Cressida Dick appointed as first female Met Police chief

‘Cressida Dick is the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, the first woman to take charge of London’s police force. She succeeds Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, who led the force from 2011 until announcing his retirement last year.
Ms Dick, previously the national policing lead on counter-terrorism, said she was “thrilled and humbled”.
But her appointment was criticised by the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was wrongly shot dead during an operation she led in 2005.’
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