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The Metropolitan Police Service (abbreviated to MPS and widely known informally as "the Met") is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police. The Met also has significant national responsibilities, such as co-ordinating and leading on counter-terrorism matters and protection of the British Royal Family and senior figures of Her Majesty's Government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MPA — Metropolitan Police dedicated to protecting the UK from terrorism )〕 As of October 2011, the Met employed 48,661 full-time personnel. This included 31,478 sworn police officers, 13,350 non-police staff, and 3,831 non-sworn police community support officers. This number excludes the 5,479 Special Constables, who work part-time (a minimum of 16 hours a month) and who have the same powers and uniform as their regular colleagues.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Police officer, staff and PCSO numbers | MPA )〕 This makes the Metropolitan Police the largest police force in the United Kingdom by a significant margin, and one of the biggest in the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Metropolitan Police Authority )〕 The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commonly known simply as the Commissioner, is the overall operational leader of the force, responsible and accountable to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. The post of Commissioner was first held jointly by Sir Charles Rowan and Sir Richard Mayne. The post is currently occupied by Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. The Commissioner's subordinate, the Deputy Commissioner, is currently Craig Mackey. A number of informal names and abbreviations exists for the Metropolitan Police Service, the most common being ''the Met''. In colloquial London (or Cockney slang), it is sometimes referred to as the ''Old Bill''. The Met is also referred to by the metonym Scotland Yard after the location of its original headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall.〔Douglas Browne (1956) ''The Rise of Scotland Yard: A History of the Metropolitan Police''〕 The Met's current headquarters is New Scotland Yard, in Victoria. ==History== (詳細はRobert Peel, who were affectionately, known as "bobbies", under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829, and at that time, merged with the River Thames Marine Police Force, which had been formed in 1798. In 1837, it also incorporated with the Bow Street Horse Patrol that had been organised in 1805.〔() 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metropolitan Police Service」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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