Custodian helmet
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The custodian helmet is a type of helmet worn predominantly by male police officers in the United Kingdom and within certain other places around the world. First used by the Metropolitan Police in Lon
A constable of the Birmingham City Police in 1891
Helmets worn by Glasgow Police in 1919. These helmets are no longer in use in Scotland.
A constable of the North Wales Police in 1977
Metropolitan Police officer outside the Houses of Parliament, London in 2009
Metropolitan Police
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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 Greate
Custodian helmet
…a type of helmet worn predominantly by male police officers in the United Kingdom and within certain other places around the world. First used by the Metropolitan Police in London in 1870, the BBC labelled the custodian helmet a "symbol of British law enforcement". They are worn by male constables and sergeants on foot…
New Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
Met Police officers on the streets of Soho. Since 1863, the custodian helmet (middle) has been worn by male police constables and sergeants while on foot patrol.
Metropolitan Police officers, 1979
Met officers, alongside British Transport Police on "mutual aid", at a G20 protest in 2009