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 (7,228 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 founder is recorded as Robert Peel^[7].
• Metropolitan Police followed Bow Street Runners^[8].
• Metropolitan Police's headquarters location is recorded as New Scotland Yard^[9].
• Metropolitan Police's Commons category is recorded as Metropolitan Police^[10].
• September 29, 1829 marks the founding of Metropolitan Police^[11].
• Metropolitan Police's official website is recorded as https://www.met.police.uk/^[12].
• Metropolitan Police's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metropolitan Police^[13].
• Metropolitan Police's director / manager is recorded as Mark Rowley^[14].
• Metropolitan Police's employees is recorded as {'unit': 'Q384593', 'amount': '+33128'}^[15].
• Metropolitan Police's employees is recorded as {'unit': 'Q738142', 'amount': '+9804'}^[16].
• Metropolitan Police's employees is recorded as {'unit': 'Q234497', 'amount': '+3017'}^[17].
• Metropolitan Police's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'the Met'}^[18].
• Metropolitan Police's position held by head of the organization is recorded as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis^[19].
• Metropolitan Police's operating area is recorded as Metropolitan Police District^[20].
• Metropolitan Police's URL is recorded as https://news.met.police.uk/^[21].
• Metropolitan Police's IPv4 routing prefix is recorded as 160.38.0.0/16^[22].
• Metropolitan Police's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1290755'}^[23].
• Metropolitan Police's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1284194'}^[24].
• Metropolitan Police's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1299783'}^[25].
• Metropolitan Police's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1329390'}^[26].

Body

Founding

Metropolitan Police's founder is recorded as Robert Peel^[7]. September 29, 1829 marks the founding of it^[11].

Identity

Metropolitan Police followed Bow Street Runners^[8]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'the Met'}^[18].

Leadership

Metropolitan Police's director / manager is recorded as Mark Rowley^[14].

Operations

Metropolitan Police's headquarters location is recorded as New Scotland Yard^[9].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Metropolitan Police include Scotland Yard^[27], a board game^[28].

Why It Matters

Metropolitan Police ranks in the top 2% of territorial_police_force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,228 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for it include Scotland Yard^[27], a board game^[28].