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Metropolitan Police Service

About policing

Typically, a police force is responsible for:

Enforcing the law
Protecting people and property
Keeping the peace
Preventing and investigating crime

The Metropolitan Police Force (MPS or Met) does NOT say anything along these lines on its website. However it says its principles are:

communities-first
frontline-focused
inclusive
collaborative
precise

while its values are:

integrity
courage
accountability
respect
empathy

Why raise this

We raise this because being stopped, searched, questioned, arrested and/ or charged by MPS is what a police force does while its principles and values go to how it aims to be seen and regarded when doing its job. They go hand in hand and knowing both these things goes to what we can reasonably expect from the Met and the level of confidence and trust we have in its service.

Do not forget

Two of its key functions are to:

Enforce the law
Prevent and investigate crime

So, for example, should a police officer see baggies, bottles or paraphernalia when responding to a 999 call, it’s their job to uphold the law, not ignore potential evidence, crimes or a crime scene. The police is a service. It can be ‘friendly’ but they are not a friend.

More

Law enforcement in the United Kingdom | Wikipedia
Police UK (England and Northern Ireland)
Scotland UK
Republic of Ireland

UK police forces and crime commissioners

List of police forces of the United Kingdom | Wikipedia
UK Police and Crime Commissioners | Police UK

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