- Sir Mark Rowley succeeds Dame Cressida Dick, who resigned in February.
- He has served in the force for 30 years and most recently as head of the counter-terrorism.
- Home secretary Priti Patel says “restoring public trust and reducing crime must be his top priorities”.
Sir Mark Rowley is the next commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, succeeding Dame Cressida Dick, who resigned in February.
Rowley served in the force for thirty years, most recently as the National Police Chief’s Council’s counter-terrorism head until his departure in 2018.
His selection follows a competitive process in which he faced off against the Met’s assistant commissioner, Nick Ephgrave.
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