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Article: Race row officer praised in police reports
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- March 8, 1999
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AN English policeman has failed in his bid to prove that
Lothian's
and Borders Police were racist - although he was described as a
"competent, diligent and personable" officer.
An industrial tribunal in Edinburgh unanimously rejected Sgt Alan
Caulfield's case against the force.
The tribunal had heard he was partly responsible for his own
downfall by being unable to take criticism from his bosses.
The tribunal found that although Mr Caulfield's boss called him "a
bent English b******" and "an arrogant English c***", the remarks
were directed to him as a former member of the Metropolitan Police
than as an Englishman.
The report released today also found that two of Mr Caulfield's
bosses - ...