Now Even an Indian Could be a Top Cop in U.K.

Bangalore: As change is the only thing that is constant, it constantly carries unique shades to surprise many. As in case of the Scotland Yard, it may soon decide to hire foreign police chiefs, which could even be an Indian in the force. The UK's home secretary Theresa May is supposedly planning to change the law by permitting foreign police chiefs to run British forces, for the first time ever, which might seem as the biggest shake up of police recruitment rules in the present times, as reported Kounteya Sinha for TNN.

Till now for national security reasons the force practiced posting a British citizen as the police commissioner. The UK's policing minister Damian Green informed that the probability of the U.K. police force hiring its very first police commissioner could happen within years from now rather than decades.

The change is also expected to permit direct entry into the police force at superintendent level, which not only will allow experienced people in policing but also business leaders. This completely alters the current trend which specifies starters to enter as a constable and then the compulsory two year grind in the force before getting promoted. These reforms were suggested by Tom Winsor, the former rail regulator, prepared after a thorough review of police pay and conditions, in over three decades.

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