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Social units → local officers → Metropolitan Police
1. What were the Peelian principles?
2. Which description best defines colonial American vigilantes?
3. What change accompanied the rise of professional American police forces?
Which social units handled early English policing without formal police?
Borh, frankpledge, tithing, and hundred handled early policing.
Who were involved in early English policing besides social units?
Parish constables, shire reeves, sheriffs, watchmen, and thief takers were involved.
Which act established London’s Metropolitan Police Force in 1829?
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 established it.
What did the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 replace?
It replaced constables and night watchmen.
What are Peelian principles?
They are the philosophy of an ethical police force.
Where were Peelian principles expressed?
In the “New Police Instructions.”
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