I long for the day when we can all be ourselves, whoever we are, and express ourselves in whatever way we like, and we don't have these kinds of funny constraints in our heads that make us feel 'Ooh, there's… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
Being a firearms officer is incredibly highly scrutinised now, and I think it is one of the things that puts off quite a lot… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
I am all about teams. I think I have probably got a reasonably relaxed style as a senior leader, I am pretty demanding, I… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
One of the things we do not want is to become a complete fortress. This is not going to happen with military on every… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
One of the things that I feel very blessed about is that I was given a fair amount of confidence as a young person… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
There's definitely something about the impact of social media in terms of people being able to go from slightly angry with each other to… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
Women take much the biggest proportion of work in terms of home and childcare. Societally we need a culture change. It's still the case… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
When I joined there was probably one woman in the CID office and one in the crime squad and just two of us on… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
It is not in my mind's eye that all officers will be carrying a Taser but we should have people able to deploy it. — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
I would like to see even more women coming in to all roles, particularly into the specialisms like firearms and public order, I would… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
Some male colleagues, just as in accountancy, had doubts about whether women could perform some roles. There was a sense that women needed more… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
I don't think the public want to see loads and loads of firearms officers everywhere, what they do want to know is that we… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
You have to intervene really, really strongly with people who are habitual knife-carriers, that includes stop and search definitely, you have to keep them… — Cressida Dick Copy Share Image
