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- ↑ Basic Command Unit replaces the earlier terms Sub-Division and Division that had been in use since the 1880s.
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics. "Notifiable Offences Recorded by the Police 2001/2002". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ↑ BBC News. "Metropolitan Police merge boroughs 'to save £325m'". bbc.co.uk/news. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ↑ Metropolitan Police Service. "Freedom of Information Request: Metropolitan Police Boroughs and identifier codes". whatdotheyknow.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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