Metropolitan Police Scotland Yard has come under fire
today after placing an advert
demanding that anyone wanting to
join as a police officer be able to speak
a second language. The Metropolitan Police wants to
bolster the number of officers able to
speak and understand 14 languages
which are widely used across London. As part of a month-long trial which
started today, new recruits must speak
English and one of Yoruba (Nigeria),
Hebrew, Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi, Italian,
German, Turkish, Greek, Spanish,
Polish, Portuguese, Sinhala (Sri Lanka) or Bengali to join as Met Police officers. But the move has sparked criticism
from a former officer and members of
the public on Twitter. Retired Met Police officer Chris Hobbs
wrote: “I’ve kept reading and re-
reading it. Can’t believe it. What about
potential BME (black and minority
ethnic) recruits who only speak
English.” He added: “Won’t this also adversely
affect the recruitment of guys and girls
from the black community whom we
would like 2 [sic] see more of?” After Commissioner Bernard Hogan-
Howe set an ambitious target of
having 40 per cent of all officers from
Black and Minority Ethnic
backgrounds, only 18 per cent met
that criteria when the latest intake passed out in March. Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe According to a report published by the
London Assembly Police and Crime
Committee in December 2014, before
the most recent recruitment campaign,
only 11 per cent of officers serving in
the Met were from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background, compared
with approximately 40 per cent of the
population of London. The current
BME figure in the Met is now 12 per
cent. Members of the public also appeared
less than enthusiastic about the new
initiative. Simon Holdaway tweeted: “The Met’s
lack of understanding of the problems
it faces is stunning’, while another user
wrote: ‘the lunatics have finally
overtaken the asylum.” Meanwhile, Carole Hawkins tweeted:
“For £19,000 a year, this country is
now getting really stupid.” Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir
Bernard Hogan-Howe said: “We know
that almost 300 languages are spoken
in the capital. We need to recruit and
deploy officers with second languages
in areas where those languages are spoken. “I believe it will help boost confidence,
help to solve crime more effectively
and support victims and witnesses.” A Met Police spokesman said: “It’s a
pilot scheme for four weeks. We will
review it after four weeks and see
what the take-up is and how
successful it has been in terms of the
number of people expressing an interest. “With so many languages spoken in
London we recognise that some of our
victims, witnesses and others who
come into contact with the police may
not be fluent in English. “This is about strengthening our
capability to match the needs of some
Londoners. We know there is a
demonstrable link between the skills
and capabilities of our workforce and
public confidence in London’s police. “The language requirement is the
latest in a number of initiatives the MPS
has introduced in a bid to make the
MPS more reflective of London’s
communities.” Chairman of the Metropolitan Black
Police Association, Janet Hills, said:
‘This is about the cultural competency
of officers within the organisation and
those they are looking to recruit. “The MetBPA are broadly supportive of
the intention but recognise that more
needs to be done to effectively utilise
the existing skills of Black, Asian and
Minority Ethnic officers by consciously
placing them into communities where they will have the greatest impact. “Language is just one of the
competencies that the MPS can utilise
but unless officers with the right skills
are placed in the right locations these
attributes will be wasted.”
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/07/20/british-police-force-demands-anyone-that-wants-to-join-must-learn-yoruba-italian-spanish-others/

Something needs to be done to stop this yorub people.

Omo odua

no ibo

They are welcome in UK, SCOTLAND, USA etc, another man's land after posing an economic threat yet they chase people around in Lagos, oneNIGERIA . To be frank, nobody should harbour envy, jealousy, hatred or have sleepless night over jobs or opportunity they can't create. If you reside and do business abroad without threat to either you leave or die. Then whats the foolishness of attacking your fellow country men in Nigeria. This madness must stop, if you want to enjoy OneNigeria.

vivypretty:
no ibo

taa godforbid.. D reason why dey said yoruba should be learnt was dat most criminals in u.k were mainly from d yoruba tribe

Yorubas are the largest Nigerian immigrants in the UK and hence make up 95% of the Nigerian criminal elements there.
The policy makes sense.
To catch a thief , you need to understand him.

make i quickly apply for dis job

ERODEDEAST:
Remembered my Granny told me that one day Yorubas will rule this world




Eventually am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.




ODUA NIMI TOKAN TOKAN

Na from police station dem dey rule the world abi?
issokay
carry on

remember sha self deceit is the worst form of deceit

CSTR2:
Yorubas are the largest Nigerian immigrants in the UK and hence make up 95% of the Nigerian criminal elements there.
The policy makes sense.
To catch a thief , you need to understand him.

How dem dey talk dat thing again?

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Cutehector:
taa godforbid.. D reason why dey said yoruba should be learnt was dat most criminals in u.k were mainly from d yoruba tribe

is that y u shud say taa

vivypretty:

is that y u shud say taa

uh huh...

Cutehector:
uh huh...

what ever