Metropolitan Police

Summary

Metropolitan Police is a territorial police force^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of territorial_police_force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,664 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Metropolitan Police is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Metropolitan Police's instance of is recorded as territorial police force^[4].
• Metropolitan Police's instance of is recorded as organization^[5].
• Metropolitan Police's instance of is recorded as municipal police^[6].
• Metropolitan Police's flag image is recorded as Metropolitan Police Ensign.svg^[7].
• Metropolitan Police's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of the Metropolitan Police Service.svg^[8].
• Metropolitan Police's founder is recorded as Robert Peel^[9].
• Metropolitan Police's logo image is recorded as Badge of the Metropolitan Police Service (Charles III).svg^[10].
• Metropolitan Police's follows is recorded as Bow Street Runners^[11].
• Metropolitan Police's headquarters location is recorded as New Scotland Yard^[12].
• Metropolitan Police's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107077375^[13].
• Metropolitan Police's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153917795^[14].
• Metropolitan Police's locator map image is recorded as England Police Forces (Metropolitan).svg^[15].
• Metropolitan Police's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79072961^[16].
• Metropolitan Police's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no98000001^[17].
• Metropolitan Police's Commons category is recorded as Metropolitan Police^[18].
• +1829-09-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Metropolitan Police^[19].
• Metropolitan Police's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bb7n^[20].
• Metropolitan Police's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2011425737^[21].
• Metropolitan Police's official website is recorded as https://www.met.police.uk/^[22].
• Metropolitan Police's SELIBR ID is recorded as 315998^[23].
• Metropolitan Police's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metropolitan Police^[24].
• Metropolitan Police's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 1694150455715^[25].
• Metropolitan Police's director / manager is recorded as Mark Rowley^[26].
• Metropolitan Police's employees is recorded as {'unit': 'Q384593', 'amount': '+33128'}^[27].

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Founding

Metropolitan Police's founder is recorded as Robert Peel^[9]. +1829-09-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[19].

Identity

Metropolitan Police's follows is recorded as Bow Street Runners^[11]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'the Met'}^[28].

Leadership

Metropolitan Police's director / manager is recorded as Mark Rowley^[26].

Operations

Metropolitan Police's headquarters location is recorded as New Scotland Yard^[12].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Metropolitan Police include Scotland Yard^[29], a board game^[30].

Why It Matters

Metropolitan Police ranks in the top 2% of territorial_police_force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,664 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Scotland Yard^[29], a board game^[30].