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The English police: A political and social history (2014). Lyman, J.L. "The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829: An Analysis of Certain Events Influencing the Passage and Character of the Metropolitan Police Act in England," Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science (1964) 55#1 pp. 141–154 online; Taylor, James.
Chief police officers of territorial police forces [34] (and the British Transport Police [35]) can also give limited powers [36] to people not employed by the police authority, under Community Safety Accreditation Schemes. A notable example are officers of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, who have been given powers to stop vehicles. [37]
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 misconduct in the United Kingdom (6 C, 12 P) Police operations in the United Kingdom (3 C, 26 P) Pages in category "History of law enforcement in the United Kingdom"
Before 2000, the Metropolitan Police was under the authority of the Home Secretary, the only British territorial police force to be administered by central government. The Metropolitan Police Office (MPO), although based at Scotland Yard, was a department of the Home Office created in 1829 and was responsible for the force's day-to-day ...
The CID of the Royal Malaysian Police is involved with the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of crimes that affect people (e.g. murder, robbery with firearms, rape and injury) and property crime (e.g. theft and house-breaking). Modeled on the British police, this department enforces laws regarding gambling, "sin" and the Triad in Malaysia.
Newcastle & North Shields Railway Police (1839 – ) North British Railway Police (1840–1844) Northern & Eastern Counties Railway Police (1840–1844) North Eastern Railway Police (1854–1923) North Staffordshire Railway Police (1845–1923) Pembroke and Tenby Railway Police (1859–1897) Stockton & Darlington Railway Police (1846–1876)
The Metropolitan Police Service is responsible for law enforcement within Greater London, excluding the square mile of the City of London, which is covered by the City of London Police, and also excluding the London Underground and National Rail networks, which are the responsibility of the British Transport Police.