UK NRI Parm Sandhu Ex- Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police, won racism case that Made History

• She was one of Britain’s most senior female Asian, settles Scotland Yard racism case

Los Angeles, May 23, 2020
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Parm Sandhu, a Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police, had claimed that she was denied promotions and opportunities at work due to her race and gender. Parm Sandhu, 55, agreed a confidential settlement after she left the Met last year having been cleared of gross misconduct.

I have settled my claims with the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service). The terms of the settlement are confidential. I have no further comment to make, she told the Daily Mirror.

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NRI Female Officer Sues Scotland Yard Over Racism After She was Denied Promotions
Parm Sandhu, One of Britain's most senior female NRI police officer has accused the Metropolitan Police of discrimination

Los Angeles, July 05, 2019
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Parm Sandhu took legal action and claiming that she was denied promotion and work opportunities on the basis of her race and gender

Senior Met Police officer investigated over honours

In July 2018, Temporary Chief Superintendent Parm Sandhu had been served with a "gross misconduct" investigation notice, meaning she could potentially face a serious disciplinary charge

The inquiry, focussed on whether Sandhu encouraged her colleagues to support her nomination for a Queen's Police Medal (QPM), which is awarded twice a year by Queen Elizabeth II as part of her honours' lists.

• Two other Metropolitan Police officers were also under investigation when Sandhu encouraged colleagues to support her nomination for a Queen's Police Medal (QPM).

The QPM, which was introduced in 1954, is awarded twice a year in the Queen's Birthday and New Year Lists. The medals are given to serving police officers in the UK in recognition of distinguished service or outstanding courage in the line of duty.

Parm Sandhu was also cleared of gross misconduct. In this case, two other officers - a detective superintendent and an inspector were also cleared. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, Scotland Yard or "the Yard", is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the Metropolitan Police District, which currently consists of the 32 London boroughs In 1989, Parm Sandhu joined the Met. She claimed that she would have progressed faster and further had she not been discriminated against over many years. The name derives from the location of the original Metropolitan Police headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place, which had a rear entrance on a street called Great Scotland Yard. The Scotland Yard entrance became the public entrance to the police station, and over time the street and the Metropolitan Police became synonymous.. Parm Sandhu is being backed by the Metropolitan Black Police Association, which says it is concerned about the lack of senior female ethnic minority officers. The former chief constable of Derbyshire Police, Mick Creedon, acted as her mentor and submitted a statement to the misconduct inquiry, has also offered support. The Police Superintendents Association, which supported Ms Sandhu during the investigation, said it was "deeply disappointed" it had gone on for 12 months.

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July 07, 2018 

Parm Sandhu, currently serving as Temporary Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police, has been served with a "gross misconduct" investigation notice and could potentially face a serious disciplinary charge.

• She was placed on restricted duties as Scotland Yard investigates allegations that she broke the rules on being nominated for a royal honour.
• National Police Chief Council guidelines say that "any person can nominate any other person for an honour". However, as with other honours, people are not expected to nominate themselves and are not meant to contribute to or know about the process.

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NRI, police chief inspector Honoured “Asian Women of Achievement Awards” winners

London, May 26, 2006
Ram Choudhry

NRI sikh woman Parma Sandhu, London Police’s Chief Inspector, the only Asian woman who played a high-profile role in reassuring communities after the 7/7 bombings, have won awards in UK in recognition of their contribution to their respective fields.

There are total 492 chief inspectors including 38 women. Few women make it to the top of the police service, with only one in 13 Met chief inspectors being female. Mrs Sandhu, 42, was named an Asian Woman of Achievement for attaining the highest rank for an Asian female police officer in the UK.

Parma, mother of two, kept her job a secret from her parents for six months. Her father Malkit Singh and his wife Gurmaj Kaur tried to stop their daughter from carrying on in the force, fearing her life would be at risk. Malkit of Handsworth, Birmingham, came to Britain about 50 years ago and his wife arrived from India to join him seven years later.

At the age of 18, Mrs Sandhu left school, but a variety of jobs left her dissatisfied until, at 24, she took a post as a fraud investigator for social services and found her calling as a crime-fighter. She received the AWA public sector award at a ceremony last night in the Hilton hotel, central London. It was now a “changing environment”, Chief Inspector Sandhu said adding: "Often I will go to senior meetings and I will still be the only woman and the only black woman."