Police watchdog head Michael Lockwood resigns amid investigation

The caput of the constabulary watchdog has been forced to resign aft becoming the taxable of a constabulary investigation, Home Secretary Suella Braverman says.

Independent Office for Police Conduct manager wide Michael Lockwood said connected Friday helium was resigning for "personal and home reasons".

But connected Saturday the location caput said she had taken enactment aft learning of the probe into a historical allegation.

Mr Lockwood was asked to either resign oregon beryllium suspended, Ms Braverman said.

He had been the archetypal manager wide appointed to pb the IOPC erstwhile it replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) successful 2018.