The Metropolitan Police Office (MPO) was the department of the British Home Office which administered the Metropolitan Police of London, the only British territorial police force to be administered by central government. It existed from the creation of the force in 1829 until the introduction of the Metropolitan Police Authority in 2000 and handled all the force's administrative requirements. Under the authority of the receiver, it was based at Scotland Yard and headed by a secretary, who was, although a civilian, equivalent in rank to the assistant commissioners.^[1]

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