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- The UK's first female Asian police officer has been remembered as a "trailblazer of her time". Karpal Kaur Sandhu was 27 years old when she joined the Met Police force exactly 50 years ago.
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Karpal Kaur Sandhu was the first female Asian police officer in Britain. She served in the Metropolitan Police Service from 1971 to 1973.
Feb 1, 2011 · Karpal Kaur Sandhu joined London's Metropolitan Police exactly 40 years ago, on 1 February 1971. It was a dream come true for the mother-of-two - but her life came to a brutal end in 1973 when...
Feb 1, 2021 · Karpal Kaur Sandhu was 27 years old when she joined the Met Police force exactly 50 years ago. A virtual event was held earlier to commemorate her life.
Feb 1, 2021 · Karpal was born to a Sikh family in Zanzibar, east Africa, in 1943 and came to the UK in 1962, where she got a job as a nurse at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield. In 1971 she joined the Met,...
At a time when there would have only been about 700 female officers in the Met, Karpal Kaur Sandhu was both the first female Sikh and female South Asian police officer in the UK.
Jan 20, 2011 · Karpal Kaur Sandhu served in Walthamstow and Leyton after joining the force on February 1 1971. She paved the way for many Asians and women in the force, proving invaluable as an interpreter...
Nov 4, 2021 · PC Karpal Sandhu was the first female Asian and Sikh police officer in the UK. She joined London's Metropolitan Police 50 years ago, serving from 1971 until she was killed in the line of duty in 1973. The Karpal Kaur Sandhu Room has been created by the Met as a tribute to her legacy in the Peel Centre, Hendon.
