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The Royal Commission on the Police listed eight main functions of the contemporary police force: to maintain law and order and to protect persons and their property, to prevent crime, to detect criminals, to decide whether to prosecute, to perform road traffic duties, to be friend the public.
About a quarter of the police strength of the country is in the Metropolitan Police of London which is responsible for the area of 788 square miles (excluding the city of London).
 The Home Secretary in England and Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland are concerned with the organization of the police service.
The decision to commence criminal proceedings in England and Wales is, in most cases, made entirely by the police. In practice the police bring about 97% of all criminal cases to court.
Opinion polls show that the majority of the public sympathize with the police.