Royal Parks Constabulary power to instigate criminal proceedings for offences committed in the Royal Parks. The force did not originally police Hyde Park. Instead, because of the potential for trouble at Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park was policed by The Metropolitan Police from 1867 until 1993. At the beginning of 1993 the policing of Hyde Park was handed over to the Royal Parks Constabulary. On 1 April 2004, following a review of the Royal Parks Constabulary by Anthony Speed, the Royal Parks Operational Command Unit of the Metropolitan Police took on the responsibility of policing the Royal Parks in Greater London. The Serious Organised
Speakers' Corner speaker's corner. Consistent with the principles of the first amendment, ad hoc public speaking is generally legal in all public places in Washington DC, although organized demonstrations require police permits. Inspired by Speakers' Corner, Karl Dean, the Mayor of Nashville, designated a space for live music in the south-west corner of Centennial Park (Nashville), calling it Musicians Corner. A free concert series of the same name takes place in this space each year. Speakers' Corner A Speakers' Corner is an area where open-air public speaking, debate, and discussion are allowed. The original and most noted is in the northeast corner