LESSON 1

• VIGILES OF ROME, or VIGILES URBANI


  Watchmen of the city which had the primary task of firefighting and policing. The Vigiles acted as night watch, apprehending thieves, keeping an eye out for burglars and hunting down runaway slaves, and were on occasion used to maintain order in the streets. It dealt primarily with petty crimes and looked for disturbances of the peace while they patrolled the streets
• PRAETORIAN GUARDS


  A special force of guards used by Roman Emperors as the Emperors' personal guards
• Shogun


  Ruler of 17th Century feudal Japan, military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868, military samurai warrior who served as town magistrate, judge and chief of police
• Yoriki and Doshin


  Sword carrying samurai
• MEDJAYS


  A form of police force whose duties include guarding of the tombs and apprehending thieves, Introduced the use of dogs as guards and protectors
• FRANKPLEDGE SYSTEM/MUTUAL PLEDGE SYSTEM


  Required all males aged 12 and above to join a group of nine to form a TYTHING
• THYTHINGMEN


  Members of the TYTHINGS
• CONSTABLE


  Served as a leader of ten TYTHINGS
• SHIRE


  A group of TYTHINGS, headed by a SHIRE REEVE (the origin of the word "sheriff")
• PARISH CONSTABLES


  A parish official charged with controlling crimes and appointed to serve for one year
• "HUE AND CRY"


  A call to arms where the rest of the parish would stop what they were doing and come to the aid of the constable
• BOWSTREET RUNNERS


  A group of men organized to arrest offenders, Organized by Henry Fielding
• HENRY FIELDING


  A magistrate in London, in 1749 in London, England
• JOHN FIELDING


  Henry Fielding's blind brother, who replaced him as magistrate
• METROPOLITAN POLICE OF ACT 1829


  The law that created the first modern police force in London England, called the Metropolitan Police Service. This law was passed through the initiative of Sir Robert Peel, a member of the Parliament.
• KIN POLICING


  The earliest system of law enforcement, where members of a clan or tribe are banded together to enforce the rules of the group of rogue members
• NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT


  Created in 1845 in New York, USA. Recognized as the first modern style police department in the United States. It is the largest police force in the world and modeled after the Metropolitan Police Service of London.
• BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT


  The oldest police department in the United States. The first night watch was established in Boston in 1631
• AUGUST VOLLMER


  Recognized as the Father of Modern Law Enforcement for his contributions in the development of the field of criminal justice in the US. Author of the book, Police Administration, which served as the basic guide in the administration of the police organization in the US. He was the first police chief of Berkeley, California
• Barangay chieftains


  During the Spanish period in the Philippines, they would select able-bodied young men to protect their barangay during the night and were not required to work in the fields during daytime
• Carabineros de Seguridad Publica


  Organized in 1712 in the Philippines during the Spanish period for the purpose of carrying the regulations of the Department of State
• Guardrilleros/Cuardillo


  A body of rural police organized in each town and established by the Royal Decree of 18 January 1836 in the Philippines during the Spanish period, where 5% of the able-bodied male inhabitants of each province were to be enlisted in this police organization for three years
• Guardia Civil


  Created by a Royal Decree issued by the Crown on 12 February 1852 in the Philippines during the Spanish period to partially relieve the Spanish Peninsular troops of their work in policing towns, consisting of a body of Filipino policemen organized originally in each of the provincial capitals of the central provinces of Luzon under the Alcalde Mayor
• INSULAR POLICE FORCE


  Later known as PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, established by the Americans after the collapse of the Philippine Revolutionary government, which became the institution of preserving the peace, enforcing the law, and maintaining order
• NAPOLCOM


  created by RA 4864 (the Police Act of 1966) as a supervisory agency to oversee the training and professionalization of the local police forces under the Office of the President
• INTEGRATED NATIONAL POLICE (INP)


  Established by PD 765 (the Integration Act of 1975), composed of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) as the nucleus and the integrated local police forces as components, under the Ministry of National Defense
• PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP)


  Established by RA 6975 (the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990), which reorganized the DILG and established the PNP, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Philippine Public Safety College
• BRIG GEN RAFAEL CRAME


  The first Filipino chief of the Philippine Constabulary in 1917
• COL ANTONIO TORRES


  The first Filipino chief of police of the Manila Police Department in 1935
• COL LAMBERTO JAVALERA


  The first chief of police of the Manila Police Department after the Philippine Independence from the United States of America in 1946
• P/DIR GEN CESAR NAZARENO


  The first chief of the Philippine National Police
• The Roman Empire was divided into provinces, which were governed by governors appointed by the emperor.
• Roman citizens had certain privileges such as voting, holding public office, serving on juries, and owning property.
• In Rome, there is no written constitution or bill of rights that protect individual liberties.
• United States Philippine Commission


  American established this headed by General Howard Taft as its first governor-general
• Metropolitan Police Force of Manila was organized pursuant to Act No 70 of the Taft Commission

  January 9, 1901
• Metropolitan Police Force of Manila


  This has become the basis for the celebration of the anniversary of Manila's Finest every January 9th
• ACT NO 175 - entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of an Insular Constabulary" enacted


  July 18, 1901
• CAPT HENRY ALLEN


  The first chief of the Philippine Constabulary in 1901
• ACT NO 183 - created the Manila Police Department


  July 31, 1901