Police 'must get breathing room'
Updated on 28 November 2008
Politicians must give senior officers "breathing room" to run their forces, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner said.
Sir Ian Blair said frontline policing was a high-risk business and Scotland Yard must "move on" from its "occasional disasters".
Speaking on his last day in office, he said running the £3.5 billion organisation of some 50,000 employees has been "99% enjoyable".
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