What is Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis?
{{Infobox official post |post = Commissioner of Police<br/>of the Metropolis |insignia = Met Commissioner Eppaulette.svg| |insigniasize = 100px |insigniacaption = Symbol |image = File:Have Your Say (5201822338) (cropped).jpg |incumbent = [[Mark Rowley|Sir Mark Rowley]] |incumbentsince = 12 September 2022 |appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] |appointer_qualified = on thoughts of the [[Home Secretary of the United Kingdom|Home Secretary]] |reports_to = [[Home Secretary of the United Kingdom|Home Secretary]] |termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure|Chosen by the monarch]] |formation = 1829 | deputy = [[Lynne Owens]] |website = {{url|https://www.met.police.uk/}} |footnotes = }} The '''Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis''' is the leader of [[London]]'s [[Metropolitan Police Service]]. [[Mark Rowley|Sir Mark Rowley]] has been appointed to the position in 2022. The Commissioner is known as the highest-ranking [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|police officer in the United Kingdom]], although their powers are generally over the Metropolitan Police Service's area run: the [[Metropolitan Police District]]. However, unlike other police forces the Metropolitan Police has certain things they must do nationally such as leading counter-terrorism policing and the protection of the Royal Family and high members of Her Majesty's Government. The person who holds the job also reports to the Home Secretary and the public nationally amongst many others (the [[Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime]], the [[Mayor of London]], Londoners), different to smaller police forces who are only reportable to residents and their local [[Police and Crime Commissioner]] or [[Police Authority|police government]].<ref>[http://www.mpa.gov.uk/about/careers/commissioner/ Metropolitan Police Authority - the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814133514/http://www.mpa.gov.uk/about/careers/commissioner/ |date=14 August 2011 }}</r