Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick is leaving her role after a series of damaging controversies. Dame Cressida said she had been left with "no choice" after London Mayor Sadiq Khan made it clear to her he had no confidence in her leadership. Last week, the police watchdog found "disgraceful" misogyny, discrimination and sex harassment among some Met PCs. Dame Cressida was the first woman to lead Britain's biggest police force. Speaking on BBC London hours before her departure was announced, she said she was "seething angry" about the watchdog's findings and that she had "absolutely no intention" of quitting. But in his statement, Mr Khan said he was "not satisfied" with Dame Cressida's response and that she "will be stepping aside" as a result. Mr Khan thanked the commissioner, the first woman to lead Britain's biggest police force, for her 40-year policing career. He said he would now "work closely with the home secretary on the appointment of a new commissioner" with an aim to restore trust in the Met. Dame Cressida, who served in the role for four years, has agreed with the mayor that she will continue to serve for a short time period to enable an orderly handover. 'Huge sadness' She said in a written statement: "It is with huge sadness that following contact with the mayor of London today, it is clear that the mayor no longer has sufficient confidence in my leadership to continue. "He has left me no choice but to step aside as commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service." "I'm incredibly proud of my team and all they have achieved," she added. BBC home affairs correspondent June Kelly said the relationship between the mayor and commissioner has to work - and once Dame Cressida had lost his confidence, and after he was so public about that, things had become toxic. She added this was a repeat of a situation we saw more than a decade ago, when then Commissioner Sir Ian Blair was forced out by the former London Mayor Boris Johnson. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-60340525
The Met are a **** show, and they're not alone. I have a relative that works in H* mberside's professional standards, and they tell me the standard of recruit is poor. Might help if those in charge adopted a decent uniform policy, many of plod look like tramps.
True... Someone I know was a Marketing manager. He /she left that job to become a Detective superintendent with humberside police. With zero actual on the job experience.
I've heard Humberside plod are really good at getting motorists who have a bald tyre,can't get murderers,rapists,*****s though......don't have nightmares.....g'night
Absolute bollocks ... you have a 2 year probationary period when entering the police, no matter were or who you are, you can't just leave a job and walk straight into a Dept Superintendent role, you may be on the advance promotion list, which allows one to climb the rankings quicker, but whomever told you this is pulling your p1sser. buddy. When promoted you have to go up the rankings chronologically.. I.e. Sgt, inspector, chief inspector, Superintendent. The Met has always have lower standards of recruitment because of the sheer numbers they have, they have for years had more bad apples as a result. This isn't to say that other Forces have some but not in the same quantity. But for every crap or bent officer out there, there are hundreds if not thousands who do the role to their best abilities. Makes me laugh the muppets on here who slate them but my god how quick are they to run to the police when the sh1t hits the fan. As for those who criticise their local constabulary, you'll be surprised to learn that they ha e one of the most successful success rates when investigating major crimes, including murder. Just have a think before you talk bullshit without knowing the facts. Cresida Dick has paid the price for their poor recruitment, and her leadership will be remembered for the idiots and freaks that somehow managed to get into her Force, and rightly so. But don't tar all serving officers with the same brush, there are excellent male and female officers out there doing a fantastic job.
You obviously know much more than me on the topic, and this is a genuine question. The direct entry programme does allow people to come straight in a Superintendent level (or an Inspector role…no idea which is more senior to be honest) although they’ve paused it apparently while they review it, so someone could have come straight in as a Superintendent, but is a Detective Superintendent a different rank? Without knowing anything I assumed it was just a Superintendent in a role in the detective type area?
As I understood it direct entry allowed entry into the force at Inspector or Superintendent level with the expectation that said individuals would become 'credibly effective' after an 18-month training program. In other words you get the money but you're not cut loose until you're trained.
Excellent post and about as accurate as it could be. Our forces have similar problems too. I have first hand experience with what was The Duke of Boots. They were awesome lads, but there's always one.
Unless things have changed dramatically in very recent years, you can't enter any police force at such levels, unless you are a transferee from.another force with equivalent ranking or qualified to such. They do employ civilian investigators, who dependent on experience can achieve senior investigator status, but not titled Dept Supt.
It did change several years ago and you could come in direct at more senior roles. It does say it’s paused while reviewed, but you have been able to for quite a while https://www.college.police.uk/joining-police/direct-entry-police EDIT - the Govt announced it being an option in 2013
Honest pal. I'm not the kind of poster to bullshit anyone. I'm NOT naming the person and I'm not suggesting she/ he didnt have the necessary training. My fundamental point is that he/she had zero police experience has a bobby on the beat or whatever. This individual even featured briefly in a BBC programme or feature on Humberside police, your reference to fast tracking ( advance promotion) is the route. Ta edit Ps. On reflection perhaps he/she maybe didn't start as a super. But that is what I was told.
Like this ! my daughter is a tec with theMet took two years to pass out and is paid just £28k !! She’s the most politically correct person I know and she says that not one in two years has any man or woman said one wrong word to her or made any sexist gestures or other . There are bad people in every volume institution like racists in football crowds. The thing to remember however is how much crap the beat guys have to put up with from this country’s scum
I've just researched the college of policing and I stand corrected, apparently introduced 5 years ago as a pilot program, but now paused to analyse the findings. But this as explained requires a hefty training program, I'd be horrified if they were then sent out to take charge of major crime scenes without being initially shadowed by more experienced officers. But please accept my apologies, did t even realise they even had such schemes now, utter madness if just after a period of training they are let loose. However I very much doubt they would be given a Detective Supt position given the intricate nature of some investigations, unless as previously mentioned, they are shadowed.
Is Det Sup a different rank to Sup then? (Which was the bit I didn’t understand hence asking earlier) Or is it just the part of the Police they work in? Cheers
