Jon Boutcher, former head of the Bedfordshire force, has been told his application will no longer be considered
A police chief who criticised his colleagues for failures on racial justice has been ousted as a candidate to be the next commissioner of the Metropolitan police.
Jon Boutcher, who was the former head of the Bedfordshire force and a former Met senior counter-terrorism detective, had applied three weeks ago to succeed Cressida Dick as Britain’s top officer. But the Guardian has learned he has been told by the Home Office that his application will no longer be considered.
