https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64293158

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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)