Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Series
Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Police Organisation and Administration (OG...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 31
What's it about?
MEPO 31
This OG series consists of registered files relating to the organisation and administration of the Metropolitan Police. The records include matters relating to service policy and the employment of police officers, including policy relating to...
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 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Police Organisation and Administration (OG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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This OG series consists of registered files relating to the organisation and administration of the Metropolitan Police. The records include matters relating to service policy and the employment of police officers, including policy relating to recruitment, conditions of service, strengths and establishments, transfers, commendations, complaints and discipline.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By former file reference order within each accession
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- OG file series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 47 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 1997 Metropolitan Police Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1969
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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)
- The records selected for preservation do not usually include records relating to individual officers except in major discipline or commendation cases.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10838/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MEPO
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