- Other articles where Metropolitan Police is discussed: London: Police: The Metropolitan Police force was founded by Home Secretary Robert Peel in 1829 and...
- The Metropolitan Police force was started in 1829, making it one of the oldest police forces. This means it is has had a lot of opportunities for corruption.
- So we get to 1829. On the 29th of September, The Metropolitan Police was formed. They were known as ‘Peelers’ after Robert Peel.
- An organisation the size of the Metropolitan Police Service could not function without various management, administration and support functions.
- Peel hoped that the Metropolitan force would offer a model for reformed policing in other parts of the country. Further development was rapid.
- Policing the Metropolis in 1868. ... The programme was the brain child of then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Lord Trenchard.
- One of the earliest and most influential metro police departments was the Metropolitan Police Service, established in 1829 in London, England by Home...
- (The Metropolitan Police is responsible for the rest of London, excluding the railways and underground system, which are policed by the British Transport Police.)
- A number of informal names and abbreviations are applied to the Metropolitan Police Service, the most common being "The Met".
- The first police department in Britain was the London Metropolitan Police Department which had been established by the Metropolitan Police Act in 1829.