Police in race crisis as minority ethnic officers end support for action plan

Exclusive: NBPA, which represents thousands of police across UK, accuses leaders of breaking promises

Policing has been plunged into a disastrous" new race crisis after the National Black Police Association withdrew its support for the chief constables' flagship plan to stamp out discrimination in the ranks.

The NBPA, which represents thousands of minority ethnic officers across the UK, accused police leaders of breaking years of promises to reform and allowing a toxic" environment to destroy or blight the careers of black and Asian officers.