Met Operations
Specialist Crime & Operations (SC&O) is one of the main branches of the London Metropolitan Police Service. It was created by the merger of Specialist Crime Directorate and Central Operations[1]
It provides highly visible specialist policing services across the whole of London. Assistant Commissioner Patricia Gallan[2] is currently the head of the directorate. The Directorate is the lead national police agency with regard to specialist crime investigations such as e-crime, sex crimes (paedophile unit) or kidnappings, hostage taking and contract killings.
It encompasses several departments:[3]
- The Pan London Taskforce
- Air Support Unit
- Marine Policing Unit
- Dog Support Unit
- Mounted Branch
- Taser Training
- Territorial Support Group
- The Traffic and Traffic Criminal Justice Unit
- The Homicide and Serious Crime Command
- The Crime Academy & Review Group
- The Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Unit
- The Overseas Visitors Records Office
- Forensic Operations
- Forensic Services
- Fingerprint Services
- Gangs and Organised Crime
- Specialist, Organised & Economic Crime Command
- Trident Gang Crime Command
- Specialist Crime Reduction
- Specialist Firearms Command
- Met Intelligence
External links
References
- ^ "Central Operations". Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ http://content.met.police.uk/Site/managementboard. Retrieved 7 October 2015
- ^ http://www.met.police.uk/sco/