The Labor MP wrote to Priti Patel. demand removal of the person she chose lead request set up investigate London Mayor Sadiq Khan of resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick.
Streatham MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said Sir Thomas Winsor was unsuitable for run investigation because he had ” history of take positions, politically in service of in government”.
She pointed to Sir Thomas’ 2012 book. review of police officer and staff pay like chief inspector of police force, which she said was “widely criticized as vehicle persecute the then home secretary controversial policing program, not truly independent review”.
And she said his report to the Metropolitan Police of vigil for murdered Sarah Everard “went on and on” in protection from arbitrary actions of officers and in criticizing Mr Khan’s answer.
Dame Cressida was forced out as head of London Police Service in February after Mr Khan made clear she no longer enjoyed it confidence, in commemoration of number of scandals, including a failed investigation of serial killer Stephen Pond, murder of Miss Everard from duty officer and evidence of culture of misogyny at Charing Cross police station.
Ms. Patel was reportedly taken aback by the mayor’s actions and she announced a review of case after Dick’s deputy Sir Stephen House suggested that the mayor’s office did not follow because of the process.
home secretary will choose a successor to Lady Cressida and by law required consider Khan’s opinion, but reports say she asked Winsor to consider whether role should scale back to reduce political influence on best police in england role.
In her letter, seen Independentdemanded Madame Ribeiro Addi. confirmation of whether these statements were correct.
And she said that if an investigation could not be called off anyway, sir thomas should be replaced as his head.
“Trying to influence the outcome of in review before it complete it would be an abuse of power and further calls into question the independence of in review and its subsequent results,” she said.
“Spotlight now should not to be on politicized review of in the past on working with mayor of London to nominate new empowered, able of urgently to carry out large-scale reforms required to rebuild trust in London police going forward while doing so reduce serious violence in our capital.”
A Home Office spokesman said: “Sir Thomas Winsor has a well-established reputation for providing reliable, evidence-based and independent reporting to the government, therefore suggesting the opposite offensive as well as wrong.
“In the interests of transparency, i.e. terms of link for in review were published online home secretary undertook to inform back to parliament on in review results”.
