Topic: Tarique Ghaffur
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This incident shows the danger that all our officers can face as they carry out their duties protecting Londoners
Teens arrested for running over police Mar 15, 2008
There must be a clear message that we will not allow any extremist group to display banners or make public statements that clearly cause offense within the existing law
London police urge protest crackdown Nov 27, 2006
What we are seeing in effect is a rise in the politicalization of middle England and the emergence of a significant challenge for capital city policing
London police urge protest crackdown Nov 27, 2006
Tarique Ghaffur, CBE QPM (pronounced /təˈriːk ɡæˈfʊər/) (born 8 June 1955) is a former high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. His last post was that of Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations.
Born in Jinja, Uganda to Pakistani parents in 1955, Ghaffur and his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1972 after President Idi Amin forcibly expelled most of the country's minority South Asian population.
Two years later, in 1974, Ghaffur joined the newly-formed Greater Manchester Police, where he worked in uniform and as a CID detective. One of only two police officers from a minority ethnic background out of a force of over 6,000, Ghaffur asserted that the desk sergeant on his first day with the police refused him admission to the station as he did not believe he was a police officer.
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