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Figurę 3: Minority ethnic officers as a proportion of all officers as at 31 March 1998 to 2007, England and Waies

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Notę: Proportions for 1998 to 2002 were calcuiated using the headcount minority ethnic officer strength as a proportion of ail full-time equivalent officer strength. The proporttons from 2003 were calcuiated using full-time equivaient minority ethnic strength as a proportion of all full-time equivalent officer strength.

(j) The Metropolitan Police has the largest proportion of minority ethnic officers (7.9 per cent), followed by West Midlands (7.1 per cent), Leicestershire (5.8 per cent) and Bedfordshire (5.4 per cent) (Table 7). Minority ethnic officers were under-represented at senior ranks, accounting for 2.6 per cent of officers at the rank of Chief Inspector or above compared with 4.2 per cent of constables (Table B).

Tabie B: Minority ethnic police officer strength (inciuding central senrice secondments) by rank as at 31 March 2007, England and Waies

Rank	Percentage of minority ethnic officer strength
ACPO	3.2
Chief Superintendenłs	2.6
Superintendents	2.4
Chief Inspectors	2.8
Inspectors	2.4
Sergeants	2.9
Constables	4.2
Total minority ethnic strength	3.9

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