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The Met no longer has an official motto.


->''"Total Policing"''
-->-- Current official motto
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The HQ of the Met is at New Scotland Yard, on the Victoria Embankment close to the Houses of Parliament. This is actually the third ''New'' Scotland Yard. (The name comes from the fact that the original HQ had a public entrance opening onto Great Scotland Yard, a street which got its name for housing the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Scotland in [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Tudor times]].) The force is divided into borough commands, each having a two letter code seen on officer's shoulder numbers.

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The HQ of the Met is at New Scotland Yard, on the Victoria Embankment close to the Houses of Parliament. This is actually the third ''New'' Scotland Yard. (The name comes from the fact that the original HQ had a public entrance opening onto Great Scotland Yard, a street which got its name for housing the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Scotland in [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Tudor times]].) The force is divided into borough commands, Area commands that cover multiple boroughs, each having a two letter code seen on officer's shoulder numbers.



* The force must be identified as the MPS on screen or in dialogue.

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* The force must be identified as the MPS on screen or in dialogue.
dialogue. This is less common than you might think due to the use of GenericCopBadges being widespread in British works and the fictional "Greater London Police" will often be substituted.
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* The ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' books are about the Met's tiny, unfunded and barely acknowledged [[WhoYaGonnaCall Weird Stuff]] division, better known as The Folly, comprising GentlemanWizard Inspector Nightingale and his [[TheApprentice Apprentice]] DC Peter Grant.

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* The ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' books are about the Met's tiny, unfunded and barely acknowledged [[WhoYaGonnaCall [[WhoYouGonnaCall Weird Stuff]] division, better known as The Folly, comprising GentlemanWizard Inspector Nightingale and his [[TheApprentice Apprentice]] DC Peter Grant.
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[[caption-width-right:203:[[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents 'Allo 'allo... wot's all this, then?]] ]]

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[[caption-width-right:203:[[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents [[caption-width-right:203:[[StockBritishPhrases 'Allo 'allo... wot's all this, then?]] ]]
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* ''Series/TheFall'': Creator/GillianAnderson plays a Met detective who is brought in by the [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland PSNI]] to assist in moving a cold case forward. Eventually she links two more murders to the case, and becomes the SIO in the hunt for the serial killer.

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* ''Series/TheFall'': ''Series/TheFall2013'': Creator/GillianAnderson plays a Met detective who is brought in by the [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland PSNI]] to assist in moving a cold case forward. Eventually she links two more murders to the case, and becomes the SIO in the hunt for the serial killer.
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* Superintendent Battle, created by Creator/AgathaChristie, is the primary detective of her books ''Literature/TheSecretOfTheChimneys'', ''Literature/TheSevenDialsMystery'', ''Literature/MurderIsEasy'', and ''Literature/TowardsZero''. He also appears as one of the detectives in ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable''.

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* Superintendent Battle, created by Creator/AgathaChristie, is the primary detective of her books ''Literature/TheSecretOfTheChimneys'', ''Literature/TheSecretOfChimneys'', ''Literature/TheSevenDialsMystery'', ''Literature/MurderIsEasy'', and ''Literature/TowardsZero''. He also appears as one of the detectives in ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable''.
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* Superintendent Battle, created by Creator/AgathaChristie, is the primary detective of her books ''Literature/TheSecretOfTheChimneys'', ''Literature/TheSevenDialsMystery'', ''Literature/MurderIsEasy'', and ''Literature/TowardsZero''. He also appears as one of the detectives in ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable''.
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* ''Series/{{Babylon}}''

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* ''Series/{{Babylon}}''''Series/{{Babylon|2014}}''
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Just checked online, apparently Cressida Dick stepped down in May 2022, and was succeeded by Mark Rowley in September 2022.


The Met Police is one of the two UK forces led by a Commissioner as opposed to a Chief Constable. This is currently Dame Cressida Dick.

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The Met Police is one of the two UK forces led by a Commissioner as opposed to a Chief Constable. This is currently Dame Cressida Dick.
Sir Mark Rowley.
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* ''Series/BetweenTheLines'' is about the Metropolitan Police's InternalAffairs, at the time known as the Complaints Investigation Bureau (it's now the Directorate of Professional Standards).

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* ''Series/BetweenTheLines'' ''Series/BetweenTheLines1992'' is about the Metropolitan Police's InternalAffairs, at the time known as the Complaints Investigation Bureau (it's now the Directorate of Professional Standards).
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The force moved to a new HQ in 2016


The HQ of the Met is at New Scotland Yard, just opposite St. James' Park tube station. This is actually the second ''New'' Scotland Yard. (The name comes from the fact that the original HQ had a public entrance opening onto Great Scotland Yard, a street which got its name for housing the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Scotland in [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Tudor times]].) The force is divided into borough commands, each having a two letter code seen on officer's shoulder numbers.

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The HQ of the Met is at New Scotland Yard, just opposite St. James' Park tube station. on the Victoria Embankment close to the Houses of Parliament. This is actually the second third ''New'' Scotland Yard. (The name comes from the fact that the original HQ had a public entrance opening onto Great Scotland Yard, a street which got its name for housing the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Scotland in [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Tudor times]].) The force is divided into borough commands, each having a two letter code seen on officer's shoulder numbers.
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The Met Police is one of the two UK forces led by a Commissioner as opposed to a Chief Constable. This is currently Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.

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The Met Police is one of the two UK forces led by a Commissioner as opposed to a Chief Constable. This is currently Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.
Dame Cressida Dick.

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