The Search For A New Metropolitan Police Commissioner Has Begun Following The Resignation Of The Current One

 Following Dame Cressida Dick's retirement, a search for a new Metropolitan Police Commissioner is underway.

Dame Cressida said she was left with "no choice" when London Mayor Sadiq Khan expressed his displeasure with her leadership.

"I agreed to stay for a short term to preserve the Met's stability," she stated.

Some Met PCs were found guilty of "disgraceful" misogyny, discrimination, and sex harassment by the police watchdog last week.

Dame Cressida, the first woman to manage the UK's largest police department, was also chastised after Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving Met officer last year.

The Met is also in charge of national counter-terrorism policing, in addition to London.

The home secretary will pick her successor in collaboration with the mayor of London. Matt Jukes and Neil Basu, both assistant Met commissioners, are among the contenders.

Sir Paul Stephenson, a former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, told LBC that "we should be casting the net as wide as possible" to locate the greatest candidate for the job, which includes beyond police.

Dame Cressida said she had "absolutely no intention" of quitting and was "seething angry" at the culture at Charing Cross police station, which was uncovered by the police watchdog, only hours before her departure was announced.

Mr Khan, on the other hand, said he was "not pleased" with Dame Cressida's reaction to the magnitude of change needed to "weed out" racism, misogyny, homophobia, bullying, and other forms of discrimination.

"Dame Cressida Dick has declared she will stand down after learning of this," he said.

Mr Khan praised the commissioner on her 40-year career in law enforcement.

In order to restore trust in the police, he said he will "work closely with the home secretary on the nomination of a new commissioner."

Dame Cressida "has served her country with great dedication and distinction over many decades," according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, said the police chief served "through trying times" and "exemplified the increasingly varied composition of our police."

Mr Kha, according to Susan Hall, leader of the Greater London Assembly Conservatives, handled the matter "very badly."

Following the disclosure of racist and sexist comments exchanged by officers at Charing Cross, Mr Khan said he had put Dame Cressida "on notice."

Ms Hall, on the other hand, believes that this should have been done "behind closed doors."

She claimed that the departure made Londoners feel less protected and left a "vacuum" at the leadership of the Metropolitan Police.