The police forces in operation within the UK are actively recruiting police officers from ethnic minority backgrounds. Find out why this is so and listen to a senior officer who is black speak about his experience of being an officer.

With this article you will find out about:

• life in the UK: the attitude of public sector groups towards minority groups
• language learning skills: that there are different ways to read a text according to the reader's need
• language: some key vocabulary when speaking about discrimination