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Met Police officer asking PC if he's 'Jamil the Uber driver' and mimicking Asian accent 'not racist'

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Vincent
Published date04 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
Crump was considered to be 'honest, respectful, polite, conscientious, hardworking and reliable', the panel was told, and its members ruled he had been making a poor attempt at humour. At around 7pm on August 29 2022 Crump was on patrol in Chiswick waiting to be picked up alongside a colleague of South Asian heritage

When their colleague, PC MacWilliam, arrived with a fourth officer to pick them up in a police car, Crump said 'are you Jamil the Uber driver' The colleague of South Asian heritage, whom the comment was not directed at, was shocked but said nothing at the time, the panel heard.

Later on during the same shift, a Hounslow CCTV operator relayed a message to the car via radio to the effect of 'I do not have any coverage'. Crump then took this as an opportunity to mimic the operator's South Asian accent. The operator did not hear the mocking reply, however the officer of South Asian heritage who was in the car was again 'taken aback' by his actions.

Regarding the Uber-driver comment, the panel found 'that the use of a South Asian name gave more impact to his attempt at a joke although it was an inappropriate and misguided attempt at humour'. Similarly, it ruled that 'connecting Jamil and Uber driver is not a derogatory or discourteous association'.

As to the accusation of the impersonating the South Asian accent, Crump said 'he did not remember mimicking the accent of the CCTV operator although he did add that he wouldn't do such a thing'. The panel decided that was a weak defence and that on the balance of probability he had done so.

Both allegations were found...

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