Toronto Police Service in 1834 when the city of Toronto was first created from the town of York. (Prior to that, local able-bodied male citizens were required to report for night duty as special constables for a fixed number of nights a year on the pain of fine or imprisonment in a system known as "watch and ward". The Toronto Police is one of the English-speaking world's oldest modern municipal police departments; older than, for example, the New York City Police Department which was formed in 1845 or the Boston Police Department which was established in 1839. The London Metropolitan Police of 1829
Metropolitan Black Police Association change the membership criteria and the Met BPA has received full support from the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM, The Right Honorable Theresa May Member of Parliament for Maidenhead and The Right Honorable Boris Johnson Member of Parliament for Uxbridge & South Ruislip and Lord Mayor of London. Metropolitan Black Police Association The Metropolitan Black Police Association is a staff association in the United Kingdom which represents officers and staff in the Metropolitan Police who are black or Asian. The Met BPA was not subsumed into the National Black Police Association and has continued to exist