Exceptions
Not all parts of Greater London, although within the boundaries of the MPD, are policed by the Metropolitan Police. The Greater London Authority Act 1999 defines the Metropolitan Police District as consisting of "Greater London, excluding the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple." The City of London has its own police force, the City of London Police, which also covers the Inner and Middle Temples. As constables of both forces are empowered throughout England and Wales, mutual assistance is a routine matter. The City of London has some policing jurisdiction with parks constabularies within their lands at Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest (constables are attested under the Greater London Parks & Open Spaces Act 1967 and the Epping Forest Act 1878 respectively not under the Police Acts as members of the City of London Police); this is a particular exception of one authority having resident jurisdiction within the general territory of another.
The London Underground and the lines and stations of the national railway network within the MPD are primarily policed by the British Transport Police but are not excluded from the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police.
The Royal Parks of London used to be policed by the Royal Parks Constabulary (RPC) whose powers derived from the Parks Regulation Act 1872. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 abolished the RPC in England and Wales and provided for the transfer of personnel within Greater London into the Metropolitan Police, leaving the Royal Parks within the general jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police.
Other specialist police forces empowered by legislation other than the Police Acts applicable to territorial police forces in England and Wales have responsibility for policing specific places within Greater London. These include police employed by local authorities (responsible for their buildings and parks), the Royal Military Police and Ministry of Defence Police. As with the BTP, their jurisdiction is not in general to the exclusion of the Metropolitan Police but can in some cases involve powers specific to the places which they patrol which cease to have effect when they leave those places (but not in all cases preventing them from assisting the Metropolitan Police as persons with police powers).
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