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Met Police to have served London for 195 years
National World - LocalTV
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24/09/2024
On Sunday September 29, the Metropolitan police would have been serving for 195 years.
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The Metropolitan Police will be 195 years old on Sunday the 29th of September. 195 years
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ago on the 29th of September, the Met Police had their first officers out on the beat.
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As the force was founded by the Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel, the officers got their nickname
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as Bobbies or Peelers at the time, which is still used today. Peel organised the police
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force along civilian rather than military lines to try and reassure the public that
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he wasn't introducing an armed dictatorship. The officers therefore had blue uniforms rather
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than wearing the same colour as the army who wore red during those days. Met Police officers
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were armed only with truncheons and rattles, they wore top hats and with the exception
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of Sergeant, the police ranks did not correspond with those in the armed forces. For more on
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this head to Londonworld.com
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