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The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is often considered to be the highest police rank within the United Kingdom, [17] although in reality every chief constable and the two commissioners are supreme over their own forces and are not answerable to any other officer. [18] [citation needed]
The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service. Sir Mark Rowley was appointed to the post on 8 July 2022 [3] after Dame Cressida Dick announced her resignation in February 2022. [4] [5] The rank of Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is regarded as the highest in British policing.
The following details the ranks of the military police, which are also used by the National Public Security Force. The ranks are valid for the state military police agencies (such as the Military Police of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro) and are listed, respectively, from higher to lower ranks: [29] Officers
At higher ranks, structures are distinct within London where the Metropolitan Police Service and the City of London Police have a series of commander and commissioner ranks as their top ranks whereas other UK police forces have assistants, deputies and a chief constable as their top ranks.
The force, by officer numbers, ranks as the largest police force within the United Kingdom and among the largest globally. [15] Excluding its national roles, the Met oversees the eighth-smallest primary geographic area (police area) compared to other territorial police forces in the UK.
This category is for ranks, stipulated by law, and held by attested police constables in the United Kingdom. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The Police Act 1996 is the most recent piece of legislation, which outlines the areas of responsibility for the 43 territorial forces of England and Wales (found in Schedule 1 of the Act). Constable is the lowest rank in the police service, but all officers, whatever their rank, are "constables" in terms of legal powers and jurisdiction. Police ...
Chief Constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces, the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police, and Civil Nuclear Constabulary.