I had such high hopes of Cressida Dick - a woman in a top job, an openly gay woman in a same sex relationship - I thought that might bang some of the old Police prejudices on the head, but sadly she has proved less competent, decisive or fair- minded than any of us might have hoped.
The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Tube station happened on her watch and while she has expressed regret,
I was very conscious it was a hundred million times worse for other people than it was for me, but I was very high profile, quite rightly held to account “
and was later cleared of any blame in his death by a jury, it still leaves a bad feeling.
Her handling of the Clapham Common vigil will have left many women feeling let down too.