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Metropolitan Police Service

Also Known As Scotland Yard
National and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

The police force for Greater London outside the City of London, founded in 1829 by Home Secretary Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act. It became the first modern professional police force and a model that influenced policing globally. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Institution Type
Municipal police force 1
Founded Year
1829 1
Headquarters
London, England 1
Institution Type
Institution Type (category)
Law Enforcement Agency 1
Metropolitan Police Service
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Robert Peel

Metropolitan Police Service
Connections

Associated With

Patrick Colquhoun, Criminologists and Reformers
Source Wikipedia: Patrick Colquhoun

Cases Investigated

Crippen Case, Landmark Cases

Chief Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard (the Metropolitan Police Service) led the investigation and pursuit of Crippen.

Source Wikipedia: Hawley Harvey Crippen
Jack the Ripper Murders, Landmark Cases
Source Wikipedia: Jack the Ripper

Founded By

Charles Rowan, Criminologists and Reformers

Rowan was first joint Commissioner alongside Robert Peel's appointee Richard Mayne, and organized the force's actual day-to-day operational structure.

Source Wikipedia: Charles Rowan
Richard Mayne, Criminologists and Reformers
Source Wikipedia: Richard Mayne
Robert Peel, Criminologists and Reformers
Source Metropolitan Police (Wikipedia)
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1. Metropolitan Police (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London
  • Founded By: Robert Peel
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Wikipedia: Jack the Ripper
Cases Investigated: Jack the Ripper MurdersView the Source
Wikipedia: Charles Rowan
Founded By: Charles Rowan, As Commissioner sectionView the Source
Wikipedia: Hawley Harvey Crippen
Cases Investigated: Crippen Case, Investigation section
Quote, Cases Investigated: Crippen Case, Investigation section
Good morning, Dr. Crippen. Do you know me? I'm Chief Inspector Dew from Scotland Yard.
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Wikipedia: Patrick Colquhoun
Associated With: Patrick Colquhoun, Significance for modern policing section
Quote, Associated With: Patrick Colquhoun, Significance for modern policing section
Historians of policing credit Colquhoun's innovation as a critical development leading up to Robert Peel's 'new' police three decades later.
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Wikipedia: Richard Mayne
Founded By: Richard Mayne, Lead section
Quote, Founded By: Richard Mayne, Lead section
the joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police (1829-1868)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is the Met called Scotland Yard?

The force's original headquarters had its public entrance on Great Scotland Yard, a Westminster street said to take its name from a medieval site associated with visiting Scottish royalty. The name stuck as shorthand for the force, and each successive headquarters has been called New Scotland Yard.
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