Why doesn’t the home secretary have the power to fire police chiefs?

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After the home secretary’s announcement that she had lost confidence in the chief constable of West Midlands Police, Sean O’Grady examines the law as it stands and how it might be modified

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Why doesn’t the home secretary have the power to fire police chiefs?

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