip service to tackling. What came after is simply shocking. On Wednesday 15 April 1998 Virdi was arrested, had his home searched and was suspended on charges of sending racist hate mail to himself and other ethnic minority colleagues. Dismissed in disgrace, an employment tribunal found that he had been racially discriminated against. The Met was forced to give him an apology and compensation. He returned to service but soon discovered, having been passed over for promotion, that when you challenge an organisation like the Met, you are a marked man for life.
Main title:
Author:
Virdi, Gurpal, author
Imprint:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
xxiii, 299 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781785903212 (hbk. :)
Local class:
B VIR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
84518
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woburn Sands Library | Adult non-fiction | B VIR VIR | Available |