ABSTRACT
Nearly 200 years after the creation of the Metropolitan Police force in 1829, Cressida Dick, a former Assistant Commissioner, was appointed as the first female Police Commissioner in February 2017 against a backdrop of political tension concerning the leadership of her predecessor Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. This revolutionary change in command of the largest police force in the United Kingdom also marked an unprecedented feminization in responsibility for the management of the criminal justice process and law enforcement. Since the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 questions have been asked concerning the structure, status and culture of police leadership in the form of Chief Constables in both boroughs and counties. Starting with the early Chief Constables, David Taylor's detailed overview of what he refers to as the 'managerialism and morality' of some of Yorkshire's Watch Committees in the decades following the initial creation of borough forces clearly show the type of problems that beset the first Superintendents of Huddersfield.
