The Metropolitan Police is an august British Institution. The first organised and duly constituted police force in the world, the Met has a sterling reputation in Britain, and around the world, for fairness and effectiveness, and its officers are the only police force in the world to do their duties unarmed as a matter of course (although there are, however, armed officers on standby to deal with events that require armed force). Ian Blair is the Chief commissioner for the Metropolitan Police and is the leader of an organisation that has been unfortunately caught out behaving in a way that belies its history and reputation, particularly its reputation amongst the people of London. ...read more