The Birth of the Met Police: 1829. The story of the Met Police begins on September 29, 1829, when then-Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act.

The 1829 Metropolitan Police Act established the Metropolitan Police in central London. They covered an area with a radius of seven miles from the centre of London.

Webley Metropolitan Police revolvers were manufactured from 1883 to 1911 and issued at the discretion of ... This famed law-enforcement organization was founded in 1829 by Home Secretary ...

Minardi told the board his "guiding principal" was a quote by Sir Robert Peel, who founded what is considered the first modern police force, the London Metropolitan Police in 1829: "The police are ...

Even before the founding of the Metropolitan Police by Sir Robert Peel in 1829, constables had the power under the Vagrancy Act 1824 to search anyone suspected of being “disorderly” or “a ...

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wrote to health and social care services in Greater London to inform them of the plan last week, the Guardian first reported. ... In 1829, Sir ...