Scotland Yard's new chief vows ‘resetting of the boundaries’ between police and press
Incoming Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has said that the relationship between the press and the police has gone too far.
Speaking to the members of the Metropolitan Police Authority for the first time since winning the race to become Britain's top police officer, Hogan-Howe said: "I don't think anyone is going to argue that the police service should not have a relationship with the media.
"But it's clear that this relationship needs to have a resetting of the boundaries between us and how we manage that interface."
He said that fresh guidance would be issued for officers associating with journalists at the conclusion of inquiries, adding: "I hope myself that we do not go back to where we were when I joined the service 30 years ago when we didn't talk to press at all - even when we were talking about crime.
"What's happened over time is that that relationship has gone too far. We have to reset the boundary."