What happened to the Rishi Sunak I knew at school?
Even though the Met is clearly an institutional basket case, it is such a prestigious organisation that there will always be someone senior willing to take on the Commissioner role. The challenges facing that person are enormous, and not just in terms of addressing the immediate cultural problems in the force. How can officers police by consent when women, people from ethnic minorities and gay men all have recent cases to vindicate a distrust of the Met? Changing cultures takes years, as well as enormous changes to recruitment, training and disciplinary processes.
Whoever takes over will need to be in it for the long haul, while also having the ability to convince a lot of people — especially those who aren’t powerful and are just fearful for their safety — that change is still happening rapidly.
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