Met seeks ‘crime fighter’

FOUR applicants are set to fight it out to be London’s new police chief and take on responsibility for running Britain’s biggest police force as it battles with the aftermath of serious rioting and a high-profile investigation which has put some of its own staff under the spotlight.

The current acting chief, Tim Godwin, has applied and three other top policemen are also believed to be in the running for the job of Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

Whoever gets the £250,000 (€286,000) a year job, the most senior police post in the country, will oversee the force which has national responsibility for counter-terrorism, protecting Queen Elizabeth II and her family, and policing some 7.2 million Londoners.