- The famous Bow Street Runners were not, as is often believed, part of the Metropolitan Police, they were founded in 1742 by the author and magistrate Henry...
- bobby, slang term for a member of London’s Metropolitan Police derived from the name of Sir Robert Peel, who established the force in 1829.
- decision was made in December of 1910 to arm certain members of the Metropolitan Police with automatic pistols as an outcome of the Tottenham and...
- In 1828, another Commons inquiry reported in favour of a police force for London, and in 1829 Peel's Metropolitan Police Bill received parliamentary approval.
- Find out more about the vital role that women have played in the Metropolitan Police Service from their introduction in 1883 through to the highest positions...
- The Metropolitan Police started in 1829 but what I want to do first of all is just have a look at what was in place before.
- One of the earliest and most influential metro police departments was the Metropolitan Police Service, established in 1829 in London, England by Home...
- In 1878 the Metropolitan Police detective force was reorganised into the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
- As a result, the Metropolitan Police became the basis for every other police force in the country and set a precedent for modern policing across the world...
- The Metropolitan Police Service uses the standard British police ranks, indicated by epaulettes, up to chief superintendent, but uniquely has five ranks above...