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Evening Standard
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Martin Bentham

Met chief Rowley marks first 100 days with drug gangs blitz

Mark Rowley today marked the end of his first 100 days as Met Commissioner

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Dozens of London’s most dangerous offenders are being taken off the streets through a new purge on city drugs gangs, Sir Mark Rowley said on Wednesday as he marked the end of his first 100 days as Met Commissioner by admitting that more needs to be done to boost public confidence in his force.

Sir Mark said arresting more of the “men of violence” behind the capital’s drugs trade was one of the key objectives in a “month-by-month rolling plan” of improvements that he was seeking to deliver. He said other priorities included strengthening neighbourhood policing and community relations in a “relentless” mission to increase public safety and confidence.

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