arriving at new scotland yard this morning, the woman who is walking away from the biggestjob in british policing. respected by colleagues, but forced out by the london mayor, sadiq khan. cressida dick first came to public attention as the officer in command whenjean charles de menezes was wrongly shot, though a jury said she was not personally to blame. in her time as met commissioner, two officers took pictures of the bodies of the murdered sisters bibaa henry and nicole smallman, but worst of all, a serving met policeman killed sarah everard. a team of officers at charing cross police station exchanged shocking, misogynistic, racist and homophobic whatsapp messages. and the met was slow to investigate alleged parties during downing street in lockdown. the force has also had to face the anger of sarah sak and the other families whose sons were murdered by the serial killer stephen port. the incompetence shown by detectives investigating her son anthony s death was jaw dropping. there
this, military action is not inevitable but according to the us it is now highly possible.- it is now highly possible. james, thanks for it is now highly possible. james, thanks forjoining it is now highly possible. james, thanks forjoining us. the home secretary, priti patel, says strong and decisive new leadership of the metropolitan police is now needed, to restore public confidence. it follows the resignation of dame cressida dick as commissioner, who says she lost the confidence of the mayor of london, despite her view that she could bring change to a beleaguered force. here s our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. arriving at new scotland yard this morning, the woman who is walking away from the biggestjob in british policing. respected by colleagues, but forced out by the london mayor, sadiq khan. cressida dick first came to public attention as the officer in command whenjean charles de menezes was wrongly shot, though a jury said she was not personally to blame
who is walking away from the biggestjob in british policing. respected by colleagues but forced out by the london mayor, sadiq khan. cressida dick first came to public attention as the officer in command whenjean charles de menezes was wrongly shot though a jury said she was not personally to blame. in her time as met commissioner, two officers took pictures of the bodies of the murdered sisters bibaa henry and nicole smallman. but, worst of all, a serving met policeman killed sarah everard. a team of officers at charing cross police station exchanged shocking, misogynistic, racist and homophobic whatsapp messages. and the met was slow to investigate alleged parties during downing street in lockdown. the force has also had to face the anger of sarah sak and the other families whose sons were murdered by the serial killer stephen port. the incompetence shown by detectives investigating her son anthony s death was jaw dropping. there was that many flaws that
there was another allegation of indecent exposure. we ll be pushing ministers and the home secretary to have a look at exactly what is going wrong in the vetting processes, in the reporting processes, in the scrutiny of police officers, and how that gets done. the met says it will shortly publish a new strategy for tackling violence against women and girls. it will be deploying 650 new officers into busy public places where people often feel unsafe. it insists it s focused on improving detections for indecent exposure. the fact that this awful man used the cover of being a police officer to commit his crime does have devastating implications for trust. and i know that has caused distress throughout the ranks in british policing, in the thousands of british police officers up and down the land. we hope that over time police can rebuild the trust of the british people. sarah everard s death prompted