Thread:Edkaufman/@comment-3008558-20140506161618/@comment-3008558-20140506173744

Well, the problem is, how do you define "London"? The Metropolitan Police Service covers the entirety of Greater London, where every regional division has its own CID. The Yard is the overall headquarters of the Met, but that basically means it's the administrative centre. An actual centralised HQ wouldn't work in an area the size of Greater London. it's rather misleading, I feel. Yes, forty years ago people would refer to Scotland Yard as being synonymous with the Met, but not now.