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Metropolitan Police Service

Law Enforcement Agency
Agency nameMetropolitan Police Service
Native nameMetropolitan Police Force
Common nameThe Met
AbbreviationMPS
MottoWorking together for a safer London
Agency overview
Formed1829
Preceding
agencies		Bow Street Runners
Marine Police Force
Employees52111
Volunteers797 (and 2,988 special constables)
Annual budget£4.1bn
Jurisdictional structure
Operations
jurisdiction		Police area of Metropolitan Police District in the country of England
Size1,578 km2 (609 sq mi)
Population7.4 million
Governing bodyMetropolitan Police Authority
Constituting instrumentsMetropolitan Police Act 1829
Metropolitan Police Act 1839
Police Act 1996
Local civilian policeYes
Operational structure
Overviewed byIndependent Police Complaints Commission/Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
HeadquartersNew Scotland Yard
Sworn members36,246 (of which 2,988 are special constables)
Unsworn members4,521
Agency executivesSir Paul Stephenson QPM, Commissioner
Facilities
Stations180
Boat22
Plane3

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The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is the territorial police force responsible for Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police. The MPS also has significant national responsibilities such as co-ordinating and leading on counter-terrorism matters and protection of the Royal Family of the United Kingdom and senior figures of HM Government.

At the end of February 2010, the MPS employed 52,111 personnel. This includes 33,258 sworn police officers and 4,226 Special Constables, 14,332 civilian police staff, and 4,520 non-sworn Police Community Support Officers. This makes it the largest police force within the United Kingdom by a significant margin, and one of the biggest forces in the world. The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, known commonly as Commissioner, is the overall operational leader of the force, responsible and accountable to the Metropolitan Police Authority. The post of Commissioner was first held jointly by Sir Charles Rowan and Sir Richard Mayne. The Commissioner since 27 January 2009 is Sir Paul Stephenson, QPM who had previously been the Acting Commissioner since 1 December 2008.

A number of informal names and abbreviations exists for the Metropolitan Police Service, such as "the Met", "Met Pol", "MP" and "the MPS". In statutes it is referred to in the lower case as the "metropolitan police force" or the "metropolitan police", without the appendage "service". The MPS is also referred to as Scotland Yard after the location of its original headquarters buildings in and around Great Scotland Yard, Whitehall. The current headquarters of the MPS is New Scotland Yard.

Metropolitan Police Service Video

by Dirk Steinhardt - www.rescue911.de - London, England, United Kingdom - February 2006
0.68 min. | 4.96 user rating		 on a shout at Trafalgar Square - by Dirk Steinhardt - www.rescue911.de - London, England, United Kingdom - 03.2010
0.70 min. | 4.63 user rating		 by Dirk Steinhardt - www.rescue911.de - London, England, United Kingdom - 01 2008
0.52 min. | 4.69 user rating		 Have you ever considered becoming a volunteer police officer with the Metropolitan Police Service? Volunteer as a special constable and make a huge difference to London whilst gaining new skills and experiences. For further information please visit www.metpolicecareers.co.uk/specials
4.77 min. | 4.81 user rating		 A London Ambulance and a Met police car on the way to an emergency in Soho - by Dirk Steinhardt - www.rescue911.de - London, England, UK - 03.2010
0.82 min. | 5.0 user rating
8 Metropolitan Police & British Transport Vehicle's on a shout. India 99 also turned up a few minutes later. My battery died on my camera so I couldn't get a closer shot of the met astra's and transit. In this order: (Part 1) British Transport police Ford Mondeo (Part 1) British Transport Police Mercedes Vito (Part 2) Metropolitan Police Vauxhall Vectra (Part 3) Metropolitan Police unmarked Ford Mondeo (Part 3) Metropolitan Police Vauxhall Astra (Part 3) Metropolitan Police Vauxhall Astra (Part 3) Metropolitan Police Ford Transit (Part 3) Metropolitan Police Vauxhall Astra
0.30 min. | 3.0 user rating		 A MB Sprinter of the London Ambulance Service clears the road for an unmarked police car (VW Passat) of the Metropolitan Police London at Trafalgar Square, London
0.57 min. | 4.88 user rating		 by Dirk Steinhardt - www.rescue911.de - London, England, United Kingdom - December 2007 new year
0.78 min. | 5.0 user rating		 8 Metropolitan Police & British Transport Vehicle's on a shout. India 99 also turned up a few minutes later. My battery died on my camera so I couldn't get a closer shot of the met astra's and transit. In this order: (Part 1) British Transport police Ford Mondeo (Part 1) British Transport Police Mercedes Vito (Part 2) Metropolitan Police Vauxhall Vectra (Part 3) Metropolitan Police unmarked Ford Mondeo (Part 3) Metropolitan Police Vauxhall Astra (Part 3) Metropolitan Police Vauxhall Astra (Part 3) Metropolitan Police Ford Transit (Part 3) Metropolitan Police Vauxhall Astra
0.25 min. | 4.5 user rating		 on a shout near Buckingham Palace - by Dirk Steinhardt - www.rescue911.de - London, England, United Kingdom - 02.2006
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This is Local London--Some residents, however, have already given their time for free for many years and were praised for their -service- at a special ceremony at the -Metropolitan Police's- sports club, in East Molesey, last Saturday. Daphne Harris, - Date : Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:30:22 GMT+00:00
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Metropolitan Police Service

Central OperationsClubs & Vice Unit * Diplomatic Protection Group * Emergency Preparedness OCU * Operational Support Unit (Air Support Unit * Dog Support Unit * Marine Policing Unit * Mounted Branch) * Public Order OCU * Specialist Firearms Command * Traffic OCU * Traffic Criminal Justice Unit * Territorial Support Group
Specialist Crime
Directorate		Covert Policing * Economic and Specialist Crime * Forensic Services * Homicide and Serious Crime Command (Murder Investigation Teams) * Operations Trident and Trafalgar * Serious and Organised Crime Group (Flying Squad)
Specialist OperationsCounter Terrorism Command * Protection Command (Special Escort Group) * Protective Security Command (Aviation Security OCU * Palace of Westminster Division)
Territorial PolicingCentral Communications Command * Royal Parks Operational Command Unit * Safer Transport Command

History of London

EvolutionLondinium * Lundenwic * City of London * City of Westminster * Middlesex * County of London * Greater London
GovernmentMetropolitan Board of Works * London County Council * Greater London Council * Greater London Authority * London Assembly * Mayor of London
EventsPeasants' Revolt * Black Death * Great Plague * Great Fire * 1854 cholera outbreak * Great Stink * Great Exhibition * 1908 Franco-British Exhibition * The Battle of Cable Street * The Blitz * Festival of Britain * Great Smog * Swinging London * London Plan * 7/7 bombings * Olympic Games (1908 * 1948 * 2012) * Paralympic Games (2012)
StructuresSt Paul's Cathedral * Tower of London * Palace of Whitehall * Westminster Hall * London Bridge * Tower Bridge * Westminster Abbey * Big Ben * The Monument * Fortifications * Shard London Bridge
City of LondonCity of London Corporation * Lord Mayor of the City of London * Guildhall * Livery Companies * Lord Mayor's Show * Bank of England
ServicesBow Street Runners * Metropolitan Police Service (history) * London Ambulance Service * London Fire Brigade * Port of London Authority * London sewerage system * London Underground

EnglandAvon and Somerset * Bedfordshire * Cambridgeshire * Cheshire * City of London * Cleveland * Cumbria * Derbyshire * Devon and Cornwall * Dorset * Durham * Essex * Gloucestershire * Hampshire * Hertfordshire * Humberside * Kent * Lancashire * Leicestershire * Lincolnshire * Greater Manchester * Merseyside * Metropolitan * Norfolk * North Yorkshire * Northamptonshire * Northumbria * Nottinghamshire * South Yorkshire * Staffordshire * Suffolk * Surrey * Sussex * Thames Valley * Warwickshire * West Mercia * West Midlands * West Yorkshire * Wiltshire
WalesDyfed-Powys * Gwent * North Wales * South Wales
ScotlandCentral Scotland * Dumfries and Galloway * Fife * Grampian * Lothian and Borders * Northern * Strathclyde * Tayside
Northern IrelandPolice Service of Northern Ireland
Special forcesBritish Transport * Civil Nuclear * Ministry of Defence
National unitsNational Counter Terrorism Security Office * National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit * National Public Order Intelligence Unit * National Domestic Extremism Team * National Wildlife Crime Unit



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