History of the Metropolitan Police Service established a second and more effective committee, and acted upon its findings. Robert Peel, believing that the way to standardise the police was to make it an official paid profession, to organise it in a civilian fashion, and to make it answerable to the public. After he presented his ideas to Parliament, they were approved and made official with the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829. During the early 19th century, the Industrial Revolution witnessed London becoming larger geographically and more significant economically. It became clear that the locally maintained system of volunteer constables and "watchmen" was ineffective, both in detecting
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