One of the highest-ranked former black police officers in Britain has accused chiefs of a "staggering" failure of leadership over their handling of racism complaints.
Dr Victor Olisa, a former borough commander in the Met Police, said that new data uncovered by The Mirror should raise alarm bells across British policing.
Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that less than three per cent of the thousands of complaints alleging racial-motivated misconduct against police staff were upheld by forces in the past five years.
And the data reveals an alarming level of variation - with nearly half of complaints upheld in Cheshire, compared to just 1.6 per cent by the Met Police.
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