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 Greater London Metropolitan Police Service, formerly (and still commonly) known simply as the Metropolitan Police.
The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
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 Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Department.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The New York City Police Department.
The Metropolitan Nashville 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 St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department.
The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department.
The JasCo Metropolitan Police Department.
The Dublin Metropolitan Police, now absorbed into the Garda Síochána.
The Everest Metropolitan Police Department.

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