https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64293158
https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/structure/
“With more than 43,000 officers and staff, the Met is the UK’s largest police service and has 25% of the total police budget for England and Wales. As such, it requires considered structure and division of disciplines and skills; with the aim of maintaining a finely tuned, cohesive organisation.”
The structure of the Met
Here’s how our personnel are divided up within the various departments of the Met:
- 34,244 Police officers
- 10,084 Police staff
- 1,176 Police community support officers
- 1,683 Special officers
(as of 31 December 2022)
