City of London Police

The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, England, including the Middle and Inner Temples. As of 2014, it is also the national lead police force for fraud, having responsibility for the Report Fraud service operated by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.

The force is a separate organisation from the much larger Metropolitan Police, which is responsible for law enforcement within the remainder of the London region. As the historic core of London, the City has an administrative history distinct from that of the rest of the metropolis, of which its separate police force is one manifestation.

As of 2021, the force had a workforce of 1,355 including 861 full-time police officers and 494 support staff. The force is also supported by much smaller numbers of special constables, police community support officers, and designated officers. The headquarters is temporarily located at the Guildhall (which also housed it from 1832 to 1840) and there is an additional station at Bishopsgate, with former stations including Moor Lane (destroyed in the Blitz on 29 December 1940), Cloak Lane (closed 1965), and Wood Street (closed 2020).

The City of London Police is the smallest territorial police force in England and Wales, both in terms of geographic area and head-count. The current commissioner (equivalent to the chief constable in non-London forces), is Peter O'Doherty, who was appointed in a temporary capacity in October 2023, and is set to become permanent commissioner in 2024, subject to royal assent.