59.'A page-turner which everyone who cares about policing and justice in Britain should read.' Meera SyalĪt 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. It is a story that cannot fail to inspire anyone who has experienced prejudice or abuse of any kind. In Black and Blue Parm tells her shocking story and of her quest for justice in her police work and for herself. After several years working in the DHSS, she joined the Met as a constable. Forced into an abusive arranged marriage aged just 16, Parm eventually picked up her newborn son and escaped to London. 9781838952648 Black and Blue 59.2000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/non-fiction/biography-memoir /shop/books/non-fiction In an enthralling narrative, Parm Sandhu chronicles her journey from life in 1960s Birmingham as the fourth child of immigrants from the Punjab to the senior ranks of the Met.

In a police career lasting thirty years, she worked in everything from crime prevention to counter-terrorism, however, her time on the force was chequered throughout with incidents of racial and gender discrimination, and she eventually found herself facing a spurious charge of gross misconduct.

In an enthralling narrative, Parm Sandhu chronicles her journey from life in 1960s Birmingham as the fourth child of immigrants from the Punjab to the senior ranks of the Met. In a police career lasting thirty years, she worked in everything from crime prevention to counter-terrori.

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