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Also Known As Metropolitan Police Service • London Metropolitan Police • New Scotland Yard • Metropolitan Police Force
Date 1829 - present
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New Scotland Yard, Victoria Street, London. Opened in 1967, it is far removed architecturally from its 19th-century predecessor in the Whitehall district.
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