Independent Office for Police ConductThe head of the police watchdog has been forced to resign after becoming the subject of a police investigation, Home Secretary Suella Braverman says.
Independent Office for Police Conduct director general Michael Lockwood said on Friday he was resigning for “personal and domestic reasons”.
But on Saturday the home secretary said she had taken action after learning of the probe into a historic allegation.
Mr Lockwood was asked to either resign or be suspended, Ms Braverman said.
She said she had accepted the resignation, adding that Home Office staff are now working with the IOPC to “put in place temporary arrangements for the organisation’s leadership”.
Mr Lockwood was the first person appointed to lead the organisation when it replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2018.
It handles the most serious complaints against police in England and Wales.
