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 (for certain national policing functions) ⓘ
linked to: England and Wales

Greater London ⓘ
Metropolitan Police District ⓘ
appointedBy Home Secretary ⓘ
Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
basedIn City of Westminster ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Metropolitan Police Act 1829 ⓘ
differentFrom Commissioner of the City of London Police ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver 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 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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England
officeHolderOf Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
officeType chief constable rank equivalent ⓘ
oversightBy Home Affairs Select Committee ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom (through legislation) ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
precededByOffice Justices of the Peace for the Metropolis ⓘ
rank Commissioner ⓘ
reportsTo Home Secretary ⓘ
Mayor of London ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Metropolitan Police Authority (historical) ⓘ
workLocation New Scotland Yard ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metropolitan Police Act 1829 → establishedOffice → Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis ⓘ
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis → precededByOffice → Justices of the Peace for the Metropolis ⓘ
linked to: Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis
Chief Inspector Heat → conflictWith → The Assistant Commissioner ⓘ
linked to: Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis