Met Police to have served London for 195 years

On Sunday September 29, the Metropolitan police would have been serving for 195 years.

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00:00The Metropolitan Police will be 195 years old on Sunday the 29th of September. 195 years

00:08ago on the 29th of September, the Met Police had their first officers out on the beat.

00:15As the force was founded by the Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel, the officers got their nickname

00:21as Bobbies or Peelers at the time, which is still used today. Peel organised the police

00:27force along civilian rather than military lines to try and reassure the public that

00:32he wasn't introducing an armed dictatorship. The officers therefore had blue uniforms rather

00:39than wearing the same colour as the army who wore red during those days. Met Police officers

00:45were armed only with truncheons and rattles, they wore top hats and with the exception

00:51of Sergeant, the police ranks did not correspond with those in the armed forces. For more on

00:57this head to Londonworld.com