In 2017, she was appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in London
She is the first woman to take charge of the service, being selected for the role in February 2017 and taking office on 10 April 2017
Dick served as acting Deputy Commissioner in the interim between Deputy Commissioner Tim Godwin’s retirement and his permanent successor, Craig Mackey, taking office at the end of January 2012
Before 2005, Dick attracted little media attention, but became well known as having been the officer in command of the operation which led to the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
She was cleared of personal blame in a 2007 criminal trial
In June 2009, she was promoted to the rank of assistant commissioner, the first woman to hold this rank substantively
On 22 February 2017, the Home Office and the MPS jointly announced that she would be appointed as the next Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis by Queen Elizabeth II, on the formal recommendation of Home Secretary Amber Rudd
She is the first woman to hold this appointment
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What users say about Cressida Dick
Godzilla: Lives up to her surname allright (February 22, 2022)Reply »
[email protected]: She couldn`t physically arrest me. Hasn`t got the strength. (May 17, 2021)Reply »
Unknown: What is her height? (July 10, 2020)Reply »
Gwen Manchester: An amazing woman. I knew her when she was a young sergeant, even at that age, you could tell that she was going to achieve great things. (June 30, 2020)Reply »
Martini: She's a total disaster. Appointed to her current position by that catastrophe called Treason May for the purpose of leaving a toxic legacy.