17th July 2024

Markus Campbell-Savours signed this EDM on Monday 29th July 2024

Britain’s first black police officer, John Kent

Tabled by: Julie Minns (Labour - Carlisle)
That this House pays tribute to Britain’s first black police officer, John Kent who died on 20 July 1886; notes that John Kent was the son of a freed slave, Thomas Kent; further notes that John Kent began his policing career in Maryport, Cumbria in 1835 before transferring to the …

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