UK appoints 1st woman to lead Scotland Yard
13:21, 23 February 2017
LONDON. KAZINFORM Cressida Dick is the new Metropolitan Police commissioner, becoming the first woman to take charge of London's police force in its 188-year history, Kazinform has learnt from BBC.
She succeeds Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, who announced his retirement last year.
Ms Dick, previously the national policing lead on counter-terrorism, said she was "thrilled and humbled".
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