Soviet anthropologist Michael Gerasimov opens the tomb of Timurid Empire founder Timur and allegedly finds the inscription ...

With only a truncheon and a rattle for protection, the first Metropolitan Police constables took to London's streets 175 years ago on Tuesday 29 September 1829. Named after Home Secretary Robert Peel, ...

The Birth of the Met Police: 1829. ... The Met's first officers, numbering just over 1,000, were tasked with patrolling the streets on foot, identifiable by their top hats and blue-tail coats.

The Metropolitan Police was created in 1829, and was the first professional police force in the UK. As London grew, the area policed by the Met expanded, as did the workforce.

Webley Metropolitan Police revolvers were manufactured from 1883 to 1911 and issued ... This famed law-enforcement organization was founded in 1829 by Home ... first versions had smooth ...