Policing the nation. Flashcards
How were police forces organised?
-Many different forces.
-Many counties had their own.
-Watch committees ran the force.
-Metropolitan police force was the exception-reported directly to home secretary.
How many men were in the met by 1885?
13,319.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
-The detective department was added to the MET in 1842.
-Tiny and ineffective-confusion. Didn’t know if they were to detect or prevent crime.
-218 in 1878.
-Aimed to detect crime-although standard didn’t improve.
Commissioner Charles Warren.
-Strikes and demonstrations against government policy.
-Met police commissioner in 1886.
-the idea was that police were the government in uniform.
-Called in the army to control protesters- Bloody Sunday.
-Warren was criticised by all sides.
