July 7, 2005 London bombings
Dick joined the force as a constable in 1983, and headed the anti-gang Operation Trident in 2003. As head of Operation Kratos following the 
, Dick was investigated but cleared of "personal culpability". She became the first female commissioner on February 22, 2017 after working in the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office from 2011, earning a salary of GBP230 thousand.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick resigns amid criticism