Met chief defends 'strong record' after claims of race crisis

Cressida Dick says stop and search has helped save young black lives

Britain's top police officer has denied her force's leadership were too slow to realise it had race a problem and said its controversial tactics have not oppressed young black men but saved scores from being stabbed.

Hitting back at months of revelations and criticism, Cressida Dick said the Metropolitan police, who police more than half of Britain's black population, had a strong record".