What did the Metropolitan Police Act establish?

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The main idea here is that the Metropolitan Police Act created a civilian, publicly funded police force for London. It established the Metropolitan Police Service as a standing, professional body of officers who were salaried by taxpayers and answerable to public authority, not the king and not the military. This marked the shift from relying on unpaid watchmen or parish constables to a centralized, civilian police force. The other options don’t fit because it wasn’t a military unit, not a federal agency, and not funded by the king; it was funded by public funds to serve the community.