Pc Nadeem Saddique, a firearms officer who has guarded former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, as well as members of the Royal family has claimed that his superiors wanted to get rid of him from the unit, saying that “he is just a P**i.”
Pc Saddique has trained as an Authorised Firearms Officer in 2001 and after five years, he became a VIP Close Protection Officer. He has taken Cleveland Police to an employment tribunal. He has alleged that he found out that an inspector had referred to him as a “black c***”, which his employer has denied making the comments.
Furthermore, he has also made claims that a firearms colleague was displaying an English Defence League (EDL) sticker on his holster while he was on duty.
Pc Saddique trained as an Authorised Firearms Officer in 2001 and after five years, he became a VIP Close Protection Officer.
