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

• Official SC&O website
• Metropolitan Police Crime Academy
• Metropolitan Police Leadership Academy

References

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