The National Black Police Association (NBPA) is an interest group of the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff of the UK police forces, founded in November 1999, which seeks to improve their working environment, to challenge racial prejudice and to enhance the quality of service to all non-white communities of the United Kingdom.
As well as members of a range of decision-making steering groups, we have regular meetings with the all policing stakeholders.″ The NBPA does not have individual membership.
The NBPA has been criticised by right-wing figures as a racist organisation because of its selective membership criteria based on ethnic origin.
This joint initiative raised concerns about the number of black staff who were leaving police forces throughout the UK.
On 12 and 13 October 2006, Boalt Hall, Berkeley, University of California hosted an international, multidisciplinary roundtable on the role of rank-and-file officers in police reform.
"[6] Conservative MP David Davies - a white man - criticised the organisation, while speaking as a guest at a NBPA meeting, for not allowing white people to become full members, saying: "To me it is a shame that full membership of the BPA is open only to those of black, Asian or Middle Eastern origin.".