Yates was appointed Deputy Assistant Commissioner in January 2004 . In that role , he was Director of Serious and Organised Crime in the MPS , with responsibility for homicide , child protection , tackling organised criminal networks , gun crime and covert policing . Yates coordinated the UK police response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , heading " Operation Bracknell " for which he was awarded the Queen 's Police Medal in January 2006 . As part of that work , Yates visited the devastated areas , and dealt with diplomats and the bereaved . Yates was also the Met Police 's senior officer who travelled to Brazil to meet the family of Jean Charles de Menezes , who had been shot dead after being mistaken for a terrorist in the immediate aftermath of the London Bombings in July 2005
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
John Yates (police officer)