Criminal Investigation Department (Metropolitan Police)

The Criminal Investigation Department is the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police. Originally formed as that force's Detective Branch with eight plainclothes detectives in 1842, thirteen years after the force itself was established in 1829.[1] Detective units were established in the City of London Police and in other major cities and towns from the mid-nineteenth century onwards.[1] [2]

Following the Trial of the Detectives, it was re-formed under its new name on 8 April 1878 by C. E. Howard Vincent as a re-formation of its Detective Branch.[3][1] Originally, Vincent's CID was under the direct command of the Home Secretary, but since 1888 it has reported to the Commissioner of Police.

References
  1. Shpayer-Makov, Haia (2012). The Ascent of the Detective: Police Sleuths in Victorian and Edwardian England. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199577408.
  2. "Our history". Nottinghamshire Police. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. "History of the Metropolitan Police – CID – Criminal Investigations Department –". Metropolitan Police. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
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