Sir bernard hogan howe biography examples death

The outgoing Metropolitan Police commissioner volunteered in his spare time to police football games on horseback. The UK's top police officer is retiring after five-and-a-half years in charge of the Metropolitan Police. BBC London's Home Affairs correspondent Nick Beake joined him as he policed his last football match on horseback to discuss his highs and lows.

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe talks frankly about his extraordinary mother, absent dad - and how he rose through the ranks of the police.

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe is taking me to meet his favourite police horse, Oliver. A lovely character. Brave," he says. Sir Bernard is in his element. After five-and-a-half years of gruelling hour days, he will soon trot off into the grazing pastures of retirement. More time for holidays with his wife Marion, walking, Game of Thrones and House of Cards, he later enthuses.

It's early Saturday morning in west London and the commissioner's day off. But he can't keep away.

If you compare the last three years with the previous three years, we have seen a 22% reduction in murder overall, and if you were to take a four-year sample it.

He's passionate about horse riding and is volunteering to police the Chelsea-Arsenal match as one of the mounted branch. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, pictured in the police canteen, started his career in He may normally be in charge of 32, officers, but here he's one of the troops on the front line. Following this stint at Stamford Bridge, he has patrolled every football stadium in London.