Synergy Network partner, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), has streamed two significant webinars looking at the views of black officers in the police, and can be watched below.
Black and Blue
The much-anticipated webinar, ‘Black and Blue’, was first shown in December 2020, and featured present and former serving black police officers about their views on the Black Lives Matter movement, institutional racism, ‘stop and search’ and related law and order issues.
It featured:
- Dr Leroy Logan MBE, former superintendent in the Metropolitan police and a former chair of the Black Police Association. Leroy is also the author of ‘Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop’.
- Janet Hills, a Detective Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police Service. Janet is the first Female Chair of the Metropolitan Black Police Association and was also the National Black Police Association President from 2015-2017.
- Bevan Powell MBE, the former chair of the Black Police Association and current Methodist Secretary for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
The webinar was organised by the Ascension Trust, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, The Diocese of Southwark, The Methodist Church and the National Black Police Association.
Blue is the Colour
CTBI’s second related webinar, screened in May 2021, looked at the police, community and young people in Britain and Ireland and included:
- Ven. Dr Rosemarie Mallett (Co-Chair), Archdeacon of Croydon
- Revd Les Isaac OBE, CEO of Ascension Trust (Co-Chair)
- Jeff Boothe, Chief Superintendent, Met Police Service
- Andy George, President, National Black Police Association
- PC Bharat ‘Baz’ Narbad, Chair, South Wales Black Police association
- Lian Jacobs, Youth Worker
- Amie Buhari, Founder and CEO, Hebe Foundation
- Pastor Dare Adetuberu, Lead Pastor at RCCG Kingdom Connections, Tyrrelstown.
The webinar was organised by CTBI, Synergy Network, National Black Police Association, Ascension Trust and the Diocese of Southwark.