BPA Founder says: 'Don't boycott Met'

CALLS for black and ethnic minority (BME) community members not to join The Met have been criticised by a pioneering officer.

The Met Black Police Association (BPA), which aims to improve conditions for serving black officers, called for the boycott in a statement this week.

But former Detective Chief Inspector David Michael, who was the first black constable in Lewisham and founder and former chairman of the Metropolitan BPA, said the move was “disruptive”.

Mr Michael, who is also chairman of the borough community police consultative group,

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