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Good news for people who support affirmative action.
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I support meritocracy because I want bridges that don't fall down, airplanes that don't crash, doctors who don't kill their patients, and police who know how to read.
Applicants ‘functionally illiterate in English’ accepted by the Met in bid to improve diversity
Applicants ‘functionally illiterate in English’ accepted by the Met in bid to improve diversity
HM Inspectorate says while it is ‘noble and right’ recruitment should not be at the expense of standards
By Martin Evans
26 January 2023
Applicants to the police who can barely write in English are being accepted by the Met in an attempt to improve diversity, one of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has warned.
HMI Matt Parr said that while it was entirely “noble and right” that Scotland Yard was aiming to be more representative of the community it policed, it should not be at the expense of standards.
In 2021, Dame Cressida Dick, the then Met Commissioner, declared it was the force’s aspiration to recruit 40 per cent of its officers from the black and ethnic minority communities by 2023.
Bad news for people who support meritocracy.
I support meritocracy because I want bridges that don't fall down, airplanes that don't crash, doctors who don't kill their patients, and police who know how to read.
Applicants ‘functionally illiterate in English’ accepted by the Met in bid to improve diversity
Applicants ‘functionally illiterate in English’ accepted by the Met in bid to improve diversity
HM Inspectorate says while it is ‘noble and right’ recruitment should not be at the expense of standards
By Martin Evans
26 January 2023
Applicants to the police who can barely write in English are being accepted by the Met in an attempt to improve diversity, one of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has warned.
HMI Matt Parr said that while it was entirely “noble and right” that Scotland Yard was aiming to be more representative of the community it policed, it should not be at the expense of standards.
In 2021, Dame Cressida Dick, the then Met Commissioner, declared it was the force’s aspiration to recruit 40 per cent of its officers from the black and ethnic minority communities by 2023.