“You may well think that it was important for the most senior police officer in the country to be at New Scotland Yard, where he could take command and control of what, at that time, could potentially have been part of a much larger attack.” [7]. The Police Cadets teach young people skills in policing, and some may assist police officers with low-risk activities. Assistant chief constable (ACC) is the third highest rank in all British territorial police forces, as well as the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police and Civil Nuclear Constabulary. It’s horribly unfair to call Craig Mackey a coward, particularly from the safety of civilian armchairs. Dieses erschien unter dem Titel „Project: Funk Da World“ und beinhaltet die Hit-Single „Flava in Ya Ear“. Sir Craig Mackey was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in the 2009 New Year Honours and appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to policing. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. He made what was in all probability the cowardly decision. Much of that negative commentary compared Mackey’s actions unfavourably with those of the armed protection officer who shot Khalid Masood (the attacker) dead. But it does not, somehow, look like the decision of a leader. The title was also held, ex officio, by the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers under the Police Reform Act 2002. He made what was in all probability the cowardly decision. what apparently most enrages those officers now condemning Mackey is a sense that their own leaders wouldn’t do what is asked of them every day, and that perhaps speaks to a more deep-rooted sense of betrayal going back years. The title is also held by the chief officers of the principal Crown Dependency police forces, the Isle of Man Constabulary, States of Guernsey Police Service, and States of Jersey Police. Most of the British police ranks that exist today were chosen by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police, enacted under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829. Volunteer Police Cadets (VPC) is a nationally recognised police uniformed youth organisation which operates in most parts of the United Kingdom. Much of that negative commentary compared Mackey’s actions unfavourably with those of the armed protection officer who shot Khalid Masood (the attacker) dead. Mackey served as the Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between 22 February and 10 April 2017. They were published on 1 January 1920 and 30 March 1920. We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV.UK. [8] [9]. That’s not leadership.” Her article stated that “………. The only major urban areas are Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. Conversely, its geographic area of responsibility is the 7th largest police area of a territorial police force in the United Kingdom. [3] As a result of this, it was claimed he could not issue any public statements, including any responses to negative commentary regarding his conduct. Wiltshire Police, formerly known as Wiltshire Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Wiltshire in the south-west of England.