Bye, Cressida, now let’s have proper policing

AT LAST Cressida Dick has gone. Can we now have a Metropolitan Police Commissioner who has also worked their way up the ranks but whose appointment is not a political one?

The new Commissioner needs to have a clean sweep of senior Met officers who have failed in their duty to the citizens of London.

G. M. LAVERICK, Penrith, Cumbria. THE Home Secretary and Mayor of London say they are looking for a replacement for Cressida Dick who will stamp out the macho, sexist canteen culture of the Metropolitan Police.

I’m sure Londoners would much prefer a Commissioner who would order their officers out on the streets to stamp out crime.

PAUL MORLEY, Skipton, N. Yorks.

View from the sharp end

IS THERE any chance that a new Met Commissioner can be someone who has worked the streets of London at the sharp end?

I was an officer with the Met for 30 years and know that respect and confidence work both ways.

If the police knew their most senior officer had experienced dealing with people from all walks of life for a sustained period, they would offer a better service and the people of London would give them more support.

PAUL LEEDER, Taunton, Somerset.

Nothing like a Dame

CRESSIDA DICK has been forced to resign as Met Commissioner because she was unable to manage a string of scandals that left the public, police authorities and politicians without any confidence in her leadership.

The same Establishment awarded her a damehood for services to the police. This is clear evidence that the honours system is nothing of the sort.

CHARLES JACKSON, Newcastle upon Tyne. THE big question is what sixfigure-salary job Cressida Dick will end up with next.

TERRY COATES, Birmingham.

WHOEVER is chosen to replace Dame Cressida Dick has an almost impossible task.

The problems that afflict the Met are not confined to that institution: they are a reflection of the deterioration in attitudes and standards of behaviour in society. JONATHAN LONGSTAFF,

Buxted, E. Sussex.