Sir Mark Rowley can no longer be described as the Metropolitan Police’s “new” Commissioner. And while a year into the job, Sir Mark may point to some areas of progress, he will know there is far more to do in order to turn Scotland Yard around.
Rarely in the force’s near 200-year history has its reputation been so damaged by a string of scandals and heinous crimes perpetrated by officers such as Wayne Couzens, David Carrick and Adam Provan. For an organisation as large and with responsibilities as wide ranging as the Met, it was always going to take time. But 12 months on, we must now switch to the delivery phase.
