Metropolitan police chief has got to go, here’s why

‘Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, commissioner of the Metropolitan police, has been given a contract extension that will keep him in the role until September 2017. While his job may be seen as a somewhat thankless one, the decision to retain Hogan-Howe reeks of rewarding failure.

Hogan-Howe’s career, both as a rank-and-file officer, and as ‘top brass’, has frequently been marked by sloppiness, and questionable judgement. In 1989, for instance, he was an officer in the South Yorkshire police, and was present at the Hillsborough Disaster. While his actions played no role in the chaos within the stadium that day, he has been accused of committing a very embarrassing and traumatising blunder in the aftermath. He is understood to have reported that a boy who had died was ‘safe and well’, giving cruel and false hope to worried relatives of the victim.’

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