Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick announced on Thursday that she would step down from her position, under pressure from the London mayor Sadiq Khan over reports of unsavoury behaviour on the force.
Dame Cressida’s leadership has been under intense scrutiny over a report from the official police watchdog about London police officers routinely making jokes about rape and exchanging racist messages.
There has also been criticism and concerns over misogyny in the force, fuelled by the kidnapping, rape and murder of Sarah Everard in March 2021 by Wayne Couzens, who was a serving officer at the time.
