Why didn’t these people take a booth at the Center’s Out to Work job fair last week?
London’s Daily Mail reports that the Metropolitan Police – better known as Scotland Yard – are recruiting gay, lesbian, and transgender people to guard the Queen. That’s with a capital “Q”.
“On Tuesday the Metropolitan Police posted an advertisement inviting ‘special groups’ to apply to protect the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral.
“Police chiefs ordered the recruitment drive amid concerns that there are not enough officers from minority groups guarding the Queen.
“But critics accused the Met of bowing to political correctness.
“The advertisement from Scotland Yard’s Royalty Protection Branch, known as SO14, invites armed officers from all backgrounds to apply for the role to ‘deliver residential protection through a combination of fixed posts and mobile patrols’.
“The recruitment notice, which was posted internally within the Met, reads: ‘Successful officers can expect to work at London palaces or Windsor Castle and officers are required to perform tours of duty in Scotland.
“‘Applications are particularly welcomed from women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and black and minority ethnic communities/people as these are under-represented-within SO14.’ Successful candidates must be trained in firearms and will be expected to work 12-hour shifts.”
