Metropolitan police

Metropolitan police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force. They provide all general police services and tend to be headed by a chief called a Commissioner. Examples of use of the term include:

Related Topics:
Municipal police - Metropolitan - Commissioner

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• The Greater London Metropolitan Police Service, formerly (and still commonly) known simply as the Metropolitan Police.
• The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
• The large municipal police force of an Indian city, which is headed by a Commissioner and may be independent of the state police, such as Mumbai Police.
• The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
• The Seoul Metropolitan Police Department.
• The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
• The New York City Police Department.
• The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
• The Miami-Dade Police Department, formerly the Metro-Dade Police Department, is the county police force for Dade County, Florida, although its jurisdiction excludes the city of Miami itself.
• The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
• The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department.
• The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department.
• The JasCo Metropolitan Police Department.
• The Dublin Metropolitan Police, now absorbed into the Garda Síochána.
• The Everest Metropolitan Police Department.