Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Most law enforcement duties are car
Metropolitan Police officers.
The British Transport Police are responsible for policing the railway network of Great Britain, as well as certain rapid transit and tram systems.
An example of a UK police vehicle, this one a Norfolk Constabulary Vauxhall Astra, featuring standardised blue and yellow Battenburg markings used by all UK police forces
Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) officer wearing chemical protective equipment and armed with a HK7 personal defence weapon taking part in training
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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
Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
…Peel's Metropolitan Police Act 1829 established a full-time, professional and centrally-organised police force for the greater London area known as the Metropolitan Police. In March 1839, Sir Edwin Chadwick presented The Royal Commission on Constabulary Forces to Parliament. This report was to evaluate how the burgeoning…
New Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
Metropolitan Police officers, 1979
Met officers, alongside British Transport Police on "mutual aid", at a G20 protest in 2009