THE WAR ON TERROR

A recent report by Politeia, a think-tank, has revealed that the recruitment standards for police officers has been lowered in order to promote the recruitment of ethnic minorities.

The educational standards are now so low that new recruits are ill-equipped to do their jobs. The entry exams were of a sub-GCSE standard.

The Home Office has set each police force a target for the recruitment of ethnic minorities. The attempts to meet these targets has led to falling standards in recruitment.

Politeia’s director, Sheila Lawlor, said:

‘Poor standards of general education, literacy and numeracy may make routine tasks more time-consuming and the overall job more taxing and difficult than it would be for an abler person.

At the same time the police are at a disadvantage with the public. They may appear incompetent or little better than the criminals from whom they are supposed to protect the public and are unlikely to inspire confidence.’

One of the report’s authors, Anthony Howlett Bolton, the former deputy chief constable of Bedfordshire, said that Labour had altered the recruitment criteria in 1998 to: ‘lessen or remove any adverse impact on particular ethnic groups’.

Perhaps this is way Tony Blair was so hung up on 90 days? Because he thought the police are getting a bit slow?

Clearly, the war on terror is almost won.