Borough Operational Command Units
| Metropolitan Police Service | |
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| Common name | The Met |
| Abbreviation | MPS |
| Motto | Total Policing |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 29 September 1829 |
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| Employees | 43,000+ in total 31,075 police officers 8,732 police staff 1,464 PCSOs |
| Volunteers | 2,763 special constables 1,500 Met Police volunteers 3,658 volunteer police cadets |
| Annual budget | £3.24 billion |
| Legal personality | Non-government: Police force |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Metropolitan Police District, Greater London, UK |
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| Size | 1,578 km2 (609 sq mi) |
| Population | more than 8 million |
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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 |
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| General nature | • Local civilian agency |
| Operational structure | |
| Overviewed by | Home Office/HMIC/IPCC |
| Headquarters | New Scotland Yard |
| Police officers | 31,075 full time 2,763 special constables |
| PCSOs | 1,464 |
| Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime responsible | |
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 180 |
| Boats | 22 |
| Dogs | 250 |
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| www.met.police.uk | |
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.
The Met also has significant national responsibilities, such as co-ordinating and leading on UK-wide national counter-terrorism matters, and the protection of the senior members of the British Royal Family, and also members of The Cabinet and other ministerial members of Her Majesty's Government.
As of January 2017, the Met employed more than 43,000 full-time personnel. This included 31,075 sworn police officers, 8,732 police staff, and 1,464 non-sworn police community support officers. This number excludes the 2,763 Special Constables, who work part-time (a minimum of 16 hours a month) and who have the same powers and uniform as their regular colleagues. This makes the Metropolitan Police the largest police force in the United Kingdom by a significant margin, and one of the biggest in the world.
The overall operational leader of the force is the Commissioner, whose formal title is Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. The Commissioner is answerable, responsible and accountable to The Queen, the Home Office and the Mayor of London, through the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. The post of Commissioner was first held jointly by Sir Charles Rowan and Sir Richard Mayne. Since June 2017 the post is occupied by Cressida Dick.
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