article_snippet: But the mayor and police chief may have been less than impressed by the lack of Black and Minority Ethnic candidates on the parade ground.
article_snippet: Having set an  ambitious target of having 40 per cent of all officers from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, only 18 per cent met that criteria.
article_snippet: More than one-third of the recruits who graduated from the Police Training College in Hendon were women .
article_snippet: Of Some 219 new police officers, 18 per cent are from Black or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, according to new figures .
article_snippet: Only 39 of the 216 officers graduating from Hendon Police Training College were from BME backgrounds, despite the Metropolitan Police accepting that at least 40 per cent - or 86 officers should have been from non-white backgrounds.
article_snippet: According to a report published by the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee in December 2014, before the most recent recruitment campaign, only 11 per cent of officers serving in the Met were from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background, compared with approximately 40 per cent of the population of London.
article_snippet: Only three per cent of female officers with the Met the Met are from minority backgrounds.
article_snippet: Deputy Director of Training Superintendent Robyn Williams, left, inspected the new recruits .
article_snippet: I'm pleased to have more officers from minorities joining the Met and pleased by the rise in female officers too.
highlights_snippet: Only 18 per cent were from Black of Minority Ethnic backgrounds .
  