Metropolitan Police
Company size
45,000+ employees
Industry
Security
About Us
With more than 43,000 officers and staff, the Met Police is the UK's largest police service and has 25% of the total police budget for England and Wales. As such, it requires considered structure and division of disciplines and skills; with the aim of maintaining a finely tuned, cohesive organisation.
The structure of the Met - Here’s how our personnel are divided up within the various departments of the Met:
33,326 Police officers
9,813 Police staff
1,168 Police community support officers
1,852 Special officers
(as of 28 February 2022)
The Met comprises four business groups:
Frontline Policing
Specialist Operations
Met Operations
Professionalism
These are supported by a single Met HQ that provides strategic services covering People and Change, Commercial and Finance, Legal, Media and Communications, Strategy and Governance and Digital Policing.
Shared Support Services then provide transactional and support services including finance and reporting, hire to retire, career transition/awards, procurement, referencing and vetting.
What it’s like to work for us?
Now More Than Ever - Become A Police Officer.
Met Police Officers play a vital role in keeping London safe.
The way to join the Met as a Police Officer has now changed.
You can now earn a competitive starting salary of circa £30k per annum and working towards a fully funded qualification.
You will be making a difference to the lives of Londoners, as well as representing the City that live in.
With a mixture of university sessions alongside operational on the job training, it's a perfect method for honing and practicing your new found skills - from the classroom to the streets of London.
Once you've completed your training and probation there are so many different roles and promotional opportunities to choose from.
Whether you wish to be a Sergeant and lead a team, or work with Dogs or Mounted Branch - even Firearms, Antiques and the Wildlife department's need Officers to fight crime that happens within their specialised fields.
There is a job in the Met to suit everyone - you get to decide the moment you apply to be an Officer within this organisation just where your career will go.
Everything that you do will be to support not only the people that live in London, but assist other forces and agencies to bring to justice criminals and organised networks.
We are the most recognisable police force in the world, with a history and a brand that is instantly known to all. If this is something that appeals to you, drop by and find out more.
This could be the job for you!
The type of jobs we recruit for?
Police Constable - Police Constable Apprenticeship (Degree)
Detective Constable - Degree Holder Pathway (Masters)
Benefits
Flexible schedule
Free or subsidised travel
Wellness programmes
Company pension
Employee discount
Sick pay
Bike to work scheme
Other
