PC was victim of race bias, tribunal rules

Title

PC was victim of race bias, tribunal rules

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

30 Oct 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Simon Clarke reports from Nottingham where an industrial tribunal has found Nottinghamshire Police guilty of unlawful racial discrimination. The tribunal found they had discriminated against an Asian constable, PC Surinder Singh, who was applying for promotion. Includes press interviews with PC Surinder Singh; John Whitmore, legal director of the Commission for Racial Equality; Nottinghamshire Chief Constable Dan Crompton. Broadcast on Radio Trent.

Contributors

Radio Trent; John Whitmore; Simon Clarke; Surinder Singh; Dan Crompton

Keywords

Police; Equal opportunity; Racial discrimination; Nottingham; Commission for Racial Equality; Nottinghamshire; Institutional racism; Surinder Singh

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