Series
Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series)
Catalogue reference: MEPO 26
What's it about?
MEPO 26
The records in this series consist of registered files relating to criminal investigations by the Metropolitan Police. The files consist primarily of papers relating to individual cases. Those selected for preservation show the development of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1954-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series consist of registered files relating to criminal investigations by the Metropolitan Police. The files consist primarily of papers relating to individual cases. Those selected for preservation show the development of policing techniques and procedures, changes in policy and other issues relating to the investigation of crime by the Metropolitan Police Service. Notable major cases are also preserved.
Some pieces contain photographs and plans.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
All registered files bearing a letter specific prefix from 1969 onwards are now grouped together and accessioned into separate MEPO series for each prefix. Files registered prior to this change may be found in MEPO 2 and MEPO 3
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Metropolitan Police Force, 1829-1829
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 487 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Metropolitan Police Office
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- This series has been raised to accommodate records with the prefix letters CR created from 1969 onwards, following the merger of the offices of the Commissioner and the Receiver which came into operation on 1 April 1968. Much of the revised numbering system remained the same as that in use since 1940, with the exception that all files now had the addition of a two letter prefix which indicated the broad subject matter covered (eg LB = land and buildings, TR = transport).
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- The records in this series consist of registered files relating to criminal investigations by the Metropolitan Police from 1954 onwards.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10833/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MEPO
Records of the Metropolitan Police Office
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Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series)