Scotland Yard is more commonly known these days as the Metropolitan Police, or the Met, who per the name handle policing in the London metropolitan area, but they do also handle national tasks like counterterrorism and protection of the royals. They’re the closest thing to the FBI in the UK right now.
This is the bit that makes no sense to me. Wouldn’t a UK version of an FBI just be… the police?
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Scotland Yard is more commonly known these days as the Metropolitan Police, or the Met, who per the name handle policing in the London metropolitan area, but they do also handle national tasks like counterterrorism and protection of the royals. They’re the closest thing to the FBI in the UK right now.
Scotland Yard is a colloquialism. It’s always been the Metropolitan Police.
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Most of Greater London. The City of London has its own police.
Why do the anglos always have exceptions for exceptions? The sheriff of this, the city of that, the tiny island that isn’t part of the country.
History and a preference for not reopening awkward compromises until they become really really annoying. Except one.
The jurisdictions generally correspond to counties, though some counties pool their resources and share a single police authority between them.