On 22 February 2017 , the Home Office and the MPS jointly announced that Dick would be appointed as the next Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police by the Queen , on the recommendation of the Home Secretary Amber Rudd . She assumed office on 10 April 2017 ; her first official engagement was that afternoon being at the funeral of PC Keith Palmer , the officer killed in the 2017 Westminster attack
2017 Westminster attack
2017 Westminster attack
Cressida Dick