Met chief 'baffled' by lack of Covid vaccines for police

Cressida Dick calls on government to prioritise frontline officers after spate of spit attacks

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Britain's most senior police chief has said she is baffled" by the government's decision not to prioritise frontline police officers for Covid vaccines despite her repeated requests to ministers.

The Metropolitan police commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick, pointed out that in London almost 150 officers have been spat or coughed at by people who claimed they had Covid.