MET RECRUITS 2000TH ETHNIC MINORITY OFFICER
(9 June 2004)

The Metropolitan Police Service has recruited its 2000th ethnic minority officer, surpassing a significant milestone as the Service strives to employ a workforce that truly represents London's communities. With a buoyant recruitment process in operation, the Met is looking to build on this excellent progress as it drives towards achieving the Home Office target of 25.9 percent ethnic minority officers by 2009. At the end of the 2003/04 reporting year, the Met employed 6.6 percent ethnic minority officers. Over the last 10 years the Met has increased the number of visible ethnic minority officers threefold and 15 percent of all recruits in the last financial year came from an ethnic minority background.

Martin Tiplady, Director of Human Resources for the Metropolitan Police, said: "Reaching 2000 ethnic minority officers is a major step in the right direction for the Met. But we must continue the hard work and drive forward with our productive recruitment and retention campaigns. Achieving the Home Office target of 25.9% ethnic minority officers within the allotted time will be a challenging task, but one we must all endeavour to reach."

Working for the Met offers potential officers a fulfilling, diverse and rewarding career. In recent years a great deal of work has gone into promoting the organisation as a viable employer for ethnic minority candidates and the Met is beginning to reap the rewards of these dedicated campaigns.

The recruitment of the 2000th visible ethnic minority officer is another positive move in the right direction for the Met as it endeavours to recruit a workforce that truly represents London's diverse communities.

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