[3] In this post he represented 3,000 black staff across the country and helped to formulate policies affecting police forces nationally.
'[3]In October 2003, a month after assuming the presidency, and following the failure of talks over the reinstatement of suspended Superintendent Ali Dizaei, Powell called for a boycott of Metropolitan Police recruitment campaigns, warning that the NBPA could not encourage black and Asian recruits to join a force that practised racial discrimination.
[5] Powell also urged that an undercover BBC reporter who investigated racism among police recruits in Cheshire should not be prosecuted.
His remark was prompted by the revelation that nearly half the race discrimination cases outstanding against the Met had been brought by white officers.
[10] Powell is currently the Head of Operational Equality Diversity Human Rights for the National Policing Improvement Agency, with the rank of Inspector.