Change in law enforcement

• The IRA (Irish Republican Army) were a group who carried out bomb attacks in the 1960s and 1998 over whether Northern Ireland should leave the united kingdom
• Each police force had a special branch to tackle threats to national security and terrorism.
• What the special branch helped to do:

  • Worked with MIS (a security service) to stop terrorism
  • Informed local police of threats and tried to intercept possible terrorist attacks
• The neighborhood watch was a group of volunteers to keep an eye on eachother
• Dog units were introduced to the united kingdom to sniff out explosives, drugs and missing people
• Dog units:

  • First ones were Labradors in South London
  • Most police forces had dog units by the 1950s
  • Came with police to patrol the local beat
• The fraud squad was a police department which investigated fraud and other economic crimes
• The fraud squad:

  • Set up in 1946
  • Police officers with knowledge of finance and business
• Specialized drug units:

  • 1971, misuse of drugs act
  • Illegal to use various substances
  • Drug crime tackles by monitoring known drug users and disrupting criminal activity
  • All police forces have squads to deal with drug dealers
• In the start of the 1900s, the training of police was poor however recruits are now trained through the college of policing
• Forensics were scientific tests used to link criminals to crimes. This includes fingerprints, blood stains, and DNA.
• More transport have been introduced to police in modern day to chase criminals, such as cars, helicopters and boats
• In the early 1900s, morse code was used by police forces and also two way radios