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The city of London has it's own police force called the Meltropolitan Police (the Met). This is a different organisation to the normal English police. I think
by parallel 15y ago
The city of London has it's own police force called the Meltropolitan Police (the Met). This is a different organisation to the normal English police. I think the Met carry guns but the normal police don't.
Rome has a similar thing with the Carabinieri, I understand these guys are part of the military.
- upthedale 15y agoThe Met is responsible for Greater London (where all the riots seem to be so far). The City of London Police is responsible for the Square Mile (the actual City) in the centre. The City of London police don't especially carry firearms. That said, you may see more of the specially armed police in the City, simply because of a high terrorist threat
- waitwhat 15y agoThe Met is just another regional police force, similar to (and on a level with) the Hampshire or Sussex police. It is only really special because of the size and importance of its area of operations.
- parallel 15y agook, thanks for the clarification. I was confusing the The Met with the City of London Police.