Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Simon Byrne has ruled himself out of the running for the job of Metropolitan Police commissioner.
In a statement, Mr Byrne said he had not applied for the post and was committed to policing in Northern Ireland.
Mr Byrne, 59, a former assistant commissioner for territorial policing at the Met, had been previously linked with the most senior policing job in the UK after the resignation of Dame Cressida Dick in February.
