Shame of Met boss

AS a former police officer, I am enraged and embarrassed that Sir Craig Mackey, the then acting commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and now the deputy commissioner of Scotland yard, locked himself in his car while witnessing the murder of PC Keith Palmer at the Houses of Parliament.

I would expect a police officer of any rank to forget his own safety in order to try to arrest a terrorist and protect a colleague. why couldn’t an attempt have been made to run the terrorist down in the vehicle rather than sit and watch?

He says he followed instructions to leave the scene after the killing – since when does a junior officer instruct the commissioner?

Shame on Sir Craig Mackey. C. JEMSon, address supplied. I TruST that one of the many ‘lessons to be learned’ from the westminster attacks will include Craig Mackey being stripped of his knighthood. His actions demonstrated he does not deserve it. AnGUS lonG, newcastle upon Tyne. I AM angry beyond words that Sir Craig Mackey stayed in his locked car just because he did not have any protective equipment.

Throughout my 30 years of service in the police, I carried a small wooden baton with a leather strap. I often found myself in situations I would have preferred not to have had to deal with, but I was never deterred from engaging.

Sir Craig Mackey’s uniform is weighed down with regalia and medals. whatever these were for, he should be stripped of them.

ALEX MCLENNAN, Bedford, Beds.