The appearance of senior women police officers on the Wapping scent is already producing masses more than the previous bogus inquiries by the MET. Certainly the male upper echelons of the Metropolitan Police Service have not acquitted themselves well. Possibly because they are greedy and susceptible to bribery (not Andy Hayman, of course), possibly because their private behaviour lays them open to blackmail by News International snoopers, possibly because they are members of the same Lodge as the upper management at News International. Women, in general, are less susceptible, and in any case barred from membership of the Lodge. They probably also have an urge to prove their value and integrity over chauvinistic male colleagues. A female presence at the top of the MPS could be what will eventually make it an effective police force, and corruption free.

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