Comments on: Chief Constable wants more over-representation for BME officers http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/05/18/chief-constable-wants-more-over-representation-for-bme-officers/ Half a bee, philosophically, must ipso facto half not be Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: wonkotsane http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/05/18/chief-constable-wants-more-over-representation-for-bme-officers/comment-page-1/#comment-19750 wonkotsane Sun, 18 May 2008 18:54:59 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/05/18/chief-constable-wants-more-over-representation-for-bme-officers/#comment-19750 BME is Black/Ethnic Minority. I think nationally BME makes up 11% of the population. In places like Wolves it'll be higher - there are areas of Wolverhampton that are almost exclusively black or asian. Whitmore Reanes is one of them - a lot of asylum seekers are housed in that part of Wolves. Of course, there are parts that are almost exclusively white. THe whole area round First Avenue (can't remember the name of the area now) is a white area, real salt of the earth types if you know what I mean. Great place to sell cable ... ah, memories. 3.5% of BME senior officers is below the percentage of the population that is BME but the percentage of police officers that are BME is what matters when considering this statistic and I really wouldn't want the police to enforce that kind of quota - I'd much rather they employed the best people for the job regardless of colour. BME is Black/Ethnic Minority. I think nationally BME makes up 11% of the population. In places like Wolves it’ll be higher – there are areas of Wolverhampton that are almost exclusively black or asian. Whitmore Reanes is one of them – a lot of asylum seekers are housed in that part of Wolves. Of course, there are parts that are almost exclusively white. THe whole area round First Avenue (can’t remember the name of the area now) is a white area, real salt of the earth types if you know what I mean. Great place to sell cable … ah, memories.

3.5% of BME senior officers is below the percentage of the population that is BME but the percentage of police officers that are BME is what matters when considering this statistic and I really wouldn’t want the police to enforce that kind of quota – I’d much rather they employed the best people for the job regardless of colour.

]]> By: axel http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/05/18/chief-constable-wants-more-over-representation-for-bme-officers/comment-page-1/#comment-19748 axel Sun, 18 May 2008 17:04:13 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/05/18/chief-constable-wants-more-over-representation-for-bme-officers/#comment-19748 What percentage of the population is 'black?' The problem is, it is all concentrated in wee lumps, how many non whites are their in cornwall? How many are their in the 'Rivers of Blood' place (Wolverhampton?)? it will be different from the national averages. This is a case of Lies, damned lies and statistics, where the numbers can be made to mean anything the user wants. Look at friend Deman and his success rate of using skewed statistics to his financial gain. What does BME mean? What percentage of the population is ‘black?’

The problem is, it is all concentrated in wee lumps, how many non whites are their in cornwall? How many are their in the ‘Rivers of Blood’ place (Wolverhampton?)? it will be different from the national averages.

This is a case of Lies, damned lies and statistics, where the numbers can be made to mean anything the user wants. Look at friend Deman and his success rate of using skewed statistics to his financial gain.

What does BME mean?

]]> By: tbrrob http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/05/18/chief-constable-wants-more-over-representation-for-bme-officers/comment-page-1/#comment-19745 tbrrob Sun, 18 May 2008 15:08:35 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/05/18/chief-constable-wants-more-over-representation-for-bme-officers/#comment-19745 No-one ever looks at these sorts of issues in this way. It somewhat pisses me off. No-one ever looks at these sorts of issues in this way. It somewhat pisses me off.

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