Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service, commonly known as the Metropolitan Police, Met Police, or the "Met", is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater... Wikipedia

• Formed:  September 29, 1829
• Preceding agencies:  Bow Street Runners, Thames River Police
• Employees:  43,571 in total, 32,493 police officers, 9,816 police staff, 1,262 PCSOs
• Volunteers:  1,858 special constables, 1,500 police support volunteers, 3,658 volunteer police cadets
• Annual budget:  £4.43 billion
• Legal personality:  Governmental
• Size:  1,578 km² (609.27 sq mi)
• Population:  8.95 million (2019/20)
• Legal jurisdiction:  England and Wales, (throughout the whole of the United Kingdom, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, under certain limited circumstances)
• Primary governing body:  Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
• Secondary governing body:  Home Office
• Constituting instruments:  Metropolitan Police Act 1829, Metropolitan Police Act 1839, Police Act 1996
• General nature:  Law enforcement, Local civilian police
• Headquarters:  New Scotland Yard, Westminster, London, England
• s:  32,493 full time, 1,858 special constables
• s:  1,262
• Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime responsible:  Kaya Comer-Schwartz
• Agency executives:  Sir Mark Rowley, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Matt Jukes, Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo