Sadiq Khan has pledged to oppose the appointment of a brand new Met Police chief until they’ve a “sturdy plan” to cope with the “cultural issues” which have led to a sequence of scandals on the pressure.
Writing in The Observer, the London Mayor mentioned he was “deeply involved” that public belief and confidence within the nation’s greatest police pressure “has been shattered so badly”, which he concluded might solely be rebuilt with new management on the prime of the Met.
Dame Cressida Dick dramatically introduced she was standing down as Metropolitan Police Commissioner on Thursday night after Mr Khan made clear he had no confidence in her plans to reform the service.
It has change into crystal-clear that there are deep cultural points throughout the Met
London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Mr Khan wrote that he’ll “work intently” with Priti Patel on the collection of Dame Cressida’s successor.
Whereas the Conservative Dwelling Secretary holds the facility over the appointment, she should take the Labour Mayor’s desire under consideration.
Mr Khan wrote: “I can’t assist the appointment of a brand new commissioner until they will clearly reveal that they perceive the size of the cultural issues throughout the Met and the urgency with which they should be addressed.
“Briefly, they should get it, and they should have a correct and sturdy plan to cope with it.”
The feedback might foment tensions that arose between the mayor and Ms Patel over the style of Dame Cressida’s departure, simply months after the Dwelling Secretary agreed a two-year extension to her contract.
Dwelling Workplace sources mentioned Ms Patel was angered by Mr Khan’s failure to tell her that he had referred to as Dame Cressida to a gathering on Thursday afternoon, which she thought of “impolite and unprofessional”.
Dame Cressida Dick arriving at New Scotland Yard on Friday (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Dame Cressida, nevertheless, selected to not attend after reportedly being knowledgeable that Mr Khan had no confidence in her plans for reform.
Sources near the mayor mentioned that it had been an everyday bilateral assembly and that it was as much as Dame Cressida to tell Ms Patel of her resolution herself.
Ms Patel has mentioned it could require “sturdy and decisive management” to rebuild public confidence within the Met’s “integrity and professionalism”.
Dame Cressida’s departure follows a barrage of criticism of the pressure together with over its dealing with of the case of Sarah Everard who was raped and murdered by a serving Met officer.
Scotland Yard additionally confronted a sustained public outcry over its policing of the vigil for the murdered lady which noticed ladies bundled to the bottom and arrested. Amongst them was Patsy Stevenson who had the picture of her arrest go viral.
Ms Stevenson, who has since launched authorized motion towards the police, was amongst these to welcome the information Dame Cressida had gone.
Patsy Stevenson was thrust into the limelight when she was photographed being pinned to the bottom by a police officer at a vigil for Sarah Everard (Steve Parsons/PA)
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In a Sunday Occasions interview printed on the primary anniversary of her publicly-documented arrest, the 28-year-old mentioned she “stopped on the street and nearly cried” when she heard the commissioner had resigned.
Ms Stevenson added: “I assumed, thank God. Not solely has she presided over a pressure the place systemic misogyny and racism has been allowed to thrive, she’s failed to make sure the perpetrators are prosecuted.
“However the truth that she’s out doesn’t repair what’s occurring. This could’t be a token gesture. There must be top-down, radical change.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
