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The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service. Sir Mark Rowley was appointed to the post on 8 July 2022 [3] after Dame Cressida Dick announced her resignation in February 2022. [4] [5] The rank of Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is regarded as the highest in British policing.
Sir John Lovegrove Waldron KCVO (5 November 1909 – 24 August 1975) was a British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Berkshire Constabulary from 1954 to 1958 and Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1968 to 1972.
Metropolitan Police officers worked with the British Transport Police and neighbouring forces to arrest and convict John Duffy and David Mulcahy, for 18 rapes of women and young girls at or near railway stations in London and South East England and murdering three of their victims between 1982 and 1986. [65]
Police officer; head of the Metropolitan Police Service (2000–2005) John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington , KStJ , QPM , DL , FRSA (born 21 October 1942) is a former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of the Metropolitan Police Service ), having served from 2000 until 2005.
The force has announced an additional 650 officers will be put in place across the capital.
The outgoing Metropolitan Police commissioner has warned against the “politicisation of policing”, saying this is “a threat not just to policing but to trust in the whole criminal justice ...
Mounted MPS officer outside Buckingham Palace, London. The Metropolitan Police of Greater London, England is organised into five main directorates, each headed by an Assistant Commissioner, and four civilian-staffed support departments previously under the umbrella of Met Headquarters, each headed by a Chief Officer, the equivalent civilian grade to Assistant Commissioner.
Met Police vetting is a background check on new applicants and current officers - which can include checks on criminal records, finances, and close associates - to identify unsuitable individuals.