police orginization
Candy Burtle CJA/214 Memo Espinoza Police History Paper 09/30/2013
In 1828 Sir Robert Peel began the establishment, which was later known as the London Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan police were the first modern police agency. Officers were employees of the state and not just citizens assisting in apprehending criminals. They were required to wear uniforms and badges with their identification information on them. These practice are still used today in American Policing. The first police officers in American did not wear uniforms at first just a badge and a distinguishing cap. The basis of Sir Robert Peel’s Principle of Policing (1829) were the model for many forces around the world, including the American Policing (Heath Grant/ University of Phoenix, 2012). The big difference between Sir Robert Peel’s system and America’s system would be that America’s police are not exclusively controlled by the government, American voters have a say in how they are run and who is running them through elections.
During the early years of colonization of the United States, America’s law enforcement was developed using the English practices and was an informal system. With this informal system people within a community protected one another. This system was made up of several positions such as justice of the peace, constables, sheriff, and night watch. American policing has evolved throughout time but in the beginning and still to this day it is Sir Robert Peel’s principle of policing in which we model. (Heath Grant/ University of Phoenix, 2012). According to "From The 'Lectric Law Library's Stacks Community Policing: Learning The Lessons Of History" (2012), these principles consist of the use of crime rates to conclude the efficiency of the police, having police headquarters that are publicly accessible, located centrally and the significance of
In 1828 Sir Robert Peel began the establishment, which was later known as the London Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan police were the first modern police agency. Officers were employees of the state and not just citizens assisting in apprehending criminals. They were required to wear uniforms and badges with their identification information on them. These practice are still used today in American Policing. The first police officers in American did not wear uniforms at first just a badge and a distinguishing cap. The basis of Sir Robert Peel’s Principle of Policing (1829) were the model for many forces around the world, including the American Policing (Heath Grant/ University of Phoenix, 2012). The big difference between Sir Robert Peel’s system and America’s system would be that America’s police are not exclusively controlled by the government, American voters have a say in how they are run and who is running them through elections.
During the early years of colonization of the United States, America’s law enforcement was developed using the English practices and was an informal system. With this informal system people within a community protected one another. This system was made up of several positions such as justice of the peace, constables, sheriff, and night watch. American policing has evolved throughout time but in the beginning and still to this day it is Sir Robert Peel’s principle of policing in which we model. (Heath Grant/ University of Phoenix, 2012). According to "From The 'Lectric Law Library's Stacks Community Policing: Learning The Lessons Of History" (2012), these principles consist of the use of crime rates to conclude the efficiency of the police, having police headquarters that are publicly accessible, located centrally and the significance of