Nusrit Mehtab

Nusrit Mehtab is a British former police officer, at one point the most senior Asian woman officer in the Metropolitan Police.^[1]

Nusrit Mehtab joined the Metropolitan Police in the late 1980s. Her work in trying to improve community relations in East London was the subject of a 1990s ITV documentary, Mehtab of the Met. She worked in undercover operations and counter-terrorism, rising through the ranks to become Superintendent.^[2] She is of Pakistani descent.^[2]

In January 2020, after 32 years, Mehtab left the police force. She complained of a "toxic workplace", and has subsequently brought a claim for constructive dismissal against the Met. She claims to have faced race, sex and religious discrimination, harassment and victimization there.^[2]

Mehtab is the author of the book Off The Beat: My life as a brown, Muslim woman in the Met, published in June 2024 (Torva/Penguin Books, ISBN 9781911709459.^[3]