Theresa May: More female and black police needed

Theresa May has criticised the lack of diversity in the police force.

Speaking at the National Black Police Association conference, she said: “Incredibly, four forces do not employ any black, or black British, police officers at all, and female officers make up 28% of all police officers but 51% of the total population.

“This comes on top of existing statistics showing that there are only two BME chief officers in England and Wales, and eleven forces have no BME officers above chief inspector rank. This is simply not good enough.”

The quartet of forces in question are Cheshire, North Yorkshire, Dyfed-Powys and Durham.