Chief Who Oversaw Lockdown Policing Response to Lead Border Security Command

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed the police chief who oversaw the enforcement of lockdown laws during the COVID-19 pandemic to lead the new Border Security Command. Martin Hewitt, the former chairman of the National Police Chiefs Council, will be leading the unit responsible for tackling organised illegal immigration and the criminal smuggling gangs that facilitate it. The prime minister’s office said in a statement on Sunday that Hewitt has led strategic coordination across police forces and played a major role in shaping national threat responses, such as to terrorism, organised crime, and illegal immigration. “His leadership was most visibly demonstrated in managing the UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinating police efforts,” Starmer’s office said....