London Police Chief Cressida Dick resigned on Thursday after the mayor of the British capital, Sadiq Khan, expressed her displeasure that he had failed to eradicate racism, sexism and other problems in the House.
Confidence in the Metropolitan Police has been shaken following the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a police officer, as well as recent revelations of a climate of intimidation, racial discrimination and bigotry in a central London police station.
Sadiq Khan said he had clarified to Cressida Dick the extent of the changes he believed were urgently needed to restore Londoners’ confidence in the Metropolitan Police and to eradicate racism, sexism, homophobia, bullying and bullying. her vagina.
“I’m not satisfied with the leader ‘s response,” said the mayor of London, adding that Crescent Dick had just resigned.
“It is clear that the only way to begin to achieve the range of changes required is to have a new leadership in the Metropolitan Police,” said Sadiq Khan.
For her part, Cressida Dick stated that she had no choice but to resign: my leadership to continue “.
Dick, an experienced counterterrorism officer, was the first woman to lead the London police, also known as the Scotland Yard.
Home Secretary Pretty Patel had renewed Cresinda Dick’s tenure last September.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote in a Twitter post that Dick “served her country with great devotion and distinguished herself for many decades.”
Patel, who is in charge of selecting Dick’s successor, said earlier this month that there were problems with some perceptions within the Metropolitan Police. On Thursday, however, she said Dick had performed her duties “with a firm commitment to protecting our capital and its people – including the unprecedented period of the pandemic”.
The election of Cressida Dick’s successor also has political implications, as Metropolitan Police investigate infamous Downing Street parties for breaches of restrictive measures against the pandemic.
The mayor of London, who hails from the opposition Labor Party, declined to comment on the ongoing investigations. However, he said he recognized the great public interest in the case.
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