We are in the "closing arguments phase" of the local election campaign, deputy political editor Sam Coates says. The UK's first female Asian police officer has been remembered as a "trailblazer of her time". Published by D. Clark , Dec 5, 2022. Dick, a counterterrorism specialist who has led the Met since 2017, was the first female commissioner in its hundred-and-ninety-three-year history. He says there are three ways to look at the local elections. Donaldson, who was ","spans":[{"start":141,"end":155,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-census-land-and-surveys"}}]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyImage","type":"image","label":null,"fields":[{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyImageFields","image":{"dimensions":{"width":660,"height":478},"alt":"Inspector Alice Bertha Clayden, with her three brothers: Sergeant Frank Clayden, Inspector Charles Henry Clayden, and Sergeant Alfred William Clayden. 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