Force turns to ethnic minorities.

From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) | Date: September 5, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

A MIDLAND police force is to launch a campaign to recruit more staff from ethnic minorities.

The move follows the revelation that Warwickshire Constabulary has no male black or Asian ...

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