Metropolitan Police Service

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Type	POLICE DEPARTMENT
Metropolitan Police Service
Also known as	MPS
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 Grand Theft Auto: London 1961
Locations	London Manchester
Business & Operation
Vehicles	#Vehicles
Weapons	#Weapons

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Copper #1:

“You're nicked!”

Copper #2:

“Stop right there! Oi!”

Copper #3:

“Right son, you're nicked!”

— The Metropolitan Police when attempting to arrest the player.

The Metropolitan Police Service (informally known as The Met) is the police force responsible for law enforcement in London and Manchester in 1961 and 1969. The Met Police appear in the games Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Grand Theft Auto: London 1961, both expansion packs to the original Grand Theft Auto.

They are also referred to as the Special Branch, the "Old Bill", and the Boys in Blue by the characters, and misspelled as Metropolitain Police on the police station signs.

Description

The Metropolitan Police Service is based on the real-life Metropolitan Police. Three police stations appear in the games, based in Soho, Angel, and Southwark. Their officers wear a traditional "English bobby" uniform, consisting of a black/dark grey uniform and a custodian helmet with a badge, as seen when the protagonist gets a Wanted Level. Unlike the American police counterparts in the first game, they will appear less frequently, even at the maximum wanted level, and they also do not make use of roadblocks at all.

Radio Channel

The London police radio channel can be listened to when one has a wanted level, or on entering a police vehicle. In the soundtrack credits to the game, the police radio channel is entitled "Book 'em". It contains era-specific humorous and satirical dialogue by the police. This includes the London police:

• Using the channel to order chocolate and snacks and ignoring reports of an officer down and a stolen police car;
• Overusing very lengthy code-words to ridiculous and confusing extent;
• Attempting to avert an embarrassing and potentially scandalous situation involving a politician and a brothel;
• An APB on armed and dangerous grandmother with a shopping trolley;
• An epic chasing of a dog which turns out to be a cat;
• One policeman saying enthusiastically and in a raised voice "We got the bastard!"

They also mention on the police radio that they are from "Sun Hill CID", a reference to the long-running British police drama The Bill.

Equipment

Vehicles

The MPS uses vehicles known as Coppers. Like their real-life counterparts, the Coppers in both GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1961 are civilian cars converted for police use. The Copper in GTA London 1969 is a modified version of the S-Cart, while the Copper in GTA London 1961 is based on the Jug MkII, reflecting common choices of car models by the real British police at the time.

An MPS Copper in Grand Theft Auto: London 1969.

An MPS Copper in Grand Theft Auto: London 1961.

Weapons

Pistol.

Machine Gun.

Police Stations

London

Mile End Police Station

Soho Police Station

Southwark Police Station

Manchester

Manchester City Centre Police Station

Northeast Manchester Police Station

Northwest Manchester Police Station