Overview Schedule 8: Appointment, suspension and removal of senior police officers Section 48: Suspension and removal of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner
182.Section 48 allows the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to suspend from duty the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner. This section also allows them to call upon the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner to resign or retire. The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime may only do so with the approval of the Secretary of State, and after giving the officer a written explanation and an opportunity to make written representations, which it must consider.