The Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) better known as Scotland Yard, The Met or The Old Bill (in cockney rhyming slang) is the main law-enforcement agency in The United Kingdom of Group Chats.
== History ==
=== Previous law-enforcement in London ===
Local law enforcement was previously elected by local justices of the peace, who would choose new constables on an annual basis.
They had a great deal of unorganization, and often went unpaid. They also had little power, and in many cases, the army had to be called in in-order to control the population or to initiate searches. They also used rather primitive methods of investigation, which would later be created and used by Sherlock Holmes in his own investigations.
=== Founding ===
Sir Robert Peel founded the Metropolitan Police Service in-response to calls to have a properly organized law enforcement agency, and to tackle increasing cases of incompetence, corruption, and rising crime rates in many areas across the UKGC. It served as replacement to the previous law-enforcement agencies, and had greater powers of searching, seizure and arrest.
=== Currently ===
The Metropolitan Police Service is currently ran by Sir Henry Clithering, its current commissioner, and is still based in its original headquarters at Great Scotland Yard.
== Controversies ==
=== False Arrests and Hiring Criminals ===
The Metropolitan Police have been looked at controversially, having made a large number of false arrests in the past. There have also been allegations of the service hiring criminals straight from Newgate Gaol in-order for the police to better learn different scams, code names and nicknames, or information.
=== Police Violence Scandals ===
It has also been the centre of a number of police violence scandals, which have resulted in the subsequent dismissal and trial of numerous officers.
=== Work with Sherlock Holmes ===
The Metropolitan Police is often viewed both positively and negatively in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John H. Watson and Sherlock Holmes himself. There have also been concerns over the fact that Sherlock Holmes, a self-employed "consulting detective" and Dr. Watson have been able to solve mysteries more accurately than the police, and that they have been employed to solve mysteries in the stead of police by many inspectors and detectives previously.
== Notable people ==
* Sir Henry Clithering [Commissioner]
* Justin Lawson [Chief Superintendent]
* Tobias Gregson [Detective Inspector]
* Greg Lestrade [Detective Inspector]
* Athelney Jones [Detective Inspector]
* Stanley Hopkins [Inspector]
* Ercule Hastings [Inspector]
* Courtney Sithe [Coroner]
* Maria Goulloyne [Coroner and Forensic Scientist]
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