One of the things we do not want is to become a complete fortress. This is not going to happen with military on every street corner or armed police officers everywhere. We do not want that so we have to… — 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
