Her contribution to policing in the United Kingdom cannot be underestimated. The courage that trailblazers like her showed in joining the police service allowed others to follow a career in policing,” UK’s National Black Police Association (NBPA) president, Andy George, said in a statement in tribute to Sislin Fay Allen. Allen, who passed away in her native Jamaica on July 5 at the age of 83, broke racial barriers in 1968 when she became the first Black British policewoman. Prior to joining the Metropolitan Police at the age of 29, Allen was employed as a nurse at...