US EditionFormer Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Blair Dies Aged 72
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 11 – Lord Ian Blair led the Metropolitan Police during the 7/7 bombings and faced scrutiny over the mistaken shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was killed under false suspicion.
- Lord Ian Blair, who led London's Metropolitan Police from 2005 to 2008, has passed away at the age of 72.
- He took on the role of commissioner in early 2005 and quickly confronted significant challenges, including managing the aftermath of the July 7 bombings and the controversial shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
- During his tenure, Lord Blair implemented community-focused policing strategies and established roles such as police community support officers; however, his leadership was marked by controversy following the erroneous shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
- The 7 July 2005 bombings killed 52 people, and though an IPCC report cleared Blair of wrongdoing in the shooting, he resigned after losing Mayor Boris Johnson's support.
- After resigning in late 2008, Lord Blair became a peer in 2010 and contributed to policing from the House of Lords until his death.
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Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair dies aged 72
Lord Blair of Boughton ran the capital’s police force from 2005 until 2008. Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair, who was in charge of the force during the July 7 bombings, has died at the age of 72. Ian Blair, who ran the force from 2005 to 2008, took a seat as a crossbench peer in 2010 when he became Lord Blair of Boughton. He had earlier been knighted in 1999. His death was confirmed by Christ Church Oxford, where he was an hono…
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Lord Blair of Boughton ran the capital’s police force from 2005 until 2008.
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