Specialist Crime Directorate (Metropolitan Police)

The Specialist Crime Directorate (SCD) was one of the main branches of the London Metropolitan Police Service. It dealt with highly visible specialist policing services across the whole of London and provided highly visible specialist policing services across the whole of London. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley previously led the directorate but it's now led by Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick. The Directorate led national police agency with regard to specialist crime investigations such as e-crime, sex crimes (paedophile unit) or kidnappings, hostage taking and contract killings.

The Specialist Crime Directorate has been merged with Central Operations to create Specialist Crime & Operations^[1]

It encompassed several departments:^[2]

Air Support Unit
Child Abuse Investigation Command
Covert Policing
Crime Academy
Dog support unit
Emergency Preparedness
Film Unit
Fingerprint Services
Forensic Services
Homicide and Serious Crime
Human Exploitation
Marine Policing
Met Intelligence Bureau
Mounted Branch
Overseas Visitors Registration
Rape & Serious Sexual Assault
Serious and Organised Crime
Specialist & Economic Crime
Territorial Support Group
Traffic Criminal Justice Unit
Traffic Operational Command
Trident Gang Crime Command

External links

References

↑ "Central Operations". Retrieved 2 June 2012.
↑ http://www.met.police.uk/sco/

Metropolitan Police Service

Specialist Crime & Operations	Air Support Unit Dog Support Unit Marine Policing Unit Mounted Branch Emergency Preparedness OCU Public Order OCU Specialist Firearms Command Traffic OCU Traffic Criminal Justice Unit Territorial Support Group Covert policing Economic and Specialist Crime Forensic Services Homicide and Serious Crime Command Human Exploitation and Organised Crime Command Operations Trident and Trafalgar Serious and Organised Crime Command (Flying Squad)

Specialist Operations	Counter Terrorism Command Protection Command Security Command Aviation Security Operational Command Unit Counter Terrorism Protective Security Command

Territorial Policing Directorate	Central Communications Command Royal Parks Operational Command Unit Safer Transport Command Borough Command Unit Safer Neighbourhood Team

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