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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Cressida Dick criticises ‘politicisation of policing’ in Met farewell letter

Dick announced her resignation in February.
Dick announced her resignation in February. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP

The outgoing Metropolitan police commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick, has warned against the “politicisation of policing” as her tenure at the top of Britain’s biggest police force comes to an end.

Dick was forced out as head of the Britain’s biggest police force after London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, accused her of failing to deal with a culture of misogyny and racism within the Met.

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