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Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area. They provide all general police services and tend to be headed by a chief called a Commissioner. Examples of use of the term include:
- The Greater London Metropolitan Police Service
- The Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department
- The large municipal police force of an Indian city headed by a Commissioner and may be independent of the state police, such as Mumbai Police
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
- Seoul Metropolitan Police Department
- New York City Police Department
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