Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis

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The Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis are the senior officials who lead and oversee the Metropolitan Police Service in Greater London.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf police chief role
public office
appliesToJurisdiction England and Wales
surface form: England and Wales (for certain national policing functions)

Greater London
Metropolitan Police District
appointedBy Home Secretary
British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
basedIn City of Westminster
country United Kingdom
createdBy Metropolitan Police Act 1829
differentFrom Commissioner of the City of London Police
hasAuthorityOver Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
surface form: Metropolitan Police senior officers
hasDuties accountability to the public for policing in London
ensuring effective and efficient policing
implementing national security and counter‑terrorism strategies
hasHistoricalSignificance first modern professional police chief role in London
hasJurisdictionOver Metropolitan Police Service
surface form: Metropolitan Police officers

policing in Greater London (excluding City of London)
hasResponsibilityFor counter‑terrorism policing leadership in the United Kingdom
operational leadership of the Metropolitan Police Service
public safety in the Metropolitan Police District
strategic direction of policing in Greater London
hasScope policing of most of Greater London except the City of London
headOf Metropolitan Police Service
hierarchicalLevel highest‑ranking police officer in the United Kingdom (by role)
inception 1829
isPositionIn British policing system
legalForm statutory office
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London, England
surface form: London
officeHolderOf Metropolitan Police Service
officeType chief constable rank equivalent
oversightBy Home Affairs Committee
surface form: Home Affairs Select Committee

British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom (through legislation)
partOf Metropolitan Police Service
precededByOffice Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Justices of the Peace for the Metropolis
rank Commissioner
reportsTo Home Secretary
Mayor of London
Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
surface form: Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
seat New Scotland Yard
subordinateTo law and regulations of the United Kingdom
usedBy Home Office
Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
surface form: Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

Metropolitan Police Authority
surface form: Metropolitan Police Authority (historical)
workLocation New Scotland Yard

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Metropolitan Police Act 1829 establishedOffice Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis
Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis precededByOffice Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
this entity surface form: Justices of the Peace for the Metropolis