Diverse!
The new head of police in Ayrshire has an interesting and unusual name. In fact, to be frank, it is a Muslim name, although it should be pointed out that his mother is Brazilian while only his father is Pakistani.
As reported by the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald:
Ayrshire has a new top cop after it was announced that Chief Superintendent Faroque Hussain would take over as Divisional Commander for the area.
He replaces Ch Supt Mark Hargreaves who was transferred to the Glasgow Division to head up policing of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) which will take place in the city in November.
Ch Supt Hussain said: “I am delighted and privileged to be appointed as the next Local Police Commander for Ayrshire. I am looking forward to continuing the excellent work and relationships built with local partners and communities across North, East and South Ayrshire by my predecessor Chief Superintendent Mark Hargreaves.”
Ch Supt Hussain has 20 years police experience and from 2016 to 2018 he served in the Ayrshire Division as a Superintendent...
He is currently a Strategic Firearms Commander, having previously been an Authorised Firearms Officer and a Tactical Firearms Commander.
While everybody is an individual and should be judged on his or her merits, there are several issues that Ayrshire People should be aware of.
Having police officers of a different ethnicity from the majority of the population can often have an alienating effect on those being policed. This has often been reported on in Black communities in the USA when they are policed by White officers.
Additionally having ethnic minorities in positions of great responsibility can lead to problems, because it may be considered "racist" to criticise them when they do something wrong. This was the same problem that led to Muslim grooming and rape gangs going unreported in the UK for so long because the authorities felt it might be seen as somehow "racist" to hold them accountable.
Also, even though ethnic minorities are more likely to be treated leniently because of fears of being seen as "racist," actually complaints of misconduct and corruption against Asian officers are ten times higher than against their white colleagues!!!
This fact emerged in 2006 when the Left-wing Guardian newspaper reported that a secret high-level Metropolitan police report concluded that Muslim officers are more likely to become corrupt than white officers because of their cultural and family backgrounds.
The main conclusions of the study, commissioned by the Directorate of Professional Standards and written by an Asian detective chief inspector, stated:
"Asian officers and in particular Pakistani Muslim officers are under greater pressure from the family, the extended family ... and their community against that of their white colleagues to engage in activity that might lead to misconduct or criminality."
It recommended that Asian officers needed special anti-corruption training and is now being considered by a working party of senior staff.
The report said that British Pakistanis live in a cash culture in which "assisting your extended family is considered a duty" and in an environment in which large amounts of money are loaned between relatives and friends.
Let us hope that Mr Hussain has had the full anti-corruption training and does a good job. We will follow his career with interest.
Hussain (right) wearing a Pakistani tribal costume, with his parents in 2011
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