ACPO comment on the resignation of Assistant Commissioner John Yates

ACPO president Sir Hugh Orde said:

"Assistant Commissioner John Yates has been a police leader on counter terrorism and serious crime both in London and nationally over many years. He has made a enormous contribution to the service, including to the development of counter-terrorism policing and other areas such as the investigation of rape. As a result of his professional knowledge and leadership the public are safer and the policing response to crime improved. We owe him a debt of thanks for his work.

"It is important to say that the business of protecting London will continue unabated under the leadership now in place at the MPS. Under Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin, with Cressida Dick taking charge of counter-terrorism and Bernard Hogan-Howe acting as deputy, the Met is being led by experienced and highly capable police officers."

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