Ok, I'm going to have to pick up on this point. I don't have much fondness the police as I don't have much appeal for the way they run as an internal body. However, I will say that when a race of ANY denomination finds its progress blocked and there is NO SUPPORT NETWORK designed for the lesser percentage denomination, they are going to have to provide that themselves. If every colleague was treated fairly and promoted duly for whatever work they've done and not bullied or held down for their differences, not always of their own making, there would be NO NEED for seperate federations/ unions of any kind.
You have to walk in the accused shoes before basing a judgement on why federations are formed. Destruction of the 'old boys' network starts from the top. And, if not, then officers should finally unite and do the right thing by their 'brothers/ sisters in uniform'.
But, it doesn't happen that way. Idealogies are all that's left, when reality takes hold.