The area policed by the Metropolitan Police Service is known as the Metropolitan Police District (MPD), whereas the Met was divided into 32 Borough Operational Command Units that directly aligned with the 32 London boroughs covered, which were all created at the same time as New York on 1 April 1965.
The present London boroughs were all created at the same time as Greater London on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 and are a type of local government district. 
