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Roads policing officers to record ethnicity data for vehicle stops
News • Jan 18, 2021 06:00 GMT
The pilot, which was announced as part of the Mayor’s Action Plan, will help to review vehicle stops to better understand proportionality relating to ethnicity.
Direct entry detective scheme
News • Jan 15, 2021 07:30 GMT
Over half of all new Met detectives are women, the latest figures show
The Met urges Londoners to stick to the rules in order to save lives
News • Jan 15, 2021 07:00 GMT
As the weekend approaches, the Met is appealing for Londoners to continue following Coronavirus regulations
Man jailed for drugs and firearms offences
News • Jan 14, 2021 18:25 GMT
The combined total of cocaine seized had an estimated street value of £1m
Update re policing operation in London on New Year’s Eve
News • Jan 01, 2021 11:19 GMT
Police attended calls to 58 unlicensed music events and parties in breach of Tier 4 rules across London overnight.
Calls to the Met's Contact Centre in 2020
News • Dec 30, 2020 06:00 GMT
Homicide, burglary, and requests for chicken nuggets – MetCC shares details on prank calls received in 2020
The Met’s first virtual Christmas Tree Appeal is best year ever!
News • Dec 24, 2020 07:00 GMT
More than £155,500 was donated and a total of 21,998 presents purchased for children
This Christmas I’ll be looking at terrorist material – and so might your children
Blog posts • Dec 21, 2020 00:01 GMT
A sergeant from the national Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit, talks about his work
Statement: Fresh restrictions for London
News • Dec 19, 2020 20:00 GMT
At this critical moment for the city, officers across London will pay particular attention to those groups who have wilfully ignored the rules
Man convicted of attempted arson close to embassy
News • Dec 17, 2020 06:30 GMT
A man who placed a bottle of flammable liquid in the exhaust pipe of an Iranian diplomatic vehicle has been found guilty
12 days of Christmas crime - London, can you help us arrest these wanted offenders?
News • Dec 14, 2020 08:00 GMT
Officers are appealing for help to trace 12 wanted people
Met announces policing plan as national Covid restrictions are eased
News • Dec 02, 2020 00:01 GMT
Throughout London, officers from the Met will continue to respond to reported breaches of the new Tier 2 regulations, taking enforcement action where necessary.
Met launches Winter Nights campaign
News • Nov 30, 2020 07:00 GMT
The campaign will involve units across the Met to crack down on violence and robbery at Christmas.
Statement ahead of proposed protest in central London
News • Nov 27, 2020 11:00 GMT
The Met is urgently reminding those looking to attend that protest is not currently a permitted exemption
Married couple convicted of trafficking women
News • Nov 27, 2020 06:00 GMT
A married couple have been convicted after trafficking women in and around the UK
Officers and staff recognised at the annual Met Excellence Awards
News • Nov 23, 2020 15:00 GMT
The team which investigated the Salisbury Novichock poisonings and a detective who secured a challenging conviction in a challenging stranger rape case are among those recognised at the ninth Met Excellence Awards.
Hundreds of weapons seized in operation targeting violent crime
News • Nov 19, 2020 06:00 GMT
Operation Sceptre, the national intensification to tackle knife crime, saw officers from across the whole of the Metropolitan Police Service ramp up activity to tackle violence.
No Need to Speed this Road Safety Week
News • Nov 18, 2020 06:20 GMT
Road Safety Week is the UK's biggest road safety event, coordinated annually by Brake, the road safety charity
“Act early” to help relatives who are being radicalised during lockdown, senior officer urges
News • Nov 18, 2020 06:00 GMT
The new national Police Prevent Advice Line – 0800 011 3764 – is staffed around the clock and anyone can call it
Prolific bicycle thief jailed
News • Nov 17, 2020 06:00 GMT
The thief was arrested following a joint investigation between the Met and City of London Police.