TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sandhu,Parm
AU  - Prebble,Stuart
TI  - Black and blue: one woman's story of policing and prejudice 
SN  - 9781838952648
U1  - 920 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Atlantic Books
KW  - Sandhu, Parm,
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Metropolitan Police Service
KW  - Police
KW  - Biography
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Policewomen
KW  - Discrimination in employment
KW  - Minorities
KW  - Employment
N2  - "At the point of her retirement from the Metropolitan Police Service in 2019, Parm Sandhu was the most senior BAME woman in the capital's police force. She was also the only non-white female to have been promoted through the ranks from constable to chief superintendent in the Met's entire history. In this enthralling memoir, Parm chronicles her journey from life on the outskirts of Birmingham as the fourth child of immigrants from the Punjab to the upper echelons of the Met. Forced into an abusive arranged marriage aged just 16, Parm made the decision to escape to London with her newborn son and later joined the police as a constable. During her thirty-year career, Parm worked in everything from crime prevention to counter-terrorism, and she also served in the Met's police corruption unit. She played a senior organizing role in the London Olympics and was the superintendent on duty when Lee Rigby was beheaded in the street in Greenwich. However, Parm's time on the force was chequered throughout with incidents of racial and gender discrimination, and, after deciding to make a stand, she found herself facing a spurious charge of gross misconduct. Black and Blue tells her shocking story and of her quest for justice in her police work and for herself. It is a story that cannot fail to inspire anyone who has experienced prejudice or abuse of any kind."--
ER  -