{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{short description|English police detective}} {{Infobox person | name = Janet Hills | honorific_suffix = MBE | occupation = Police Detective | known_for = Policing and community relations }}
'''Janet Hills''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} became president of the National Black Police Association (NBPA) in 2015-17.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-24|title=Janet Hills, president of National Black Police Association: 'I've heard it all before. Theresa May has no plan to deliver'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/24/janet-hills-national-black-police-association-president-interview|access-date=2021-03-20|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> She was the first woman to be chair of the association in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Janet Hills – Women of Influence UK|url=https://womenofinfluence.uk/janet-hills/|access-date=2021-03-20|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-29|title=Executive Committee {{!}} Metropolitan Black Police Association|url=https://www.metbpa.org.uk/executive-committee/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Metropolitan Black Police Association {{!}} Welcome to our website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Janet Hills: MET BPA appoints first female leader {{!}} OBV|url=https://www.obv.org.uk/news-blogs/janet-hills-met-bpa-appoints-first-female-leader|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.obv.org.uk}}</ref> Her career in the London Metropolitan police force began at Brixton Police Station in 1991 and includes time in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Community Safety Unit and the Human Trafficking Unit.<ref name=":0" /> She grew up in Croydon, and her parents are Jamaican.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Contributor|first=Historic|date=2015-12-24|title=Brixton cop at the top|url=https://brixtonblog.com/2015/12/brixton-cop-top/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Brixton Blog|language=en-GB}}</ref> She was awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list 2021 for services to Policing and to Community Relations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Met officers and staff recognised in Queen's New Year Honours list|url=https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officers-and-staff-recognised-in-queens-new-year-honours-list-418375|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Mynewsdesk|language=en|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124065637/https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officers-and-staff-recognised-in-queens-new-year-honours-list-418375|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Exceptional officers recognised in Queen's New Year Honours list|url=https://www.polfed.org/news/latest-news/2020/exceptional-officers-recognised-in-honours-list/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.polfed.org|language=en-GB}}</ref>
She has spoken about the disproportionate use and the impact that Taser use has on communities,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-16|title=Policing needs public trust – and we won't win it with Tasers {{!}} Janet Hills|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/16/black-police-trust-tasers-dalian-atkinson-minorities|access-date=2021-03-20|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> institutional racism,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-03-07|title=Lawrence revelations: admit institutional racism, Met chief told|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/07/lawrence-revelations-institutional-racism-met-police|access-date=2021-03-20|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Webber|first=Ashleigh|date=2020-11-13|title=Met Police 'not free from racism' as it launches action plan|url=https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/met-police-not-free-from-discrimination-as-it-launches-race-action-plan/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Personnel Today|language=en-GB}},</ref> and racial profiling.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-09|title=Cases that highlight claims of police racial profiling in England|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/09/cases-that-highlight-claims-of-police-racial-profiling-in-england|access-date=2021-03-20|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> In 2020 commenting on the Met's race action plan Hiolls said “It is encouraging to see that the Met have agreed to make significant changes as a result, particularly around the recruitment of black police officers and those that define themselves as black, to ensure greater representation of police officers and staff at all ranks."<ref name=":1" /> Hills has also spoken out about the London Metropolitan Police failure to understand the experiences of women inside and outside the force.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-02|title=Senior female officer wants 'zero tolerance' on sexist police banter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/02/senior-female-officer-wants-zero-tolerance-on-sexist-police-banter|access-date=2021-10-02|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
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