Branches of the Metropolitan Police Service
Introduction
The Metropolitan Police Service is made up of many different departments. Each department has a different focus, but they all work together towards the vision of making London the safest major city in the world. Find out more about some of these branches here.
- Air Support Unit
- Counter Terrorism Command - formerly the Anti-Terrorist Branch and Special Branch
- Art and Antiques Unit
- Charities Office
- Child Abuse Investigation Command
- Central Operations
- Directorate of Information
- Dog Support Unit
- Drugs Directorate
- Economic and Specialist Crime Command
- Firearms Enquiries Teams
- Specialist Firearms Command
- Forensic Services
- Homicide and Serious Crime Command
- Service Intelligence Bureau
- Mounted Branch
- Safer Neighbourhoods
- Serious and Organised Crime Command
- Specialist Operations
- Territorial Policing
- Trident and Trafalgar
- Traffic
- Transport
- Wildlife Crime
Relevant content in other sections of the site
- Fraud Alert
- Structure of the Met
- Specialist Crime Directorate
- Specialist Operations
- Central Operations
- Local Borough Police