"Bobbies" is used as a colloquial term for police officers around the UK, not just London where it originated.
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London's police force is known as The Metropolitan Police, sometimes shortened to 'The Met'. There are also another two police forces in London - the City of London Police and the Transport Police - each of which have different roles to fulfil.
Bobby are called only the police with the funny hat. Others are called police officers as anywhere in the world.