MPA appoints new DAC

The Metropolitan Police Authority has appointed commander John McDowall to become the Metropolitan Police Service`s new Deputy Assistant Commissioner with specific duties as National Co-ordinator of Terrorist Investigations (NCTI). Commander McDowall, currently deputy to the National Coordinator of Terrorist Investigations, the post to which he is now appointed, will co-ordinate terrorist investigations across the United Kingdom. He will also lead the MPS`s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC), SO15.