The acting head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Craig was leaving one of his very important meetings, only to find one of his officers being knifed to death right in front of his chauffer-driven car. “A colleague in the car had clearly seen what had gone on as well, and I locked the door,” he added. “I’ve got no protective equipment, no radio … we were in a ministerial meeting and literally came out to that.” And besides, there was the danger to one's person to think about. “The attacker had one of those looks where, if they get you in that look, they would be after you!" Sir Craig added: “I think anyone who came up against that individual would have faced serious, serious injury, if not death.” Although (of course) his first instinct was to leap out of the car. He didn't. He remained. Well, a constable ordered him not to you see. “One of the PCs, quite rightfully, said: ‘Get out, make safe, go, shut the door,’ which he did, and it was the right thing to do,” he continued. “That’s when I thought: ‘I have got to start putting everything we need in place. We have got no protective equipment, no radio, I have got two colleagues with me who are quite distressed,’ so we moved out.” Completely selfless you see. Thinking not of himself, but only in the horrible distress being experienced by his unfortunate colleagues. So pedal to the metal and wheelspin it away from the scene as quickly as you can. I don't want to cast aspersions on Sir Craig's appetite for apprehending criminals, but surely however high his rank is, he's still a copper and he ought to be running towards the criminals rather than high-tailing it away from them, however scarily they might be looking.
