Metropolitan police
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Metropolitan police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force. They provide all general police services and tend to be headed by a chief called a Commissioner or Sheriff. Examples of use of the term include:
- The large municipal police force of an Indian city, which is headed by a Commissioner and may be independent of the state police, such as Mumbai Police.
- The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
- The Dublin Metropolitan Police, now absorbed into the Garda Síochána.
- The Greater London Metropolitan Police Service, formerly (and still commonly) known as the Metropolitan Police or simply the Met.
- The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
- The Miami-Dade Police Department, formerly the Metro-Dade Police Department, is the county police force for Dade County, Florida, although its jurisdiction excludes the city of Miami itself.
- The New York City Police Department.
- The Los Angeles Police Department.
- The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
- The Toronto Police Service, formerly (and still commonly) known as Metropolitan Toronto Police or simply Metro.
