Ian Blair

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(policeman)

After Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by an officer of the Metropolitan police force, Ian Blair telephoned the Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and wrote a letter to the Home Office stating that "the shooting that has just occurred at Stockwell is not to be referred to the IPCC and that they will be given no access to the scene at the present time".[1]

Terrorism comments

While in charge of the Met, Ian Blair gave a BBC radio interview in which he claimed that Islamic terrorism "is a far graver threat in terms of civilians than either the Cold War or the Second World War"(in which around 47 million civilians were killed).[2]

Brian Haw

Blair initially told the Metropolitan Police Authority that the operation to remove protestor Brian Haw cost £7,200, whereas the true cost was £27,000.[3]

Resignation

On 2 October 2008 Blair announced that he would officially step down from the post on 1 December after disagreements with Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London.

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References

  1. "Commissioner's letter to The Home Office". Metropolitan Police Service.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  2. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2097766.ece
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Blair#cite_note-43


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