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</li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Arms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Police_officers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Police_officers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Police officers</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Police_officers-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Police officers subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Police_officers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Historic_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historic_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Historic numbers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historic_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Present_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Present_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Present numbers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Present_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Staff_and_PCSOs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Staff_and_PCSOs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Staff and PCSOs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Staff_and_PCSOs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Resources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Resources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Resources</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Resources-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Resources subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Resources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Fleet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fleet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Fleet</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fleet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Budget" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Budget"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Budget</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Budget-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Specialist_units" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specialist_units"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Specialist units</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Specialist_units-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Stations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Statistics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Statistics-sublist" class="cdx-button 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Controversies</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Controversies-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Controversies subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Controversies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2024_Report_by_His_Majesty's_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_&_Rescue_Services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2024_Report_by_His_Majesty's_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_&_Rescue_Services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>2024 Report by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2024_Report_by_His_Majesty's_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_&_Rescue_Services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of 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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" title="Metropolitan Police Service – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Metropolitan Police Service" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitn%C3%AD_policie" title="Metropolitní policie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Metropolitní policie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heddlu_Metropolitan" title="Heddlu Metropolitan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Heddlu Metropolitan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" title="Metropolitan Police Service – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Metropolitan Police Service" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" title="Metropolitan Police Service – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Metropolitan Police Service" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B7%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%A5%CF%80%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Μητροπολιτική Αστυνομική Υπηρεσία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μητροπολιτική Αστυνομική Υπηρεσία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polic%C3%ADa_Metropolitana_de_Londres" title="Policía Metropolitana de Londres – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Policía Metropolitana de Londres" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londona_Metropola_Polica_Servo" title="Londona Metropola Polica Servo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Londona Metropola Polica Servo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitar_Polizia_Zerbitzua" title="Metropolitar Polizia Zerbitzua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Metropolitar Polizia Zerbitzua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%86" title="پلیس متروپولیتن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پلیس متروپولیتن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Metropolitan Police" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B4%91%EC%97%AD%EA%B2%BD%EC%B0%B0%EC%B2%AD" title="광역경찰청 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="광역경찰청" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepolisian_Metropolitan" title="Kepolisian Metropolitan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepolisian Metropolitan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" title="Metropolitan Police Service – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Metropolitan Police Service" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F" title="משטרת המטרופולין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="משטרת המטרופולין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E8%AD%A6%E8%A6%96%E5%BA%81" title="ロンドン警視庁 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロンドン警視庁" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" title="Metropolitan Police Service – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Metropolitan Police Service" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%B9%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="میٹروپولیٹن پولیس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="میٹروپولیٹن پولیس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" title="Metropolitan Police Service – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Metropolitan Police Service" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%ADcia_Metropolitana_de_Londres" title="Polícia Metropolitana de Londres – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Polícia Metropolitana de Londres" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">MPS<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">29 September 1829<span class="noprint">; 195 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1829-09-29</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners" title="Bow Street Runners">Bow Street Runners</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Thames_River_Police" title="Thames River Police">Thames River Police</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">43,571 in total<sup id="cite_ref-structure1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />32,493 police officers<sup id="cite_ref-structure1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />9,816 police staff<sup id="cite_ref-structure1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1,262 <a href="/wiki/Police_Community_Support_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Community Support Officer">PCSOs</a><sup id="cite_ref-structure1_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-structure1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Volunteers</th><td class="infobox-data">1,858 <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Special_Constabulary" title="Metropolitan Special Constabulary">special constables</a><br />1,500 <a 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href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:England_Police_Forces_(Metropolitan).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg/206px-England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="206" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg/309px-England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg/412px-England_Police_Forces_%28Metropolitan%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1108" data-file-height="1345" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Map of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_District" title="Metropolitan Police District">Metropolitan Police District</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">1,578 km<sup>2</sup> (609 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">8.95 million (2019/20)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legal jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a><br />(throughout the whole of the United Kingdom, including <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, under certain limited circumstances)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor%27s_Office_for_Policing_and_Crime" title="Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime">Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Secondary governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instruments</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Act_1829" title="Metropolitan Police Act 1829">Metropolitan Police Act 1829</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Act_1839" title="Metropolitan Police Act 1839">Metropolitan Police Act 1839</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Police_Act_1996" title="Police Act 1996">Police Act 1996</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General nature</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency#locpol" title="Law enforcement agency">Local civilian police</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Operational structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Overseen by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_%26_Rescue_Services" title="His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services">His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Office_for_Police_Conduct" title="Independent Office for Police Conduct">Independent Office for Police Conduct</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Scotland_Yard_(building)" title="New Scotland Yard (building)">New Scotland Yard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Police officers</th><td class="infobox-data">32,493 full time<br />1,858 special constables</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">PCSOs</th><td class="infobox-data">1,262</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Linden" title="Sophie Linden">Sophie Linden</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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enforcement<br /> in the United Kingdom</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-above" style="background:#ddddff;border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Law of the United Kingdom">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Courts of the United Kingdom">Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prisons_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of prisons in the United Kingdom">Prisons</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> Topics</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Agencies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_police_forces_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of police forces of the United Kingdom">police forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom">defunct</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police use of firearms in the United Kingdom">Firearms use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of law enforcement in the United Kingdom">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_ranks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police ranks of the United Kingdom">Ranks</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> Equipment</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Police_aviation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police aviation in the United Kingdom">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_police_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of police firearms in the United Kingdom">Firearms</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Parks_police" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Park police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Service_police" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Service police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Bodies_with_limited_executive_powers" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Non-police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Other" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Other</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> Types of agent</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Community_safety_accreditation_scheme" title="Community safety accreditation scheme">Accredited person</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailiff#United_Kingdom" title="Bailiff">Bailiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Certified_enforcement_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Certified enforcement agent">Certified enforcement agent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_enforcement_officer" title="Civil enforcement officer">Civil enforcement officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civilian_enforcement_officer" title="Civilian enforcement officer">Civilian enforcement officer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Magistrates%27_bailiff" class="mw-redirect" title="Magistrates' bailiff">magistrates' bailiffs</a>)</li> <li><a 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Court enforcement officer</a> (High Court sheriff)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traffic_police" title="Traffic police">Traffic officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_officer#United_Kingdom" title="Immigration officer">Immigration officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Crime_Agency" title="National Crime Agency">National Crime Agency (officer)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highways_traffic_officer" title="National Highways traffic officer">National Highways traffic officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_community_support_officer" title="Police community support officer">Police community support officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_custody_and_security_officer" title="Police custody and security officer">Police custody and security officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prison_officer" title="Prison officer">Prison officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipstaff#United_Kingdom" title="Tipstaff">Tipstaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traffic_warden" class="mw-redirect" title="Traffic warden">Traffic warden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_bailiff" title="Water bailiff">Water bailiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_inspector#United_Kingdom" title="Wildlife inspector">Wildlife inspector</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_police_officer" title="Chief police officer">Chief police officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">Police and crime commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emergency_control_centre" title="Emergency control centre">Emergency control centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neighbourhood_policing_team" title="Neighbourhood policing team">Neighbourhood policing teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_area" title="Police area">Police area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_authority" title="Police authority">Police authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_Police_Learning_and_Development_Programme" title="Initial Police Learning and Development Programme">Initial Police Learning and Development Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_cadets_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police cadets in the United Kingdom">Police cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Federation_of_England_and_Wales" title="Police Federation of England and Wales">Police Federation of England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Federation_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Police Federation for Northern Ireland">Police Federation for Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Police_Federation" title="Scottish Police Federation">Scottish Police Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Information_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Information Point">Police Information Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Oath" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Oath">Police Oath</a></li> <li>Police powers in: <a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_police_in_England_and_Wales" title="Powers of the police in England and Wales">England and Wales</a> - <a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_police_in_Scotland" title="Powers of the police in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Support_Volunteer" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Support Volunteer">Police Support Volunteer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_101" title="Police 101">Police 101 number</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policing_by_consent" class="mw-redirect" title="Policing by consent">Policing by consent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_card" title="Warrant card">Warrant card</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Acts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highway_Act_1835" title="Highway Act 1835">Highway Act 1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Act_1964" title="Police Act 1964">Police Act 1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_(Scotland)_Act_1967" title="Police (Scotland) Act 1967">Police (Scotland) Act 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Functions_of_Traffic_Wardens_Order_1970&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Functions of Traffic Wardens Order 1970 (page does not exist)">The Functions of Traffic Wardens Order 1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_Act_1971" title="Immigration Act 1971">Immigration Act 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_1971" title="Misuse of Drugs Act 1971">Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_and_Freshwater_Fisheries_Act_1975" title="Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975">Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_and_Criminal_Evidence_Act_1984" title="Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984">Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Traffic_Regulation_Act_1984" title="Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984">Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Removal_and_Disposal_of_Vehicles_Regulations_1986&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 (page does not exist)">Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Traffic_Act_1988" title="Road Traffic Act 1988">Road Traffic Act 1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Road_Traffic_Offenders_Act_1988&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (page does not exist)">Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protection_of_Children_Act_1989&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Protection of Children Act 1989 (page does not exist)">Protection of Children Act 1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_Protection_Act_1990" title="Environmental Protection Act 1990">Environmental Protection Act 1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Order_Act_1994" title="Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994">Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Act_1996" title="Police Act 1996">Police Act 1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confiscation_of_Alcohol_(Young_Persons)_Act_1997" title="Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997">Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_Act_2000" title="Terrorism Act 2000">Terrorism Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Police_Act_2001" title="Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001">Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Reform_Act_2002" title="Police Reform Act 2002">Police Reform Act 2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-social_Behaviour_Act_2003" title="Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003">Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_and_Courts_Act_2013" title="Crime and Courts Act 2013">Crime and Courts Act 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licensing_Act_2003" title="Licensing Act 2003">Licensing Act 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railways_and_Transport_Safety_Act_2003" title="Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003">Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clean_Neighbourhoods_and_Environment_Act_2005" title="Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005">Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serious_Organised_Crime_and_Police_Act_2005" title="Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005">Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Reform_and_Social_Responsibility_Act_2011" title="Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011">Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Social_Behaviour,_Crime_and_Policing_Act_2014" title="Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014">Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policing_and_Crime_Act_2017" title="Policing and Crime Act 2017">Policing and Crime Act 2017</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Statutory instruments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Police_and_Criminal_Evidence_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1989" title="Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989">Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="background:#ddddff;border-top:#aaa 1px solid; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Crime in the United Kingdom">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Terrorism in the United Kingdom">Terrorism</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" 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href="/wiki/Template_talk:Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Template talk:Law enforcement in the United Kingdom"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Law enforcement in the United Kingdom"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Metropolitan Police Service</b> (<b>MPS</b>), formerly known as the <b>Metropolitan Police</b>, which is still its common name, serves as the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_police_force#United_Kingdom" title="Territorial police force">territorial police force</a> responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>. In addition, it is responsible for specialised tasks throughout the United Kingdom, such as <a href="/wiki/Counter-terrorism_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-terrorism in the United Kingdom">dealing with counter-terrorism throughout the UK</a>, and the protection of certain individuals, including the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">monarch</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_royal_family" title="British royal family">royal family</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">governmental officials</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other designated figures. Commonly referred to as <b>the Met</b>, it is also referred to as <b>Scotland Yard</b> or <b>the Yard</b>, after the location of its original headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Great_Scotland_Yard" title="Great Scotland Yard">Great Scotland Yard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a> in the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Met is presently headquartered at <a href="/wiki/New_Scotland_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="New Scotland Yard">New Scotland Yard</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Embankment" title="Victoria Embankment">Victoria Embankment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main geographical area covered by the Met, the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_District" title="Metropolitan Police District">Metropolitan Police District</a>, consists of the 32 <a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London boroughs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and excludes the square mile of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> – a largely non-residential and financial district, overseen by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a>. As the force responsible for the majority of UK's capital, the Met has significant responsibilities and unique challenges, such as protecting 164 foreign embassies and <a href="/wiki/High_commissioner_(Commonwealth)" title="High commissioner (Commonwealth)">High Commissions</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> policing <a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport" title="London City Airport">London City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow</a> airports, protecting the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>, and managing a higher volume of protests and events than any other <a href="/wiki/British_Police_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="British Police Forces">British police force</a>, with 3,500 such events in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The force, by officer numbers, ranks as the largest police force within the United Kingdom and among the largest globally.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excluding its national roles, the Met oversees the eighth-smallest primary geographic area (<a href="/wiki/Police_area" title="Police area">police area</a>) compared to other territorial police forces in the UK. </p><p>The force operates under the leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_of_the_Metropolis" title="Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis">Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis</a>, directly accountable to the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a>, through the <a href="/wiki/Mayor%27s_Office_for_Policing_and_Crime" title="Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime">Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime</a> and the Home Office. The post of commissioner was first held jointly by <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Rowan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Charles Rowan">Sir Charles Rowan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Mayne" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Richard Mayne">Sir Richard Mayne</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Sir_Mark_Rowley" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Mark Rowley">Sir Mark Rowley</a> currently holding the position since July 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="History of the Metropolitan Police">History of the Metropolitan Police</a></div> <p>The Metropolitan Police Service was founded in 1829 by Home Secretary Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Robert Peel</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Act_1829" title="Metropolitan Police Act 1829">Metropolitan Police Act 1829</a> and on 29 September of that year, the first constables of the service appeared on the streets of London.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten years later, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Act_1839" title="Metropolitan Police Act 1839">Metropolitan Police Act 1839</a> consolidated policing within London by expanding the Metropolitan Police District and either abolishing or amalgamating the various other law enforcement entities within London into the Metropolitan Police such as the <a href="/wiki/Thames_River_Police" title="Thames River Police">Thames River Police</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners" title="Bow Street Runners">Bow Street Runners</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2></div> <p>Since January 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a> is responsible for the governance of the Metropolitan Police through the <a href="/wiki/Mayor%27s_Office_for_Policing_and_Crime" title="Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime">Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime</a> (MOPAC).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor is able to appoint someone to act on his behalf. As of April 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the office-holder is the deputy mayor for policing and crime, <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Linden" title="Sophie Linden">Sophie Linden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The work of MOPAC is scrutinised by the Police and Crime Committee (also known as a <a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_panel" class="mw-redirect" title="Police and crime panel">police and crime panel</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a>. These structures were created by the <a href="/wiki/Police_Reform_and_Social_Responsibility_Act_2011" title="Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011">Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011</a> and replaced the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Authority" title="Metropolitan Police Authority">Metropolitan Police Authority</a>-appointed board created in 2000 by <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999" title="Greater London Authority Act 1999">Greater London Authority Act 1999</a>. </p><p>Before 2000, the Metropolitan Police was under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a>, the only <a href="/wiki/Territorial_police_force" title="Territorial police force">British territorial police force</a> to be administered by <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">central government</a>. The Metropolitan Police Office (MPO), although based at Scotland Yard, was a department of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> created in 1829 and was responsible for the force's day-to-day administration. Under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/Receiver_of_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="Receiver of the Metropolitan Police">receiver</a>, a civilian official who was equivalent in rank to the deputy commissioner and served as the force's chief financial officer, it was headed by a civilian secretary, who was equivalent in rank to the assistant commissioners.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_area_and_other_forces">Police area and other forces</h2></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Police_area" title="Police area">area policed</a> by the Metropolitan Police Service is known as the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_District" title="Metropolitan Police District">Metropolitan Police District</a> (MPD). The Met was divided into 32 Borough Operational Command Units that directly aligned with the 32 <a href="/wiki/London_borough" class="mw-redirect" title="London borough">London boroughs</a> covered. This situation has changed since 2017, as the Met has attempted to save money due to cuts in funding. The MPD is now divided into 12 Basic Command Units (BCUs) made up of two, three or four boroughs. There is criticism of these changes.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> (which is not a London borough) is a separate police area and is the responsibility of the separate <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Scotland_Yard_sign.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/New_Scotland_Yard_sign.jpg/220px-New_Scotland_Yard_sign.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/New_Scotland_Yard_sign.jpg/330px-New_Scotland_Yard_sign.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/New_Scotland_Yard_sign.jpg/440px-New_Scotland_Yard_sign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">New Scotland Yard</a> is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Police" title="Ministry of Defence Police">Ministry of Defence Police</a> is responsible for policing of <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> property throughout the United Kingdom, including <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)#Property_portfolio" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">its headquarters</a> in Whitehall and other MoD establishments across the MPD.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Transport_Police" title="British Transport Police">British Transport Police</a> (BTP) are responsible for policing of the <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Great_Britain" title="Rail transport in Great Britain">rail network in Great Britain</a>, including London. Within London, they are also responsible for the policing of the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tramlink" title="Tramlink">London Trams</a>, the <a href="/wiki/London_Cable_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="London Cable Car">London Cable Car</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway">Docklands Light Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The English part of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_Constabulary" title="Royal Parks Constabulary">Royal Parks Constabulary</a>, which patrolled a number of Greater London's major parks, was merged with the Metropolitan Police in 2004, and those parks are now policed by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Parks_Operational_Command_Unit" title="Royal Parks Operational Command Unit">Royal Parks Operational Command Unit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a small park police force, the <a href="/wiki/Kew_Constabulary" title="Kew Constabulary">Kew Constabulary</a>, responsible for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew">Royal Botanic Gardens</a>, whose officers have full police powers within the park. A few local authorities maintain their own borough park constabularies, including <a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_Parks_and_Events_Police" title="Wandsworth Parks and Events Police">Wandsworth Parks and Events Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea_Parks_Police" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Parks Police">Kensington and Chelsea Parks Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Havering_Parks_Constabulary" title="Havering Parks Constabulary">Havering Parks Constabulary</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Heath_Constabulary" title="Hampstead Heath Constabulary">Hampstead Heath Constabulary</a>. All of these enjoy powers of arrest without warrant as constables;<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the officers of the last mentioned have full police powers, much like officers of the Metropolitan Police, on the heath, whereas the other parks' police primarily focus on <a href="/wiki/By-law" title="By-law">by-law</a> enforcement. </p><p>Metropolitan Police officers have legal jurisdiction throughout all of <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>, including areas that have their own special police forces, such as the Ministry of Defence, as do all police officers of <a href="/wiki/Territorial_police_force" title="Territorial police force">territorial police forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officers also have limited powers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the MPD, the Met will take over the investigation of any serious crime from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Police" title="Ministry of Defence Police">Ministry of Defence Police</a> and to a lesser degree BTP, if it is deemed appropriate. Terrorist incidents and complex murder enquiries will almost always be investigated by the Met,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the assistance of any relevant specialist force, even if they are committed on Ministry of Defence or railway property. A minor incursion into the normal jurisdiction of territorial police officers in England and Wales is that Met officers involved in the protection duties of the Royal Family and other VIPs have full police powers in Scotland and Northern Ireland in connection with those duties.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation_and_structure">Organisation and structure</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Organisation_and_structure_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Organisation and structure of the Metropolitan Police Service">Organisation and structure of the Metropolitan Police Service</a></div> <p>The Metropolitan Police Service is organised into the following directorates:<sup id="cite_ref-Home_-_The_Met_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Home_-_The_Met-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frontline_Policing" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontline Policing">Frontline Policing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Met_Operations" title="Met Operations">Met Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Specialist_Operations" title="Specialist Operations">Specialist Operations</a></li> <li>Professionalism</li> <li>Shared Support Services (part of Met headquarters)</li></ul> <p>Each is overseen by an assistant commissioner or, in the case of administrative departments, a director of police staff, which is the equivalent civilian staff grade. The management board is made up of the commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioners and directors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ranks">Ranks</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Police_ranks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police ranks of the United Kingdom">Police ranks of the United Kingdom</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Very_friendly_MPS_officers_in_London.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Very_friendly_MPS_officers_in_London.jpg/170px-Very_friendly_MPS_officers_in_London.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Very_friendly_MPS_officers_in_London.jpg/255px-Very_friendly_MPS_officers_in_London.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Very_friendly_MPS_officers_in_London.jpg/340px-Very_friendly_MPS_officers_in_London.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1382" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Met Police officers on the streets of <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>. Since 1863, the <a href="/wiki/Custodian_helmet" title="Custodian helmet">custodian helmet</a> (middle) has been worn by male police <a href="/wiki/Constable#United_Kingdom" title="Constable">constables</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sergeant#United_Kingdom" title="Sergeant">sergeants</a> while on foot patrol.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Metropolitan Police Service uses the standard British police ranks, indicated by epaulettes, up to <a href="/wiki/Chief_superintendent" title="Chief superintendent">chief superintendent</a>, but uniquely has five ranks above that level instead of the standard three: commander, deputy assistant commissioner, assistant commissioner, deputy commissioner and commissioner.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All senior officers of the rank of Commander and above are <a href="/wiki/Chief_police_officer" title="Chief police officer">chief police officers</a> of <a href="/wiki/National_Police_Chiefs%27_Council" title="National Police Chiefs' Council">NPCC</a> (previously <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Chief_Police_Officers" title="Association of Chief Police Officers">ACPO</a>) rank. </p><p>The Met approved the use of name badges in October 2003, with new recruits wearing the Velcro badges from September 2004. The badge consists of the wearer's rank, followed by their surname.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All officers are assigned a unique identification number which includes a two-letter BCU (Basic Command Unit) code. </p><p>Following controversy over assaults by uniformed officers with concealed shoulder identification numbers during the <a href="/wiki/2009_G-20_London_summit_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 G-20 London summit protests">G20 summit</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said, "the public has a right to be able to identify any uniformed officer whilst performing their duty" by their shoulder identification numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Insignia">Insignia</h3></div> <p>The Met uniformed officer rank structure, with epaulette design, is as follows (from highest to lowest): </p> <div style="overflow:auto"> <table class="wikitable" width="auto" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="12"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Ranks">Metropolitan Police ranks</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="4%">Rank </th> <td width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_of_the_Metropolis" title="Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis">Commissioner</a> </td> <td width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Commissioner_of_Police_of_the_Metropolis" title="Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis">Deputy commissioner</a> </td> <td width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commissioner_of_Police_of_the_Metropolis" title="Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis">Assistant commissioner</a> </td> <td width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_assistant_commissioner" title="Deputy assistant commissioner">Deputy assistant commissioner</a> </td> <td width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Commander#British_police_rank" title="Commander">Commander</a> </td> <td width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_superintendent#United_Kingdom" title="Chief superintendent">Chief superintendent</a> </td> <td width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Superintendent_(police)#United_Kingdom" title="Superintendent (police)">Superintendent</a> </td> <td width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_inspector#United_Kingdom" title="Chief inspector">Chief inspector</a> </td> <td width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Inspector#United_Kingdom" title="Inspector">Inspector</a> </td> <td width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Sergeant#United_Kingdom" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a> </td> <td width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Constable#United_Kingdom" title="Constable">Constable</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Epaulette insignia </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Metropolitan_Commisioner_Insignia_(Tudor_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Metropolitan_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/50px-Metropolitan_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Metropolitan_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/75px-Metropolitan_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Metropolitan_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/100px-Metropolitan_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="556" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Metropolitan_Deputy_Commisioner_Insignia_(Tudor_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Metropolitan_Deputy_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/50px-Metropolitan_Deputy_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Metropolitan_Deputy_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/75px-Metropolitan_Deputy_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Metropolitan_Deputy_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/100px-Metropolitan_Deputy_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="556" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Metropolitan_Assistant_Commisioner_Insignia_(Tudor_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Metropolitan_Assistant_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/50px-Metropolitan_Assistant_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Metropolitan_Assistant_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/75px-Metropolitan_Assistant_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Metropolitan_Assistant_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/100px-Metropolitan_Assistant_Commisioner_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="556" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Met_DAC_Epaulette.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Met_DAC_Epaulette.svg/50px-Met_DAC_Epaulette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Met_DAC_Epaulette.svg/75px-Met_DAC_Epaulette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Met_DAC_Epaulette.svg/100px-Met_DAC_Epaulette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="556" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Met_Commander_Epaulette.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Met_Commander_Epaulette.svg/50px-Met_Commander_Epaulette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Met_Commander_Epaulette.svg/75px-Met_Commander_Epaulette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Met_Commander_Epaulette.svg/100px-Met_Commander_Epaulette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="556" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chief_Superintendent_Insignia_(Tudor_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chief_Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/50px-Chief_Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chief_Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/75px-Chief_Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chief_Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/100px-Chief_Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="1053" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Superintendent_Insignia_(Tudor_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/50px-Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/75px-Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg/100px-Superintendent_Insignia_%28Tudor_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="1053" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CInsp.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/CInsp.svg/50px-CInsp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/CInsp.svg/75px-CInsp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/CInsp.svg/100px-CInsp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Insp.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Insp.svg/50px-Insp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Insp.svg/75px-Insp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Insp.svg/100px-Insp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Met_PS_Epaulette.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Met_PS_Epaulette.svg/50px-Met_PS_Epaulette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Met_PS_Epaulette.svg/75px-Met_PS_Epaulette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Met_PS_Epaulette.svg/100px-Met_PS_Epaulette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Met_PC_Epaulette.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Met_PC_Epaulette.svg/50px-Met_PC_Epaulette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Met_PC_Epaulette.svg/75px-Met_PC_Epaulette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Met_PC_Epaulette.svg/100px-Met_PC_Epaulette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The Met also has several active <a href="/wiki/Police_cadets_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police cadets in the United Kingdom">Volunteer Police Cadet</a> units, which maintain their own internal rank structure.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Special_Constabulary" title="Metropolitan Special Constabulary">Metropolitan Special Constabulary</a> is a contingent of part-time volunteer police officers and is attached to most Borough Operational Command Units. The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Special_Constabulary" title="Metropolitan Special Constabulary">Metropolitan Special Constabulary</a> Ranks are as follows (from lowest to highest): </p> <div style="overflow:auto"> <table class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Special_Constabulary" title="Metropolitan Special Constabulary">Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary Ranks</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="5%">Rank </th> <td width="15%">Special constable </td> <td width="16%">Special sergeant </td> <td width="16%">Special inspector </td> <td width="16%">Special chief inspector </td> <td width="16%">Assistant chief officer </td> <td width="16%">Chief officer </td></tr> <tr> <th>Epaulette Insignia </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Met_SC_Epaulette.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Met_SC_Epaulette.svg/50px-Met_SC_Epaulette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Met_SC_Epaulette.svg/75px-Met_SC_Epaulette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Met_SC_Epaulette.svg/100px-Met_SC_Epaulette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="229" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Met_SSgt_Epaulette.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Met_SSgt_Epaulette.svg/50px-Met_SSgt_Epaulette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Met_SSgt_Epaulette.svg/75px-Met_SSgt_Epaulette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Met_SSgt_Epaulette.svg/100px-Met_SSgt_Epaulette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SInsp_with_Crown.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/SInsp_with_Crown.svg/50px-SInsp_with_Crown.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/SInsp_with_Crown.svg/75px-SInsp_with_Crown.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/SInsp_with_Crown.svg/100px-SInsp_with_Crown.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SCI_with_Crown.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/SCI_with_Crown.svg/50px-SCI_with_Crown.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/SCI_with_Crown.svg/75px-SCI_with_Crown.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/SCI_with_Crown.svg/100px-SCI_with_Crown.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2Bars%2BSC%2BCrowns.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/2Bars%2BSC%2BCrowns.svg/50px-2Bars%2BSC%2BCrowns.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/2Bars%2BSC%2BCrowns.svg/75px-2Bars%2BSC%2BCrowns.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/2Bars%2BSC%2BCrowns.svg/100px-2Bars%2BSC%2BCrowns.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:4Bars%2BSC%2BCrown.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/4Bars%2BSC%2BCrown.svg/50px-4Bars%2BSC%2BCrown.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/4Bars%2BSC%2BCrown.svg/75px-4Bars%2BSC%2BCrown.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/4Bars%2BSC%2BCrown.svg/100px-4Bars%2BSC%2BCrown.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="141" data-file-height="222" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Notes: </th> <td colspan="6" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><i>Some of these ranks and epaulettes are not the same as other <a href="/wiki/Police_ranks_of_the_United_Kingdom#Rank_insignia" title="Police ranks of the United Kingdom">Special Constabulary ranks and insignia</a> and only apply to the Metropolitan Police.</i></li> <li><i>Reference</i><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The prefix "woman" in front of female officers' ranks has been obsolete since 1999. Members of the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department" title="Criminal Investigation Department">Criminal Investigation Department</a> (CID) up to and including the rank of chief superintendent prefix their ranks with "detective". Detective ranks are equivalent in rank to their uniform counterparts. Other departments, such as <a href="/wiki/SO12" class="mw-redirect" title="SO12">Special Branch</a> and Child Protection, award non-detectives "branch detective" status, allowing them to use the "Detective" prefix. None of these detective ranks confer on the holder any extra pay or supervisory authority compared to their uniformed colleagues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Workforce">Workforce</h3></div> <p>The following is the current released workforce data for the ranks. The chief officers rank covers all senior ranks as well as special constables covering all special constable ranks. </p> <div style="overflow:auto"> <table class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="13">Metropolitan Police Workforce </th></tr> <tr> <th width="10%">Rank </th> <th width="7%">Police staff </th> <th width="7%">Police support volunteer </th> <th width="7%">Designated Officer </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Police_community_support_officer" title="Police community support officer">PCSO</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Special_Constabulary" title="Special Constabulary">Special constable</a> </th> <th width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Constable#United_Kingdom" title="Constable">Constable</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Sergeant#Police_5" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Inspector#United_Kingdom" title="Inspector">Inspector</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_inspector#United_Kingdom" title="Chief inspector">Chief inspector</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Superintendent_(police)#United_Kingdom" title="Superintendent (police)">Superintendent</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_superintendent#United_Kingdom" title="Chief superintendent">Chief superintendent</a> </th> <th width="8%">Chief officer </th></tr> <tr> <th>Female personnel </th> <td>5285 </td> <td>468 </td> <td>340 </td> <td>478 </td> <td>530 </td> <td>7465 </td> <td>956 </td> <td>270 </td> <td>68 </td> <td>44 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Male personnel </th> <td>3626 </td> <td>257 </td> <td>390 </td> <td>829 </td> <td>1330 </td> <td>17329 </td> <td>3526 </td> <td>935 </td> <td>232 </td> <td>147 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total personnel </th> <td>8911 </td> <td>725 </td> <td>730 </td> <td>1307 </td> <td>1860 </td> <td>24794 </td> <td>4482 </td> <td>1205 </td> <td>300 </td> <td>191 </td> <td>57 </td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Reference </th> <td colspan="12" style="text-align:left"><i>2019 Police workforce open data tables</i><sup id="cite_ref-pwodt_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pwodt-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Metropolitan Police </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service.svg/200px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service.svg/300px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service.svg/400px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2020" data-file-height="1897" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Crest</dt> <dd>On a wreath Argent and Azure, three arrows, one in pale and two in saltire, barbs downward, Proper, banded Azure and ensigned by the Royal Crown proper.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Azure, a portcullis chained within a double tressure flory counterflory Argent.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On either side a lion rampant guardant Argent, gorged with a collar Azure charged alternately with bezants and bees volant, grasping in the interior paw a column Or.</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:15.7em"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service_(Elizabeth_II).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Badge_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service_%28Elizabeth_II%29.svg/149px-Badge_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service_%28Elizabeth_II%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="149" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Badge_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service_%28Elizabeth_II%29.svg/224px-Badge_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service_%28Elizabeth_II%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Badge_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service_%28Elizabeth_II%29.svg/298px-Badge_of_the_Metropolitan_Police_Service_%28Elizabeth_II%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="174" data-file-height="204" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><b>Badge</b><blockquote><p>A roundel azure, thereon the Royal Cypher of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second argent within a circlet azure fimbriated and inscribed with words 'Metropolitan Police' in letters argent, the whole upon a star of eight major and fifty-six lesser points argent, ensigned by the Royal Crown proper.</p></blockquote> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_officers">Police officers</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Police_protection_236.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/London_Police_protection_236.jpg/220px-London_Police_protection_236.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/London_Police_protection_236.jpg/330px-London_Police_protection_236.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/London_Police_protection_236.jpg/440px-London_Police_protection_236.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4252" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Metropolitan Police officers, 1979</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Many_streets_were_cut_off.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Many_streets_were_cut_off.jpg/220px-Many_streets_were_cut_off.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Many_streets_were_cut_off.jpg/330px-Many_streets_were_cut_off.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Many_streets_were_cut_off.jpg/440px-Many_streets_were_cut_off.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2828" /></a><figcaption>Met officers, alongside <a href="/wiki/British_Transport_Police" title="British Transport Police">British Transport Police</a> on 'mutual aid', at a G20 protest in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armed_police_officers_(London,_2014).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Armed_police_officers_%28London%2C_2014%29.jpg/220px-Armed_police_officers_%28London%2C_2014%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Armed_police_officers_%28London%2C_2014%29.jpg/330px-Armed_police_officers_%28London%2C_2014%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Armed_police_officers_%28London%2C_2014%29.jpg/440px-Armed_police_officers_%28London%2C_2014%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2501" data-file-height="2029" /></a><figcaption>Armed DPG police officers. <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street" title="Downing Street">Downing Street</a> gates, 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>The Metropolitan Police Service includes full-time, paid officers known as 'regulars', and part-time, voluntary officers from the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Special_Constabulary" title="Metropolitan Special Constabulary">Metropolitan Special Constabulary</a>. Both regulars and specials enjoy full police powers, wear the same uniform, and carry the same kit. As elsewhere in the UK, 'regulars' are not employees, but rather <a href="/wiki/Crown_servant" title="Crown servant">Crown servants</a>, and holders of the Office of Constable. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic_numbers">Historic numbers</h3></div> <ul><li>1852: 5,625<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1866: 6,839<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1877: 10,336^<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1887: 14,191<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1912: 20,529<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1929: 19,290<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1938: 18,511</li> <li>1944: 17,976*<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1952: 16,400<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1965: 18,016<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1984: 27,000 (approximate)<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2001: 25,000 (approximate)<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2003: 28,000 (approximate)<sup id="cite_ref-GLA1_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GLA1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2004: 31,000 (approximate)<sup id="cite_ref-GLA1_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GLA1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009: 32,543 (excluding 2,622 special constables)<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2010: 33,260 (excluding 3,125 special constables)<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2011: 32,380 (excluding 4,459 special constables)<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2013: 30,398 (excluding 5,303 special constables)<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2014: 30,932 (excluding 4,587 special constables)<sup id="cite_ref-auto_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015: 31,877<sup id="cite_ref-researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016: 32,125<sup id="cite_ref-researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017: 30,817<sup id="cite_ref-:0_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019: 30,980 (excluding 1,749 special constables)</li> <li>2020: 32,766 (excluding 1,874 special constables)<sup id="cite_ref-The_Structure_of_the_Met_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Structure_of_the_Met-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2024: 33,972 (excluding 1,296 special constables)</li></ul> <p>*include temporary constables from war period </p><p>^includes 753 officers policing <a href="/wiki/Royal_Arsenal" title="Royal Arsenal">Woolwich Arsenal</a> and Her Majesty's Dockyards in <a href="/wiki/Chatham_Historic_Dockyard" title="Chatham Historic Dockyard">Chatham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Historic_Dockyard" title="Portsmouth Historic Dockyard">Portsmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_Dockyard" title="Pembroke Dockyard">Pembroke</a>, <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">Devonport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosyth_Dockyard" title="Rosyth Dockyard">Rosyth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Present_numbers">Present numbers</h3></div> <ul><li>Police officers (regular – of all ranks): 33,972<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Specially Trained Officers (STO): 7,615<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_police_talk_to_seated_woman,_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/London_police_talk_to_seated_woman%2C_1976.jpg/220px-London_police_talk_to_seated_woman%2C_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="363" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/London_police_talk_to_seated_woman%2C_1976.jpg/330px-London_police_talk_to_seated_woman%2C_1976.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/London_police_talk_to_seated_woman%2C_1976.jpg/440px-London_police_talk_to_seated_woman%2C_1976.jpg 2x" data-file-width="909" data-file-height="1499" /></a><figcaption>Met Police Officers, 1976</figcaption></figure>Police officers (special – of all ranks): 1,445<sup id="cite_ref-:2_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Staff_and_PCSOs">Staff and PCSOs</h2></div> <p>The Met's Police Staff are non-warranted civilians, including <a href="/wiki/Police_community_support_officer" title="Police community support officer">police community support officers</a> (PCSOs), designated detention officers (DDOs), and many other civilian roles.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Met was the first constabulary to introduce PCSOs in September 2002.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Their numbers are currently: </p> <ul><li>Police Community Support Officers (PCSO): 1,254<sup id="cite_ref-:2_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Police staff (designated detention officers): 614<sup id="cite_ref-:0_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Police staff (other): 9,814<sup id="cite_ref-The_Structure_of_the_Met_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Structure_of_the_Met-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resources">Resources</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fleet">Fleet</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anti-Lock_Down_Protest_London_(51137274958).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Anti-Lock_Down_Protest_London_%2851137274958%29.jpg/220px-Anti-Lock_Down_Protest_London_%2851137274958%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Anti-Lock_Down_Protest_London_%2851137274958%29.jpg/330px-Anti-Lock_Down_Protest_London_%2851137274958%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Anti-Lock_Down_Protest_London_%2851137274958%29.jpg/440px-Anti-Lock_Down_Protest_London_%2851137274958%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Various Metropolitan Police vehicles attending a protest in 2021</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MPHVC_vehicles_at_LTM_Depot_(24063551797).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MPHVC_vehicles_at_LTM_Depot_%2824063551797%29.jpg/220px-MPHVC_vehicles_at_LTM_Depot_%2824063551797%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MPHVC_vehicles_at_LTM_Depot_%2824063551797%29.jpg/330px-MPHVC_vehicles_at_LTM_Depot_%2824063551797%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MPHVC_vehicles_at_LTM_Depot_%2824063551797%29.jpg/440px-MPHVC_vehicles_at_LTM_Depot_%2824063551797%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>A restored <a href="/wiki/Rover_SD1" title="Rover SD1">Rover SD1</a> traffic car in the Metropolitan Police's '<a href="/wiki/Jam_sandwich_(police_car)" title="Jam sandwich (police car)">jam sandwich</a>' livery first introduced in 1978</figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the Met operates and maintains a fleet of around 5,200 vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-rivuswin_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rivuswin-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the fleet covered 46,777,720 miles (75,281,440 km).<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fleet comprises numerous vehicles, including:<sup id="cite_ref-fleet_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fleet-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Incident response vehicles (IRV): attached to the various Basic Command Units (BCU) of the Metropolitan Police area, used for frontline policing duties such as patrol and emergency response.</li> <li>Q-cars: covert unmarked vehicles, belonging to a variety of departments.</li> <li>Armed response vehicle (ARV): Transports <a href="/wiki/Authorised_firearms_officer" title="Authorised firearms officer">authorised firearms officers</a> trained to use firearms to deal with incidents involving deadly weapons.</li> <li>Traffic units: respond to traffic accidents on major roads, enforce traffic laws and encourage road safety.</li> <li>Motorcycles: utilised by the <a href="/wiki/Roads_and_Transport_Policing_Command" title="Roads and Transport Policing Command">Roads and Transport Policing Command</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_and_Diplomatic_Protection" title="Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection">Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection</a> for more agile patrol and response.</li> <li>Scrambler bikes: used by Operation Venice officers to combat moped gangs.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Collision investigation units (CIU): respond to and appropriately investigate all major road traffic collisions.</li> <li>Protected carriers: used for public order duties.</li> <li>Personnel carriers: used to transport numerous officers on patrol and to incidents, as well as non-violent public order situations.</li> <li>Station vans: used to transport both officers and suspects in a cage in the rear of the van.</li> <li>Commercial vehicle units: used to respond to incidents involving commercial vehicles.</li> <li>CBRN units: used to mitigate chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents. These are identified by a large amount of equipment lockers on newer vans and a large array of detecting equipment on the top of older vans.</li> <li>Control units: used for incident command and control purposes.</li> <li>Armoured multi-role vehicles: used for public order duties, airport and counter-terrorism duties, or as required.</li> <li>General purpose vehicles: used for general support and transportation duties of officers or equipment.</li> <li>Training vehicles: used to train police drivers.</li> <li>Miscellaneous vehicles: such as horseboxes and trailers.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Historic_Vehicle_Collection" title="Metropolitan Police Historic Vehicle Collection">Metropolitan Police Historic Vehicle Collection</a></li></ul> <p>The majority of vehicles have a service life of three to five years; the Met replaces or upgrades between 800 and 1,000 vehicles each year. Vehicles were initially maintained and repaired on contract by <a href="/wiki/Babcock_International" title="Babcock International">Babcock International</a>; from November 2023, the contract for 3,700 of the Met's 5,200 vehicles was undertaken by Rivus Fleet Solutions for a ten-year period.<sup id="cite_ref-rivuswin_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rivuswin-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rivus fell into <a href="/wiki/Administration_(law)" title="Administration (law)">administration</a> on 21 June 2024, with a deal being agreed by the Metropolitan Police to buy back its maintenance operations, saving 165 jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2012, the Met was marking all new marked vehicles with <a href="/wiki/Battenburg_markings" title="Battenburg markings">Battenburg markings</a>, a highly reflective material on the side of the vehicles, chequered blue and yellow green for the police, and in other colours for other services.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old livery was an orange stripe through the vehicle, with the force's logo, known colloquially as the '<a href="/wiki/Jam_sandwich_(police_car)" title="Jam sandwich (police car)">jam sandwich</a>', which was first introduced in 1978 with the delivery of high-performance <a href="/wiki/Rover_SD1" title="Rover SD1">Rover SD1</a> traffic cars.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, marked vehicles were finished in base white paint; this was changed to silver from 2002 to help improve a vehicle's resale value when it was retired from police use.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Police_Air_Service" title="National Police Air Service">National Police Air Service</a> provides helicopter support to the Met. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Marine_Policing_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit">marine policing unit</a> operates 22 vessels from its base in <a href="/wiki/Wapping" title="Wapping">Wapping</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budget">Budget</h3></div> <p>Funding for the Metropolitan Police has been cut due to <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_government_austerity_programme#Effects" title="United Kingdom government austerity programme">austerity</a>. Changes in the way the government pays for police pensions will lead to further cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its expenditure for single years, not adjusted for inflation, has been:<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Amount </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1829/30 </td> <td>£194,126 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1848 </td> <td>£437,441 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1873 </td> <td>£1.1<span class="nowrap"> </span>million </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1898 </td> <td>£1.8<span class="nowrap"> </span>million </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1923 </td> <td>£7.8<span class="nowrap"> </span>million </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948 </td> <td>£12.6<span class="nowrap"> </span>million </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td>£95<span class="nowrap"> </span>million </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998/9 </td> <td>£2.03<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011/12 </td> <td>£3.69<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion </td> <td>£2.754<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion was spent on staff wages<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017/18 </td> <td>£3.26<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Specialist_units">Specialist units</h3></div> <ul><li><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Met-police-armoured-truck.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Met-police-armoured-truck.jpg/220px-Met-police-armoured-truck.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Met-police-armoured-truck.jpg/330px-Met-police-armoured-truck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Met-police-armoured-truck.jpg/440px-Met-police-armoured-truck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1540" /></a><figcaption>A Jankel Guardian Counter-Terrorist Assault Vehicle, based on the <a href="/wiki/Ford_F450" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford F450">Ford F450</a> – utilised for airport patrols, counter-terrorism and public order situations</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:POLICE_BOAT_RIVER_THAMES.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/POLICE_BOAT_RIVER_THAMES.jpg/220px-POLICE_BOAT_RIVER_THAMES.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/POLICE_BOAT_RIVER_THAMES.jpg/330px-POLICE_BOAT_RIVER_THAMES.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/POLICE_BOAT_RIVER_THAMES.jpg/440px-POLICE_BOAT_RIVER_THAMES.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3672" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Marine_Policing_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit">marine policing unit</a> on the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a></figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Protection_Command" title="Protection Command">Protection Command</a> – This command is split into two branches: Royalty and Specialist Protection (RaSP) and <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_and_Diplomatic_Protection" title="Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection">Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection</a> (PaDP). RaSP provides personal armed protection for the <a href="/wiki/British_Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="British Royal Family">Royal family</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> and other ministers, ambassadors and visiting heads of state. PaDP is responsible for providing armed officers to protect the Palace of Westminster, important residences such as <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street" title="Downing Street">Downing Street</a> and the many embassies found located in London. Royal Palaces are the responsibility of RaSP.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Special_Escort_Group_(Metropolitan_Police)" title="Special Escort Group (Metropolitan Police)">Special Escort Group</a> (SEG) are responsible for escorting the Royal Family, Prime Minister and other ministers, ambassadors and visiting heads of state, and occasionally prisoner transport.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aviation_Security_Operational_Command_Unit" title="Aviation Security Operational Command Unit">Aviation Policing Command</a> – Responsible for providing policing (with the majority being armed officers) at <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport" title="London City Airport">London City Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Squad" title="Flying Squad">Flying Squad</a> – A unit which investigates and intercepts armed robberies. The name comes from the fact its members travelled across divisional and borough boundaries.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Trident_(Metropolitan_Police)" title="Operation Trident (Metropolitan Police)">Trident Gang Crime Command</a> – Investigates and works to prevent <a href="/wiki/Gang_crime" class="mw-redirect" title="Gang crime">gang crime</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roads_and_Transport_Policing_Command" title="Roads and Transport Policing Command">Roads and Transport Policing Command</a> – Provides policing for the transport network in London, comprising numerous divisions: the Traffic Division, patrols the road, pursuing fleeing suspects and enforcing speed, safety, and drink driving;<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Road Crime Team focuses on dangerous drivers, priority roads, uninsured vehicles and 'fatal four' offences;<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Safer Transport Team (STT) provide a policing presence on <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a>'s buses and investigates most crimes committed on them.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Specialist_Firearms_Command" title="Specialist Firearms Command">Specialist Firearms Command</a> – (SCO19) Responsible for providing armed response and support across the whole of London with Authorised Firearms Officers (AFO) travelling in ARVs (Armed Response Vehicles) responding to calls involving firearms and weapons. SCO19 has a number of CTSFOs (Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officers), who have additional training.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Dog_Support_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Dog Support Unit">Dog Support Unit</a> – (DSU) Provides highly trained dogs and police handlers. They are trained to detect drugs and firearms, respond to searches, missing people, and fleeing suspects. Bomb-detection dogs are also used for specific duties.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2015 the unit had around 250 <a href="/wiki/Police_dog" title="Police dog">police dogs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dogsupport_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dogsupport-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Marine_Policing_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit">Marine Policing Unit</a> – (MPU) Provides policing on the waterways of London, responding to situations in the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> and tracking and stopping illegal vessels entering and exiting London.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Mounted_Branch" title="Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch">Mounted Branch</a> – Provides policing on horseback in London. One of their duties is escorting the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Guard">Royal Guard</a> down <a href="/wiki/The_Mall,_London" title="The Mall, London">The Mall</a>, into and out of <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> every morning from April to July, then occasionally through the remainder of the year. They also provide public order support and are commonly called to police football matches in the event of any unrest. All officers are trained in public order tactics on horseback.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2010 the Branch had 120 <a href="/wiki/Mounted_police" title="Mounted police">police horses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mountedpolice_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mountedpolice-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Police_support_unit_(United_Kingdom)" title="Police support unit (United Kingdom)">Police Support Unit</a> (PSU) – Trained to deal with a variety of public order situations outside the remit or capability of regular divisional officers.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Support_Group" title="Territorial Support Group">Territorial Support Group</a> (TSG) – Highly trained officers, specialised in public order and large-scale riots responding around London in marked Public Order Vehicles (POV) with 6 constables and a sergeant in each POV. They aim to secure the capital against terrorism, respond to any disorder in London, and reduce priority crime through borough support. They respond in highly protective uniform during riots or large disorder, protecting themselves from any thrown objects or hazards.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Violent Crime Task Force (VCTF) – Formed in April 2018, the VCTF is a pan-London proactive response team to knife and serious violent crime, made up of 300 ring-fenced and dedicated police officers who solely focus on violent crime, weapon-enabled crime and serious criminality.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Operation Venice – Formed in 2017 to deal with record-breaking <a href="/wiki/Moped_crime_in_London" title="Moped crime in London">moped crime in London</a>, but also tackles different types of robbery trends; the Scorpion Team consists of highly skilled drivers and riders who were given a green light to instigate tactical contact against moped and motorbikes involved in criminality.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Met_Police_Blue_Lamp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Met_Police_Blue_Lamp.jpg/170px-Met_Police_Blue_Lamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Met_Police_Blue_Lamp.jpg/255px-Met_Police_Blue_Lamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Met_Police_Blue_Lamp.jpg/340px-Met_Police_Blue_Lamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>A traditional blue lamp as seen outside most police stations.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3></div> <p>In addition to the headquarters at New Scotland Yard, there are many <a href="/wiki/Police_station" title="Police station">police stations</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These range from large borough headquarters staffed around the clock every day to smaller stations, which may be open to the public only during normal business hours, or on certain days of the week. In 2017, there were 73 working front counters open to the public in London.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most police stations can easily be identified from one or more blue lamps located outside the entrance, which were introduced in 1861. </p><p>The oldest Metropolitan police station, which opened in <a href="/wiki/Bow_Street" title="Bow Street">Bow Street</a> in 1881, closed in 1992 and the adjoining <a href="/wiki/Bow_Street_Magistrates%27_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Bow Street Magistrates' Court">Bow Street Magistrates' Court</a> heard its last case on 14 July 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the oldest operational police stations in London is in <a href="/wiki/Wapping" title="Wapping">Wapping</a>, which opened in 1908. It is the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Marine_Policing_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit">marine policing unit</a> (formerly known as Thames Division), which is responsible for policing the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a>. It also houses a mortuary and the River Police Museum. <a href="/wiki/Paddington_Green_Police_Station" title="Paddington Green Police Station">Paddington Green Police Station</a>, which is no longer operational, received much publicity for its housing of terrorism suspects in an underground complex prior to its closure in 2017. </p><p>In 2004, there was a call from the <a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Public_Policy_Research" title="Institute for Public Policy Research">Institute for Public Policy Research</a> for more imaginative planning of police stations to aid in improving relations between police forces and the wider community.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime_figures">Crime figures</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_London" title="Crime in London">Crime in London</a></div> <p>Crimes reported within the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_District" title="Metropolitan Police District">Metropolitan Police District</a>, selected by quarter centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1829/30: 20,000</li> <li>1848: 15,000</li> <li>1873: 20,000</li> <li>1898: 18,838</li> <li>1923: 15,383</li> <li>1948: 126,597</li> <li>1973: 355,258</li> <li>1998/9: 934,254</li> <li>2017/18: 827,225<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detection_rates">Detection rates</h3></div> <p>The following table shows the percentage detection rates for the Metropolitan Police by offence group for 2010/11.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <td> </td> <th style="width:7.7%;">Total </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Violence against the person </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Sexual offences </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Robbery </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Burglary </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Offences against vehicles </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Other theft offences </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Fraud and forgery </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Criminal damage </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Drug offences </th> <th style="width:7.7%;">Other offences </th></tr> <tr> <td>Metropolitan Police </td> <td>24</td> <td>35</td> <td>23</td> <td>17</td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td>14</td> <td>16</td> <td>13</td> <td>91</td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr> <td>England and Wales </td> <td>28</td> <td>44</td> <td>30</td> <td>21</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>22</td> <td>24</td> <td>14</td> <td>94</td> <td>69 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Metropolitan Police Service "screened out" 34,164 crimes the day they were reported in 2017 and did not investigate them further. This compares to 13,019 the previous year. 18,093 crimes were closed in 24 hours during the first 5 months of 2018 making it likely that the 2017 total will be exceeded. Crimes not being investigated include sexual assaults and arson, burglaries, thefts and assaults. Some critics believe this shows the effect of <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_government_austerity_programme#Effects" title="United Kingdom government austerity programme">austerity</a> on the force's ability to carry out its responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Police&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="History of the Metropolitan Police">History of the Metropolitan Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Institutional_racism_in_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="Institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police">Institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Institutional_sexism_in_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="Institutional sexism in the Metropolitan Police">Institutional sexism in the Metropolitan Police</a></div> <p>The Met was controversial even before its formation in 1829. Since the 1970s, such controversies have often centred on <a href="/wiki/Institutional_racism_in_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="Institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police">institutional racism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Institutional_sexism_in_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="Institutional sexism in the Metropolitan Police">institutional sexism</a> within the organisation, along with the right to protest,<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> failures in investigations,<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and officers belonging to proscribed organisations.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, a report on the Metropolitan Police found that the organisation was rife with racism, misogyny, and homophobia, and was corrupt. A 363-page report written by <a href="/wiki/Louise_Casey,_Baroness_Casey_of_Blackstock" title="Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock">Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock</a> was commissioned after the abduction of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, a police constable. The report stated that 12% of female Met employees had been harassed or attacked, with 33% experiencing sexism. Other incidents include a Muslim officer who had bacon stuffed into his boots and a Sikh officer whose beard was cut. The report also found that officers of minority ethnic backgrounds were more likely to be disciplined and leave the force.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report was criticised by the charity Galop for not investigating transphobia.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five former officers admitted in court in 2023 to sending racist messages, the targets of which included the <a href="/wiki/Meghan,_Duchess_of_Sussex" title="Meghan, Duchess of Sussex">Duchess of Sussex</a>, and a sixth was convicted after a trial. All six were given <a href="/wiki/Suspended_sentence" title="Suspended sentence">suspended jail sentences</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 January 2024 the Metropolitan Police were criticised by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson for allegedly demonstrating political bias and double standards in their handling of pro-Hamas demonstrations, and their efforts to support an investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes following Israel's response to terror attacks committed by Hamas on 7 October. The Met released a statement in response stating, "As the UK's investigative authority for war crimes, counter-terrorism policing – through the Met's war crimes team – has a responsibility to support ICC investigations. The ICC opened an investigation in 2019 into alleged war crimes in Israel and Palestine." The spokesman added that "under the terms of the 1998 Rome Statute, our war crimes team is obliged to support any investigations opened by the ICC that could involve British subjects" and said the posters were put up to meet that obligation.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2024, the Met settled a claim for <a href="/wiki/Misfeasance_in_public_office" title="Misfeasance in public office">misfeasance in a public office</a> and <a href="/wiki/False_imprisonment" title="False imprisonment">false imprisonment</a> by agreeing to pay a five-figure sum as damages to a French publisher who had been arrested and detained under anti-terrorism laws while he was on his way to a book fair in London.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2024, <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_%26_Rescue_Services" title="His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services">His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services</a> issued a report regarding the Met’s handling of the pro-Palestinian protests, saying that the Met had been largely impartial. The report criticised the then Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> and the then Home Secretary <a href="/wiki/Suella_Braverman" title="Suella Braverman">Suella Braverman</a> for suggesting otherwise.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_Report_by_His_Majesty's_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_&_Rescue_Services"><span id="2024_Report_by_His_Majesty.27s_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_.26_Rescue_Services"></span>2024 Report by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services</h3></div> <p>In August 2024, a report by <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Inspectorate_of_Constabulary_and_Fire_%26_Rescue_Services" title="His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services">His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services</a> said that the Met was rated inadequate or failing regarding crime investigations and managing offenders. It was rated as requiring improvement in five other areas, and as adequate in one.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 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Kingdom student protests</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bent_Coppers" title="Bent Coppers">Bent Coppers</a></i>, 2003 non-fiction book that examines police corruption within the MPS</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimint" title="Crimint">Crimint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendon_Police_College" title="Hendon Police College">Hendon Police College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institutional_racism_in_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="Institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police">Institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institutional_sexism_in_the_Metropolitan_Police" title="Institutional sexism in the Metropolitan Police">Institutional sexism in the Metropolitan Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Emergency_Services_Liaison_Panel" title="London Emergency Services Liaison Panel">London Emergency Services Liaison Panel</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Met:_Policing_London" title="The Met: Policing London">The Met: Policing London</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_police_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty" title="List of British police officers killed in the line of duty">List of British police officers killed in the line of duty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_police_role_in_phone_hacking_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan police role in phone hacking scandal">Metropolitan police role in phone hacking scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal" title="News International phone hacking scandal">News International phone hacking scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_police_forces_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of police forces of the United Kingdom">Police Forces of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_National_E-Crime_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Police National E-Crime Unit">Police National E-Crime Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Griffin" title="Project Griffin">Project Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regal,_Olga,_and_Upstart" class="mw-redirect" title="Regal, Olga, and Upstart">Regal, Olga, and Upstart</a>, three MPS horses decorated for bravery during <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution" title="Royal National Lifeboat Institution">Royal National Lifeboat Institution</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Other London emergency services: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London%27s_Air_Ambulance_Charity" title="London's Air Ambulance Charity">London's Air Ambulance Charity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Ambulance_Service" title="London Ambulance Service">London Ambulance Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade" title="London Fire Brigade">London Fire Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In August 2023 Graham Smith issued a claim for judicial review against the Metropolitan police commissioner regarding Smith's arrest on the day of the king's coronation, when he was preparing to demonstrate against the monarchy.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In December 2021, an inquest jury ruled that the deaths in 2014–2015 of serial killer <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Port" title="Stephen Port">Stephen Port</a>'s final three victims was due in part to the Met Police's failings. The inquest found that the Met "failed to carry out basic checks, send evidence to be forensically examined, and exercise professional curiosity while Port was embarking on his killing spree".<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In April 2021 an early-career Metropolitan police officer, Ben Hannam, was found guilty of being a member of a banned <a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazism" title="Neo-Nazism">neo-Nazi</a> terrorist group.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Civil_Protection1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Civil_Protection1_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.met.police.uk/">"Metropolitan Police Service – Homepage"</a>. 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The official establishment was 20,045.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Thin Blue Line</i>, Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo960226/text/60226w27.htm">Hansard</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170922180640/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo960226/text/60226w27.htm">Archived</a> 22 September 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 26 February 1996</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo010423/text/10423w32.htm">Hansard</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170922190647/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo010423/text/10423w32.htm">Archived</a> 22 September 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 23 April 2001. 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