We are going to target you, we are going to arrest you, we are going to make sure that you are on our radar. 'For those hardcore baddies? We'll get your belly against my counter, because that's what it's about. In a warning to criminals in the town, the married mother-of-two said today: 'There are those that are out there there raping and pillaging people walking around carrying knives and involved in organised crimes. She is one of seven new district commanders appointed by Watson in a local policing overhaul.
Speaking today, Higham, who previously had the the nickname 'Dirty Harriet' in a nod to the Clint Eastwood character Dirty Harry, promised to bring down violent criminals in the area in a passionate call.Ĭh Supt Higham's appointment is part of new chief constable Stephen Watson attempts to turn around Greater Manchester Police after a damning watchdog report found that it failed to properly record 80,000 crimes. Wigan's new police chief has vowed to take the fight to the town's 'hardcore baddies' and warned that she'll seize their 'granny's flat and mum's car'.Ĭhief Superintendent Emily Higham, 50, of Greater Manchester Police, was appointed Wigan's district commander in September.