MODERN POLICING SYSTEM

Question 1

ENGLAND

Answer 1

a) BOWSTREET RUNNERS
- a group of men organized to arrest offenders
- organized by Henry Fielding, a magistrate in London, in 1749 in London, England
- the name was adopted from the name of the street where the office of Henry Fielding was located
- when Henry Fielding retired as magistrate, he was replaced by his blind brother, John Fielding

b) METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT OF 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
- the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service is the New Scotland Yard

SIR ROBERT PEEL - recognized as the father of modern policing system

Question 2

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Answer 2

a) NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT (NYPD)
- created in 1845 in New York, USA
-recognized as the first modern style police department in the US
- the largest police force in the world
- modeled after the Metropolitan Police Service of London

b) BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
- the oldest police department in the US
- formally founded in May, 1854

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.