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Fay Allen

1938–2021

United Kingdom

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Sislin Fay Allen (née Patterson; 20 March 1938 – 4 July 2021), known as Fay Allen, was a British and Jamaican police officer who was the first black woman police constable in the United Kingdom, serving in the Metropolitan Police in London from 1968 to 1972. She also worked for the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

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