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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Henry Vaughan & Adam May

Police watchdog chief 'forced to quit over criminal probe'

The head of the police watchdog has been forced to resign after he became the subject of a criminal investigation, the Home Secretary said.

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) director general Michael Lockwood said on Friday he had stepped down from the role for “personal and domestic reasons”.

However, Suella Braverman said today she was forced to take “immediate action” after being made aware Mr Lockwood was the subject of a police probe into an “historic allegation”.

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