Muslim PC moved from Israeli Embassy duty

There seems to be lots of ire floating around at the Muslim Police Officer who was moved from guard duty outside the Israeli Embassy.

It occurs to me that this anger, disgust and blame should be pointed at the Metroplitan Police themselves rather than the officer. The obvious argument to that course of action is to believe that a discrimination law suit would ensue from the officer (Or others) and that PC, of the political correctness kind, would go mad and that the Met took the easy option like other public bodies to keep any negativity quiet.

Yet it seems by allowing this officer to be reassigned the Met have created more negative publicity than if they had stood their ground and taken the chance of legal action. They certainly haven't kept it quiet.

This officer, like any public servant, is entitled to make a request to be reallocated duties if he is uncomfortable with them. It's his seniors who have the duty to ensure that if that request is not viable, for whatever reason, it is denied. If that denial of a request is made on a sound footing, with contractual backing, then any law suit would have a hard time winning.

Perhaps it's best to wait for the outcome of this enquiry to know the full reasoning behind his request, but if anyone is angry about his reallocation, the subtext for the Police and the precedent it sets, they should focus their blame on senior officers who permitted it to happen.