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Ali Dizaei - London Metropolitan Police Superintendent

Stephen Sackur speaks to perhaps the UK's most controversial police officer, Ali Dizaei, and asks what his rise and fall says about British policing?

Stephen Sackur speaks to perhaps the UK's most controversial police officer, a commander in London's Metropolitan Police and a convicted criminal. Ali Dizaei was born in Iran, studied law in London and became a high-flying spokesman for ethnic minority police officers in a London force dogged by accusations of racism. Ali Dizaei portrays himself as a victim; the courts decided he was a rogue cop. What does his rise and fall say about British policing?

30 minutes

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Fri 13 Apr 2012 03:30GMT

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