Metropolitan Police

Metropolitan Police
Abbreviation	MPS
Motto	Total Policing
Predecessor	• Bow Street Runners • Marine Police Force
Headquarters	New Scotland Yard
Type	police
Staff	48,661
Interest of	Laurie Flynn, Kit Malthouse
Subpage	•Metropolitan Police/Anti-Terrorist Branch

"War on Terror"

Full article: “War on Terror”

The Metropolitan Police Service's Counter Terrorism Command published a statement following the release of video which apparently shows a British-accented ISIS jihadi decapitating kidnapped journalist James Foley in 2014. It read: "We would like to remind the public that viewing, downloading or disseminating extremist material within the UK may constitute an offence under Terrorism legislation." When challenged about this, a spokesman clarified that "Viewing the video could be taken into consideration if any other information comes to light", but on its own would not be prosecuted.

See also

• UK/Police/Corruption

 

Events carried out

Event	Location	Description
2008 Counter-Terrorism advertising campaign		A UK government program to ramp up fear of "terrorism" that was banned after public complaints.
Operation Crevice	London UK	A raid launched in the UK on the so-called "fertiliser bomb plotters".

 

An Office Holder on Wikispooks

Name	From	To
Allan Dorans	1972	1987

 

Employees on Wikispooks

Employee	Job	Appointed	End	Description
Neil Basu	Assistant Commissioner (Specialist Operations)	2018	2021	Said there should be a discussion about whether it is "the correct thing for society to allow" people to spread online "misinformation that could cost people’s lives".
Cressida Dick	Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	10 April 2017	10 April 2022
Cressida Dick	Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	July 2011	January 2015
Cressida Dick	Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	8 November 2011	23 January 2012	Acting
Stephen House	Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	1 December 2018	10 April 2022
Stephen House	Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations	1 January 2018	1 December 2018
Stephen House	Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	10 April 2022	12 September 2022	Acting
Tom Lloyd		1974	2005
Craig Mackey	Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	23 January 2012	December 2018
Lynne Owens	Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	12 September 2022	March 2023
Lynne Owens	Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	December 2010	February 2012
Mark Rowley	Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	January 2015	March 2018
Mark Rowley	Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	12 September 2022
Mark Rowley	Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	2011	2014
David Veness	Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	1994	2005	Sat on the Mishcon Note written by Diana Spencer about her presentiment of a fatal car crash.
Richard Walton	Counter-Extremism Commissioner	May 2011	20 January 2016	Resigned

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:The Salisbury Poisoning One Year On - An Open Letter to the Metropolitan Police	open letter		Rob Slane
Document:Why the secret handshake between police and Freemasons should worry us	Article	2 January 2018	Duncan Campbell	Successive Met Commissioners have tried to end the society’s influence. It is as clear as ever that membership of both bodies is incompatible with public service.

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