Shujaat Husain was a director of intelligence in Pakistan

The comments follow a tribunal's award of �65,000 to a former director of intelligence from Pakistan who suffered discrimination by the force.

Shujaat Husain had two job applications rejected by Kent Police.

"Our administrative procedures are tighter and officers have diversity training," Mike Fuller told the BBC.

In an interview with Radio Kent, he said: "Things have moved on... and I would hope this wouldn't happen again."

We've accepted that we were wrong... and we've apologised to Mr Husain Mike Fuller, Chief Constable of Kent

The industrial tribunal found Mr Husain had suffered racial discrimination and ordered Kent Police to pay damages.

After the hearing, the force said it had apologised to Mr Husain and that a review was being carried out.

The 50-year-old, from Upper Norwood, south London, was twice rejected for the job of intelligence analyst with the force in 1999 and 2000.

The tribunal heard its actions resulted in Mr Husain being arrested and detained when he applied for a job with Avon and Somerset Constabulary.

It accepted the force compiled a report on Mr Husain and circulated it to other forces, warning of a "potentially fraudulent application" following differences in the two applications.

On Friday, Mr Fuller said: "We've accepted that we were wrong... and we've apologised to Mr Husain."