Question: The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service, the post is currently held by Cressida Rose Dick, is a British senior police officer, currently the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London, and the first woman to take charge of the service, being selected for the role, in February of what year?

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Metropolitan Police Authority: The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) was the local police authority responsible for scrutinising and supporting the work of the Metropolitan Police Service, the police force for Greater London (excluding the City of London Police area).  The establishment of the MPA in 2000 marked a fundamental change in the policing of London; establishing, for the first time, a local police authority for the metropolis, with the aim of ensuring that the Metropolitan Police Service was democratically accountable.

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service.  The post is currently held by Cressida Dick, who assumed office on 10 April 2017.

Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: The Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commonly referred to simply as the Deputy Commissioner, is the second-in-command of London's Metropolitan Police Service.  The rank is senior to Assistant Commissioner, but junior by one rank to Commissioner.  The Deputy Commissioner's salary from 1 September 2010 is £214,722, making them the second highest paid British police officer.

Metropolitan Police District: The Metropolitan Police District (MPD) is the police area which is policed by the Metropolitan Police Service in London.  It currently consists of the Greater London region, excluding the City of London.  The Metropolitan Police District was created by the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 as an ad hoc area of administration because the built-up area of London spread at the time into many parishes and counties without an established boundary.  The district expanded as the built up area grew and stretched some distance into rural land.  When county police were set up in England the forces of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey did not include those parts of the counties within the MPD and Middlesex did not have a county force.  Similarly, boroughs in the MPD that elsewhere would have been entitled to their own police force did not have them.

Mark Rowley: Mark Peter Rowley, QPM is a senior British police officer.  He is the Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations of the Metropolitan Police Service and the concurrent Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council Counter-Terrorism Coordination Committee and National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing.  He was previously Chief Constable of Surrey Police (2009-2011), and also served as Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between February 2017 and April 2017.

Stephen Kavanagh: Stephen Kavanagh is a British senior police officer.  Since May 2013, he has served as Chief Constable of Essex Police.  He starting his policing career with the Metropolitan Police Service, where he worked in homicide and counter-terrorism, and rose to Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

Cressida Dick: Cressida Rose Dick, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 16 October 1960) is a British senior police officer, currently the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London.  She is the first woman to take charge of the service, being selected for the role in February 2017 and taking office on 10 April 2017.

National Counter Terrorism Policing Network: The National Counter Terrorism Policing Network (NCTPN) (also known as the Police Counter-Terrorism Network) is the national collaboration of police forces in the United Kingdom working to prevent, deter and investigate terrorism in the United Kingdom.  The Network is governed by the National Police Collaboration Agreement Relating to Counter Terrorism Activities Made Under Section 22A of the Police Act 1996.  The Network is accountable to the United Kingdom Government and the National Police Chiefs' Council Counter Terrorism Coordination Committee which is chaired by the Metropolitan Police Service Assistant Commissioner of Specialist Operations (ACSO) who also acts as the National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing.  The Network is also functionally coordinated by the Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism who is usually a Metropolitan Police Service Deputy Assistant Commissioner co-located within the Counter Terrorism Command.

Tim Godwin: Timothy John Godwin, OBE, QPM is a senior British police officer, and former Deputy Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service, having served from July 2009 until November 2011.  He held the post of Acting Commissioner, following the resignation of the Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson in July 2011 and remained in post until his replacement, Bernard Hogan-Howe, was formally appointed on 12 September 2011.

Chief police officer: Chief police officer is a phrase used in the United Kingdom to describe the position held by the most senior police officer in a police force.  It refers to either one of the 53 Chief Constables, the Commissioner of the City of London Police or the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.  Such police officers are members of the National Police Chiefs' Council.  The phrase is used in legislation when giving powers such as those to permit public processions, or grant firearms licenses.  Some such activities can usually be delegated to any constable.

Supporting paragraphs: Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Cressida Dick
Answer: 2017