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| Theresa May: Derbyshire police chief to head undercover police probe | Theresa May: Derbyshire police chief to head undercover police probe |
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| An investigation into undercover policing at the Metropolitan Police is to be overseen by another force. | |
| Derbyshire's chief constable Mick Creedon will now head the inquiry, Home Secretary Theresa May has told MPs. | Derbyshire's chief constable Mick Creedon will now head the inquiry, Home Secretary Theresa May has told MPs. |
| He will examine claims police officers assumed the identities of dead children and that some officers had inappropriate sexual relationships. | He will examine claims police officers assumed the identities of dead children and that some officers had inappropriate sexual relationships. |
| Mr Creedon takes over Operation Herne from the Met's deputy assistant commissioner Patricia Gallan. | Mr Creedon takes over Operation Herne from the Met's deputy assistant commissioner Patricia Gallan. |
| Mr Creedon has overseen investigations into police corruption and has conducted several reviews into external forces. | Mr Creedon has overseen investigations into police corruption and has conducted several reviews into external forces. |
| 'Serious allegations' | 'Serious allegations' |
| Operation Herne was launched in October 2011 following claims that some undercover officers engaged in long-term sexual relationships with people they were spying on. | Operation Herne was launched in October 2011 following claims that some undercover officers engaged in long-term sexual relationships with people they were spying on. |
| The spotlight returned to undercover officers when The Guardian newspaper claimed covert officers used dead children's details to infiltrate protest groups, without informing the parents. | The spotlight returned to undercover officers when The Guardian newspaper claimed covert officers used dead children's details to infiltrate protest groups, without informing the parents. |
| The allegations mainly related to the operations of the Met's special demonstration squad in the 1980s. | The allegations mainly related to the operations of the Met's special demonstration squad in the 1980s. |
| Twenty police officers and 11 staff have been working on the inquiry, looking at more than 50,000 documents. | Twenty police officers and 11 staff have been working on the inquiry, looking at more than 50,000 documents. |
| Scotland Yard said it had asked Mr Creedon to oversee the investigation. | |
| Mrs May said: "Given the seriousness of the latest allegations, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and the chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission have agreed it would be appropriate for a senior figure from outside the Metropolitan Police to take over the leadership of the investigation." | Mrs May said: "Given the seriousness of the latest allegations, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and the chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission have agreed it would be appropriate for a senior figure from outside the Metropolitan Police to take over the leadership of the investigation." |
| Sir Bernard said: "Our priority now is to work with Chief Constable Mick Creedon and his team to support a thorough and impartial investigation to establish the facts about what took place." | Sir Bernard said: "Our priority now is to work with Chief Constable Mick Creedon and his team to support a thorough and impartial investigation to establish the facts about what took place." |