It was an Act of Parliament introduced by Sir Robert Peel to start a policing service in London. The first policemen were nicknamed Peelers or Bobbies after Sir Robert.
Metropolitan Police Service was created in 1829.
Scotland Yard
The founder of the Metropolitan Police was Sir Robert Peel so his policemen were nicknamed Peelers or Bobbies.
Police constables, nowadays more often police officers. Cops. Police Officers. Police. Policemen. Policewomen. Authorities. Etc. =]
1885
Dublin Metropolitan Police was created in 1836.
Metropolitan Police Authority was created in 2000.
Metropolitan Police Authority ended in 2012.
The first real modern police (paid for by government, proactive and not just reactive) was in Glascow in 1800. It was refined greatly in London by Sir Peale the Home Secretary in 1829 with the passage of the Metropolitan Police Act
The Metropolitan Police in its present form was established in 1829.
The metropolitan police has approximately 48,000 employees, 36,000 of which are serving police officers of various ranks
The budget of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is 222,000,000 dollars.
The nickname apparently is a result of the act of Parliament establishing the Metropolitan Police Force being introduced by the Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel.
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia was created in 1861.
always taking on police is The Metropolitan Police
The motto of Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia is 'Justitia Omnibus'.
Metropolitan Police Service was created in 1829.