Six police officers win latest round in promotion battle

Six po­lice con­sta­bles have scored an­oth­er vic­to­ry in their al­most decade-long le­gal bat­tle over pro­mo­tions.

De­liv­er­ing a judg­ment ear­li­er this week, High Court Judge West­min James up­held the case pur­sued by women po­lice con­sta­bles (WPCs) Jen­nifer Sanchez and Fe­li­cia Coar-Pasea, and po­lice con­sta­bles (PCs) Kwasi Guy, Cordell Abra­ham, Curt Gen­tle and Alex Khan against the Of­fice of the Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er and the Pro­mo­tion Ad­vi­so­ry Board (PAB).

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The six of­fi­cers sat and passed the qual­i­fy­ing ex­am­i­na­tion for pro­mo­tion to the rank of Cor­po­ral be­tween 2010 and 2015.