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A former Sergeant at North Yorkshire Police has won his race discrimination case at an employment tribunal.
The tribunal concluded that Zaheer Ahmed was subjected to unconscious race discrimination, plus two instances of direct discrimination, due to his Pakistani ethnic origin.
The tribunal decided that a white police sergeant who had passed his or her Inspectors’ exams would have faced fewer obstacles to progression to the role of Inspector than Mr Ahmed experienced.
Commenting on the judgement, Assistant Chief Constable Amanda Oliver of North Yorkshire Police, said:
“Racial discrimination has no place in the police service, or in society, and consequently any finding of discrimination is a matter of the gravest concern.
“Policing has come a long way in addressing overt discrimination, but that is not enough. We also have to help all of our officers, staff and volunteers to understand the issue of unconscious bias. We want to provide a working environment where people from all parts of the community can thrive, and we can only do that if we have an organisational culture built on fairness for everyone. We are actively working on that."
She added that the force would now be reflecting carefully on the tribunal’s judgment and looking at what further action needs to be taken to continue to improve the diversity of its workforce.
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