18th & 19th Century Britain - Law Enforcement

Question 1

from what year did the Bow Street Runners patrol the streets?

Answer 1

1754

Question 2

When was the Metropolitan Police Act?

Answer 2

1829

Question 3

When was The Police Act

Answer 3

1856

Question 4

What was The Police Act?

Answer 4

made professional police forces compulsory across the whole country

Question 5

Who was responsible for the creation of The Metropolitan Police Force?

Answer 5

Robert Peel

Question 6

who were the met under control of?

Answer 6

The Home Secretary

Question 7

who did the Met deploy?

Answer 7

constables on the beat

Question 8

what did constables on the beat do?

Answer 8

patrol streets to deter crime, breaking up fights & arresting suspects

Question 9

attitudes towards police?

Answer 9

-Trafalgar Square riot 1887 contributed to the feeling held by many working-class people that the police were ‘against’ them
-> & only worked for middle + upper classes

-economic depressing & poverty contributed to hatred of police

Question 10

What did Commissioner Sir Charles Warren do?

Answer 10

-appointed 1886
-banned planned unemployment protest in Trafalgar Square
-when protesters ignored the ban, he deployed thousands of police + army
-many injured + 1 protestor died

-when Jack the Ripper struck in 1888, Warren ordered increase in patrols
-> failure to catch murderer cost him his job