Merseyside police commissioner sparks row with force over ‘institutional racism’
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from on (#5YX25)
Chief constable issues swift denial after Emily Spurrell becomes first PCC to call her area's force institutionally racist
A police and crime commissioner (PCC) has become the first to call her area's force institutionally racist", a statement quickly followed by a categorical rebuttal from the chief constable.
In a roundtable discussion between three elected PCCs on Policing TV's Talking Crime programme, Emily Spurrell, the Merseyside commissioner, was asked if she accepted that Merseyside police were institutionally racist.
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