Describe Law And Order In London In The Late 19th Century

... Describe Law And Order In London In The Late 19th Century Sir Robert Peel, the acting Home Secretary in 1829, founded the Metropolitan Police Force. The Metropolitan Police Force was the 3rd police force established in Britain and still exists today. Sir Robert Peel set-up the Metropolitan Police Force to reduce the amount of criminal activity in London. The areas between Fleet Street and the Thames for example were notorious for crimes such as muggings and murders, so nobody dared go out in to the crooked lanes and filthy slums after sunset. The first police force in Britain was established at Bow Street, they were the "Bow Street Runners" and were set-up in the early eighteenth century (1749). The "Bow Street Runners" however, were not the only police force in Britain that existed before the Metropolitan; there was also the "Thames Valley Police" force that was set-up in 1798. They were

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