True North
A Story of: Racism, Resilience & Resisting Systems of Denial
A book by Sal Naseem
This is my story...
The past few years have been some of the darkest in the Metropolitan Police Service’s history with misogyny, racism and homophobia found to be rife within its ranks, alongside the horrors of a serial rapist and murderer. In all these cases one man worked behind the scenes to hold the Met to account. Sal Naseem.
As a young Asian boy growing up in Kilmarnock, Sal Naseem experienced the violence of racism from a young age. The son of migrants, Sal followed his beloved father's example and strove to live a life of integrity and following his own True North.
Fast forward several years and, as a Director at the Independent Office of Police Conduct, Sal was once again forced to stand up to racism but this time the perpetrators had the law on their side.
This book shows the reality of following the path of your true north inside these systems of denial, the personal cost of that, but also how sometimes how it can lead to change.
True North: A Story of Racism Resilience and Resisting Systems of Denial is now available on Amazon
About the author
Sal Naseem is the former Regional Director for London at the Independent Office for Police Conduct, where he spent the best part of a decade working in the police accountability framework in England and Wales. Sal is currently Assistant Director of Insight, Policy & Strategy, a Senior Associate Fellow at The Police Foundation and an independent panel member at the National Fire Chiefs Council, supporting their work on culture and inclusion and a Trustee at the Centre for Justice Innovation.
Sal has been recognised as one of the top 10 voices in the world on anti-discrimination on LinkedIn by Favikon in 2024. Honoured as one of the 50 most influential people driving change in the UK through inclusion in the Diversity Power List 2023/2024, and also recognised as one of the most inspirational leaders on inclusion by D&I Leaders 2024.
Sal has worked on some of the most high-profile misconduct cases featuring the Metropolitan Police Service in recent years. As the Strategic Lead on Discrimination his work focussed on stop & search, racism, misogyny, and police culture.
Sal has also contributed to several BBC documentaries on policing.
Sal holds a law degree from the University of Glasgow and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Society of Leadership Fellows.
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