The Curse of Jill Havern & CMOMM - Bernard Hogan-Howe announces his retirement after he hears about Jill's letter - 29 Sep 2016

Tony Bennett wrote:Just announced on SKY News!

Your letter may have to be dealt with by the next Met Police Commissioner, Jill

Mirage wrote:TM allegedly refused to accept BHH's resignation in 2014 as Home Secretary.
I wonder what changed her mind as Prime Minister?
There isn't a lot of continuity on OG is there? Andy Redwood. Nicola Wall. BHH. The only continuity seems to be the endless pot of money being poured in.
Perhaps TM has read and digested every jot and tittle of Jill's letter. 
Perhaps it is not too late for her to be re-considering Rebekah Wade's (as she then was) astonishing admission to the Home Affairs Committee that they (Andy Coulson and she) had PAID police "in the past". Footage still on Youtube I believe. I swear Coulson kicked her under the table. 
This would be the same Rebekah Brooks who threatened persuaded, DC to start the narrow remit review.

Tony Bennett wrote:
As was once said:

"The buck stops here"

Verdi wrote:For a split second I thought it was true - duh!

I was thinking David Edgar as a candidate but perhaps he's over qualified..

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Back to the drawing board.

Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe announces retirement


Sources have suggested recently that there is a desire within government to see a woman given the most senior job in British policing.

Lynne Owens, the former Chief Constable of Surrey Police and the current Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA), is one potential candidate.

Sara Thornton, the former head of Thames Valley Police and current chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council is also among the favourites to replace Sir Bernard.

Another name that has been touted is Cressida Dick, who was previously Britain's most senior female police officer, when she served as acting deputy commissioner in the Met.

She retired last year and took up a post with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but could possibly be tempted to return for the top job.

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willowthewisp wrote:St Bernard Hogan Howe,jumping ship a tad early,"Nothing to see Here,move along Now",the revelation of "Serious unsolved Murders" now coming to light of the Metropolitan Police Service being involved in "Covering Up"Documented Evidence that has Gone a Stray from their Secured Premises?
Time to Order more White paint Theresa?

jeanmonroe wrote:

Verdi wrote:For a split second I thought it was true - duh!

I was thinking David Edgar as a candidate but perhaps he's over qualified..

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Back to the drawing board.

Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe announces retirement


Sources have suggested recently that there is a desire within government to see a woman given the most senior job in British policing.

Lynne Owens, the former Chief Constable of Surrey Police and the current Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA), is one potential candidate.

Sara Thornton, the former head of Thames Valley Police and current chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council is also among the favourites to replace Sir Bernard.

Another name that has been touted is Cressida Dick, who was previously Britain's most senior female police officer, when she served as acting deputy commissioner in the Met.

She retired last year and took up a post with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but could possibly be tempted to return for the top job.

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YES 'comment'!

Cressida Dick

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Sara Thornton

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Lynne Owens

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Still, as long as it's a 'woman' that gets 'the top job'.............all's well!

Tony Bennett wrote:This report from the Mirror's Chief Crime Correspondent, Tom Pettifor, about Bernard Hogan-Howe, is very troubling, and perhaps reveals to us why Theresa May appointed him. It's about his time in Liverpool. The bits in red indicate that he would be prepared to cover up almost anything.

Incidentally, one person from Liverpool made the claim to me that Hogan-Howe was on first name terms with Madeleine's godfather, Jon Corner; also that Hogan-Howe turned a Nelsonian 'blind eye' to certain immoral and illegal practices under his watch. It's one of those things I guess we'll never really know:

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Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe facing probe over child abuse 'cover-up'

22:28, 17 Mar 2015
By Tom Pettifor

Britain's top cop was an Assistant Chief Constable at Merseyside in 1998 when the force uncovered claims one of Tony Blair’s ministers was a suspected paedophile

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         Under fire: Met chief                                Mirror front page story

Britain’s top police officer faces being quizzed by his own detectives over claims that police covered up child sex abuse by politicians.

Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe was an Assistant Chief Constable at Merseyside in 1998 when the force uncovered claims one of Tony Blair’s ministers was a suspected paedophile.

A source close to the Operation Care probe has confirmed the team were aware of allegations the minister was suspected of child abuse in Lambeth, South London.

It was “inconceivable” senior Merseyside officers were not aware the politician had come under suspicion, the source said.
But Sir Bernard “does not recall details about the investigation, those suspected or any associated allegations made regarding politicians”, Scotland Yard said.

Although it did confirm Operation Care was one of a number of investigations Sir Bernard “had oversight of” at the time.

The investigation into the politician was handed to the Met before being shut down when detective Clive Driscoll named the serving Blair minister as a suspect in London in November 1998.

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Clive Driscoll: Detective named serving Blair minister as a suspect in 1998

The case tops a list released this week of 14 alleged child abuse cover-ups involving politicians being probed by the Met.
The revelation that the man ultimately in charge of the investigation is embroiled in the scandal sparked calls for an outside agency to take over today.

Specialist child abuse lawyer Peter Garsden said: “If Bernard Hogan-Howe is implicated in one of the allegations then there’s clearly a potential conflict of interest and he shouldn’t have anything to do with it.
“The National Crime Agency would appear to be a better choice to investigate.”

The Daily Mirror has detailed how former Met detective Mr Driscoll had been working alongside Operation Care when issued with disciplinary proceedings after pointing to the politician as a suspect.
The Liverpool-based team had gone to London in the summer of 1998 after arresting care home boss Michael Carroll.

Now aged 63, he had abused children in the North West before taking charge of Angell Road children’s home in Brixton, South London.

Following tensions between the forces, Merseyside kept their investigation to Carroll and left the Blair minister and other suspects to the London force.

But Mr Driscoll was removed just afterwards. Disciplinary moves were later dropped.

One Merseyside officer probing Carroll was Colin Leeman, who became a staff officer for Sir Bernard when he joined Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.

The source said: “The senior investigating officer at the time would have been expected to have reported to his senior officers the fact a serving government minister had come under suspicion.

“It’s inconceivable to think that senior Merseyside officers would not have known."

The Independent Police Complaints Commission revealed this week they will “manage” the investigation that was already being conducted by the Met Police’s Directorate of Professional Standards.

Concerns had already been raised about the Met investigating itself. And the current investigation is restricted to serving and retired police officers, but those implicated include politicians, civil servants and former council employees.

Scotland Yard said: “The Commissioner did not have day-to-day involvement and does not recollect details about the investigation, those suspected or any associated allegations made regarding politicians.

“He absolutely refutes any suggestion he would have stopped or inhibited a criminal investigation of the nature suggested, including that of politicians. It would be wrong to suggest otherwise.”

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