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o Shire Reeves
o Constables
Day 4
English Roots continued
Henry Fielding 1700s
o Military was used for crime control
o Est. Bow Street Runners who apprehended criminals and
recovered stolen property
More effective than any other LE of its day
Paved the way for a more professional and efficient
response to crime and the apprehension of criminals
Sir Robert Peel 1829
o Worked with the English Parliament to mandate a publicly funded
police force under the London Metropolitan Police Act
o Created uniformed police force known as Bobbies or Peelers
o Peels 12 Principles of Policing
Police must be stable, efficient, and organized along
military lines
Police must be under government control
Absence of crime will best prove the efficiency of police
Distribution of crime news is essential
Deployment of police strength, by both time and area is
essential
No quality is more indispensable to a policeman than a
perfect command of temper; a quiet, determined manner
has more effect than a violent action
Good appearance commands respect
Securing and training of proper persons is the root of
efficiency
Public security demands that every police officer be given
a number
Police headquarters centrally located and accessible to the
people
Policemen should be hired on a probationary basis
O.W. Wilson
o The redirection of police from maintenance of order to one of
crime control altered the nature of policing in America more than
any of the other elements of the professional era
o A student of Vollmers, advocated that LE use motorized patrols,
radio communication, and rapid response to aid effective crime
fighting
o Suggested the use of one-man patrols as the best way to deploy
police personnel, and the importance of rotating beat
assignments in order to fight police corruption