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Today in Focus

Cressida Dick and the crisis of trust in the Metropolitan police

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

After a year in which the Met lurched from one crisis to another, Danny Shaw looks at the challenges faced by the woman in charge. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:07.5

Today, what's gone wrong with the Metropolitan Police?

0:11.6

An is Commissioner Cresset of Dick, the right person to rebuild its reputation?

0:15.9

It's been another calamitous month for Britain's biggest police force.

0:31.1

Metropolitan Police have issued a statement saying that they are not going to investigate

0:35.8

events at Downing Street.

0:37.7

The weeks the Metropolitan Police refuse to look into allegations of illegal gatherings

0:42.4

in Downing Street.

0:43.5

The correspondence and footage does not provide evidence of a breach of the health protection

0:48.4

regulations but restate allegations made in the media.

0:51.9

But just as a cabinet office inquiry was set to reveal all, Commissioner Cresset of Dick

0:56.5

stunned Westminster by suddenly announcing a criminal investigation and calling a halt

1:01.5

to the publication of the most incriminating details.

1:04.8

As a result, firstly of the information provided by the cabinet office inquiry team,

1:10.4

and secondly, my office's own assessment, I can confirm that the Met is now investigating

1:19.5

a number of events that took place at Downing Street and White Hall.

1:23.8

The move prompted renewed outrage with growing calls on Dick to resign.

1:28.5

So we are in a really bad place and of course the buck must stop at the top.

1:32.5

The Met have changed their minds four times during this toll saga.

1:37.3

That's why people are beginning to feel this looks like a stitch up.

1:41.2

It was a chorus that grew louder again this week.

1:44.0

The independent office for police conduct began its investigation into chairing cross police station

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