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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. Examples of use of the term include:
- The Greater London Metropolitan Police Service, formerly (and still commonly) known simply as the Metropolitan Police.
- The Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.
- 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 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.
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