... changes to today's police services. The role of the police service has changed immensely since its conception by Sir Robert Peel in 1829. The new system of police was the first of its kind within the world. It had been established in London, to formalise the policing to the laws governing in society. The previous Anglo-Saxon system of watches, and parish constables had failed due immense social and economic changes and the consequent movement of the population to the towns. It was at this time government passed the first Metropolitan Police Act and the Metropolitan Police Force was established. Sir Richard Mayne, the first commissioner of the Police Metropolis wrote of the role of the newly formed of the Metropolitan Police during his first year in post. "The primary object of an efficient police is the prevention of crime: the next that of detection and punishment of offenders if ...

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