History : All Police NOT INCLUDING JACK THE RIPPER

• What year was the Bow street runners made, and who by?

  1748 by Henry Fielding.- Then taken over by John Fielding

  He was impressed by Thief takers and though they should be in groups
• Why in 1785 was a big turn for the Bow S R? Why were they successful?

  Government Started paying them in 1785

  they were successful because they had

  • regular foot patrols
  • understood importance of sharing infomtion
• Why did some dislike having the Bowstreet Runners?

  Scared it would be too expensive

  Too much like having military/army on the road
• what did the 1856 police act do to improve standards?


  All police force would be inspected

  All areas must have police - making the first national police

  Government now owns the police
• How did telegraph communication improve policing?

  Meant people could contact others easily

  share information easily and quickly
• what did the neighbour hood watch(1982) by Maggie Thatcher encourage?

  Local Vigilance

  active citizenship

  voluntary shit
• Improvements to the police force

  Special branch 1883

  The fraud squad 1883

  Dog handling 1946

  National crime/drug units 1971
• Improvements to police from 1900-2000

  photography, fingerprinting ,bicycles, women recruited (1920), police cars, two way radios, police phone box,999 emergency number, firearm and tear gas, breathalysers, cctv monitoring, police computer national launched, speed cameras, fingerprint identification system, DNA databases, ANPR tech ectect
• What were the reactions to the metropolitan police act 1829?

  • General public disliked them- new experience
  • Uniformed men are scary
  • People felt like loosing civil rights
  • Look too much like military
  • Most were actually drunk 80% of all dismissals because of drunkenness
• How did attitudes to police change over time?

  • crime rates fell after police
  • police did not affect civil liberties of general public.