metropolitan police

基本解釋

“THE police are the public and the public are the police, ” said Sir Robert Peel, founder of London’s Metropolitan Police, almost two centuries ago.
倫敦警察廳創(chuàng)始人羅伯特?皮爾爵士在近兩個世紀(jì)前這樣說過：“警察即民眾，民眾即警察”。
British tradition dictates the Metropolitan police commissioner, in common with chief constables elsewhere in the country, has "operational independence".
英國的傳統(tǒng)規(guī)定，大城市的警察局長和其他地方的郡警察局長一樣“獨立運作”。
The Metropolitan police later revealed it had considered switching off social networks during the disorder in London, but had decided not to on legal advice.
大都會警方之后透露，警方已考慮在倫敦混亂期間斷開社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)，但最終在法律建議下決定不這樣做。