Specialist Crime & Operations

Specialist Crime & Operations (SC&O) is one of the main branches of the London Metropolitan Police Service. It was created by the merger of Specialist Crime Directorate and Central Operations^[1]

It provides highly visible specialist policing services across the whole of London. Assistant Commissioner Patricia Gallan^[2] is currently the head of the directorate. The Directorate is the lead national police agency with regard to specialist crime investigations such as e-crime, sex crimes (paedophile unit) or kidnappings, hostage taking and contract killings.

It encompasses several departments:^[3]

The Pan London Taskforce
- Air Support Unit
- Marine Policing Unit
- Dog Support Unit
- Mounted Branch
- Taser Training
- Territorial Support Group
The Traffic and Traffic Criminal Justice Unit
The Homicide and Serious Crime Command
The Crime Academy & Review Group
The Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Unit
The Overseas Visitors Records Office
Forensic Operations
- Forensic Services
- Fingerprint Services
Gangs and Organised Crime
- Specialist, Organised & Economic Crime Command
- Trident Gang Crime Command
- Specialist Crime Reduction
Specialist Firearms Command
Met Intelligence

External links

References

↑ "Central Operations". Retrieved 2 June 2012.
↑ http://content.met.police.uk/Site/managementboard. Retrieved 7 October 2015
↑ 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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