Responding to the news that Dame Cressida Dick is to step aside as Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Chairman of the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee, Susan Hall AM said:
“Today the London Assembly agreed a unanimous motion calling on the Mayor to clarify what he meant when he said the Commissioner had been put “on notice“. We no longer need that clarification – but we do need an urgent plan of action to heal recent wounds.
"There is a crisis of confidence in the Metropolitan Police and it’s vital that the next Commissioner gets to grips with addressing these issues.
“The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee would like to put on record our thanks to Dame Cressida Dick for her 40 years of service.
“In her role as Commissioner, she has played an important part in our scrutiny work by regularly taking questions from Assembly Members on how the force is working to keep Londoners safe.
“We look forward to working with the new Commissioner when they are appointed and continuing the important work of holding the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime to account.”
Notes to editors
- Susan Hall AM, Chairman of the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee, is available for interview.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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