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Law and Order in the late Nineteenth Century.
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Law and Order in the late Nineteenth Century Part 1: The Victorian Police Force The creation of the British police The idea of a police force was invented in the nineteenth century. In 1800 there were two police forces in Britain. One was the Bow Street Runners, which had been set up in 1749, the other was the Thames River police force, which was just two years old. But the main turning point in policing came in 1829, when the Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel, set up the Metropolitan Police Force. Peel's creation still exists today and he has left his mark on it. Since 1829, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force has always been responsible to the Home Secretary, unlike all other police forces in Britain. Peel also gave the police their first nicknames. They became known as 'peelers' or 'bobbies' after their founder. Before 1829, the streets of many British towns...
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