Met wants to trace 'first black officer'

The Met is trying to trace a man believed to be one of its first black officers.

The officer is pictured in a photograph dated 3 September 1910 taken at Prickend Pond, Chislehurst, Kent, celebrating the first Chislehurst fire engine.

Commander Steve Allen, head of the Met's Diversity Directorate, said: "He was one of the pioneers in being a black role model in the capital's criminal justice system."

The Black Police Association, on 020 7230 2457, seeks information.