Cressida Dick
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Age | 64 |
| Date of birth | October 16,1960 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Oxford |
| United Kingdom | |
| Domestic partner | Helen |
| Deputy Mayor | Sophie Linden |
| Deputy | Craig Mackey |
| Home Secretary | Amber Rudd |
| Sajid Javid | |
| Job | Police officer |
| Full name | Cressida Rose Dick |
| Position | Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis until Apr |
| Parents | Marcus William Dick |
| Cecilia Buxton | |
| Education | Fitzwilliam College |
| Dragon School | |
| Balliol College | |
| Grandparents | Denis Alfred Jex Buxton |
| James Reid Dick | |
| Emily Mary Hollins | |
| Great grandparent | Alfred Fowell Buxton |
| Violet Jex-Blake | |
| William Hollins | |
| Nationality | British |
| Previous position | Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2017–2022) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 473051 |
Cressida Dick Life story
Dame Cressida Rose Dick DBE QPM is a retired British police officer who served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2017 to 2022. She is both the first female and first openly lesbian officer to lead London's Metropolitan Police Service. Dick joined The Met in 1983.
PSNI: Jon Boutcher appointed as new chief constable
... Mr Boutcher had previously after the resignation of Cressida Dick last year but he was unsuccessful in that process...
Senior Met officer Julian Bennett faces sack for refusing drug test
... He offered to resign on the spot instead, and asked for a meeting with then-commissioner Dame Cressida Dick...
Bianca Williams search: Officers to appear at gross-misconduct hearing
... The then Met commissioner, Cressida Dick, claimed on LBC radio after the referral that " any officer worth their salt would have stopped that car" and that she did not " personally accept" the video footage " reveals racism"...
Stephen Lawrence: BBC names new suspect in UK's most notorious racist murder
... In 2020, Commissioner Cressida Dick declared the case " inactive" saying that all identified lines of inquiry had been followed...
Sgt Matiu Ratana: Man denies murdering Met Police officer
... In the days after his death, the then-Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick described Sgt Ratana as a " talented officer" who was " big in heart"...
Met Police: where next for the force after Casey review?
... When Dame Cressida Dick, the former Scotland Yard Commissioner, asked her to review the Met, she must have known what she would get...
Met Police: Women and children failed by 'boys' club', review finds.
... " That s not on Cressida Dick, " Baroness Casey told reporters - acknowledging Sir Mark s predecessor as the force s commissioner, " That s on every commissioner and a lot of politicians...
Met Police: Sir Stephen House's 'regretful sex' rape comment investigated
... " Sir Stephen has held a number of senior positions, including serving as Police Scotland s first chief constable between 2012 and 2015 and being appointed as Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in April 2022 after Dame Cressida Dick left the position...
Sgt Matiu Ratana: Man denies murdering Met Police officer
A Man has denied murdering Metropolitan Police Sgt Matiu Ratana , who was shot dead while on duty in South London .
Sgt Ratana, known as Matt, 54, was shot in the chest as a handcuffed suspect was being taken into custody at Croydon Custody Centre on 25 September 2020.
Louis De Zoysa, from Banstead, Surrey, has been in hospital after being shot in The Neck during The Incident .
Mr De Zoysa, 25, appeared at Northampton Crown Court via video link to plead Not Guilty .
The defendant was in a wheelchair, with his Right Arm in a sling and was assisted by an intermediary.
He entered his plea by holding up a whiteboard with The Words " Not Guilty " written on it.
Mr De Zoysa is currently a patient at the nearby St Andrews Healthcare, a brain injury hospital.
A trial date was set for 6 June, to take place in Northampton.
New Zealand-born Sgt Ratana was two months away from being eligible for retirement when he died.
In The Days after his death, the then-Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick described Sgt Ratana as a " talented officer" who was " big in heart".
" Matt spent very nearly 30 years as a uniformed Police Officer serving The Public of London, " Dame Cressida said.
" He will be remembered so fondly in Croydon and missed there, as well as in The Met and the rugby world, " she added.
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