The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),formerly and still commonly referred to as the Metropolitan Police,is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime within the ceremonial county of Greater London. In addition,it is responsible for some specialised matters throughout the United Kingdom,including national counter-terrorism measures and the protection of specific people,such as the monarch and other members of the royal family,members of the government,and other officials.
Elizabeth Lydia Manningham-Buller,Baroness Manningham-Buller,is a retired British intelligence officer. She was Director General of MI5,the British internal Security Service,from October 2002 until her retirement in April 2007. She became a crossbench life peer in 2008.
The Specialist Firearms Command is the firearms unit of the Metropolitan Police. The Command is responsible for providing a firearms-response capability,assisting the rest of the service which is not routinely armed.
Ian Warwick Blair,Baron Blair of Boughton,is a British retired policeman who held the position of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2005 to 2008 and was the highest-ranking officer within the Metropolitan Police Service.
Operation Kratos was a set of tactics developed by London's Metropolitan Police Service for dealing with suspected suicide bombers,most notably firing shots to the head without warning. The tactics were developed shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks,based in part on consultation with Israeli and Sri Lankan law enforcement agencies on how to deal with suicide bombers. Little was revealed about these tactics until after the mistaken shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on 22 July 2005,in the wake of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The term is no longer used by the Metropolitan Police,although similar tactics remain in force.
The Specialist Operations directorate is a unit of the Metropolitan Police of London,UK responsible for providing specialist policing capabilities including national security and counter-terrorism operations. The Specialist Operations Directorate is currently led by Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes.
Dame Cressida Rose Dick is a retired British police officer who served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2017 to 2022. She is both the first female and first openly lesbian officer to lead London's Metropolitan Police Service.
The Terrorism Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received royal assent on 30 March 2006,after being introduced on 12 October 2005. The Act creates new offences related to terrorism,and amends existing ones. The Act was drafted in the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 London bombings,and some of its terms have proven to be highly controversial. The government considered the act a necessary response to an unparalleled terrorist threat;it has encountered opposition from those who feel that it is an undue imposition on civil liberties,and could increase the terrorism risk.
Sir Paul Robert Stephenson is a British retired police officer who was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2011.
Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) or SO15 is a Specialist Operations branch within London's Metropolitan Police Service. The Counter Terrorism Command was established as a result of the merging of the Anti-Terrorist Branch (SO13) and Special Branch (SO12) in October 2006,bringing together intelligence,operations,and investigative functions to form a single command. CTC has over 1,500 police officers and staff,and a number of investigators based overseas and also hosts the Counter Terrorism Policing headquarters.
Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised in tackling organised crime. A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin,he advised British intelligence and coined the term "mafia state".
Bernard Hogan-Howe,Baron Hogan-Howe,is an English former police officer and was the head of London's Metropolitan Police as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2011 until 2017.
The Terrorist Hunters is a controversial non-fiction book by former senior police officer Andy Hayman,co-written by Margaret Gilmore,about Hayman's role as head of the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Operations Division. The Attorney General for England and Wales,Baroness Scotland QC,sought,and initially won,a High Court injunction against the publication of the book. The book was reported to have sold 2,500 pre-order copies before the injunction was issued.
Andrew Christopher Hayman CBE QPM is a retired British police officer and author of The Terrorist Hunters. Hayman held the rank of Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary and Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations at London's Metropolitan Police,the highest-ranking officer responsible for counter-terrorism in the United Kingdom. Hayman was directly responsible for the investigation into the 7 July 2005 London bombings. He has also spoken for the Association of Chief Police Officers,first on drugs policy,and later on counter-terrorism.
Michael Benedict Emmerson CBE KC is a British barrister,specialising in public international law,human rights and humanitarian law,and international criminal law. From 2011 to 2017,he was the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism. Emmerson is currently an Appeals Chamber Judge of the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals sitting on the Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He has previously served as Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court,and Special Adviser to the Appeals Chamber of the ECCC.
Sir Mark Peter Rowley is a British senior police officer who has been the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 2022.
Dame Lynne Gillian Owens,is a senior law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom. She was made interim Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in September 2022 before being confirmed as that role's permanent holder in February 2023,the first-ever such female holder.
The Counter Terrorism Department (Urdu:سررشتہِتحقیقاتِجرائم،پاکستان;CTD) formerly known as the Crime Investigation Department (CID),are crime scene investigation,interrogation,anti-terrorism,and intelligence bureaus of the provincial police services of Pakistan.
Philip Michael Christopher Gormley,is a British former senior police officer. He is the current CEO for EACH based in Norfolk,England.
Stephen James Kavanagh is a British police officer and the United Kingdom candidate for the 2024 election of the Secretary-General of INTERPOL. He currently serves as the Executive Director for Police Services at the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL),the second-highest ranking official after the Secretary-General. Prior to his role at INTERPOL,Kavanagh served as Chief Constable of Essex Police. He has served in various UK police forces since 1985,and has received awards for his distinguished service and contribution to policing.
