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- The police commissioner for North Yorkshire, England's Police, Fire and Crime department resigned.
- Philip Allott faced backlash after comments he made publicly on the Sarah Everard case.
- Sarah Everard was falsely arrested, raped, and murdered by a London Met Police officer on March 3.
The police commissioner for North Yorkshire, England's Police, Fire and Crime department has resigned following public backlash toward comments he made regarding the murder of Sarah Everard, the BBC reported on Thursday.
Philip Allott said in a recent radio interview with BBC Radio York that women should be "streetwise" and that they should know "when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested," the report said.
His comments, which prompted public backlash, were directed at the case of Sarah Everard, who was falsely arrested, raped, and murdered by London Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens on March 3, Insider previously reported.
Couzens was sentenced to life in prison on September 30.
Allott's radio interview led to the county's Police, Fire and Crime panel passing a unanimous no-confidence vote, and he resigned shortly after, the BBC said.
Allott said in an open letter that he was trying "to rebuild trust and confidence in my work as commissioner," the report said.
"Doing what's right is hard!" he wrote on Twitter.
North Yorkshire Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.