14 DAY TRIAL // There's a lot of discrimination today even though the world has evolved a lot since the day people of other color or religious belief were killed on sight. Like any form of warfare, the methods used for discriminating have gone deeper underground into the human psyche. Olden days saw armies of hundreds of thousands amassed on a battlefield, facing each other and shouting to discourage their opponents. Nowadays, guerilla war is the most efficient way to do just that. Instead of stoning to death people for being different, the 2000s brought forth harassment through other methods.
Chris Dreyfus, the British Transport Police's head of royalty and government protection, attended an interview with the Bedfordshire Police for the position of chief inspector. Initially, he was offered the job, but a background check finding disciplinary warning over his Facebook page made the position be withdrawn from him before he even got started.
Dreyfus' chiefs at the British Transport Police handed him the written warning last year after discovering that the page included graphic details about his lifestyle. He admitted on the site that he was interested in men and that he was looking for "whatever I can get," as The Telegraph wrote. "As long as I do not do anything to disgrace the force then what I do privately is acceptable," Chris said, while pointing out that "nothing sexually explicit" was posted.
"After the interview (on 13 February) we ran routine background checks and we were told he had a live sanction against him. Therefore we felt unable to proceed with the job offer," a spokesperson for the Bedfordshire Police said.
Dreyfus is one of the more important people in the Force, being responsible for guarding the Queen, the royal family and government figures when they are on the transport network, the same source reports.