The Specialist Crime Directorate (SCD) was one of the main branches of London's
Metropolitan Police Service. It provided highly visible specialist policing services across the whole of London.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley
Sir Mark Peter Rowley (born November 1964) is a British senior police officer who has been the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 2022.
He was the Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for Specialist Operati ...
had previously led the directorate but it was later led by
Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick
Dame Cressida Rose Dick (born 16 October 1960) is a British retired senior police officer who served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2017 to 2022. She is both the first female and first openly homosexual officer to lead the M ...
. 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 was merged with
Central Operations
Central Operations (abbreviated CO) was a major directorate of the London Metropolitan Police Service that provides operational support to the rest of the service. It was commanded by Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, formerly Chief Constable o ...
to create
Specialist Crime & Operations
Met Operations, also known as Met Ops, is one of the four business groups which forms the Metropolitan Police Service and is responsible for providing operational support services.. It was created during the 2018-19 restructuring of the service, a ...
, which was itself later split, with Operations now in
Met Operations
Met Operations, also known as Met Ops, is one of the four business groups which forms the Metropolitan Police Service and is responsible for providing operational support services.. It was created during the 2018-19 restructuring of the service, am ...
and Specialist Crime part of Frontline Policing Headquarters within
Frontline Policing.
It encompassed several departments:
* Air Support Unit
* Child Abuse Investigation Command
* Computer Crime and Cybercrime
* 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
Operation Trident, or simply Trident, is a Metropolitan Police Service unit, originally set up in 1998 for the Black community, as a community led initiative with the police to tackle gun crime and homicide disproportionately affecting Africa ...
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