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The London Marine Police Force is widely regarded [3] as being the first modern police force in the world, in the sense that they were not government controlled and were responsible for the prevention of crime. In its first year of operation 2,000 offenders were found guilty of theft from the docks.
The City of London was not included within the remit of the Metropolitan Police. The Mayor and Corporation of the City of London refused to be part of a London-wide force because the City of London had certain liberties dating back to Magna Carta. [15] The London City Police was formed in 1832, later renamed in 1839 to the City of London Police ...
44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced by Sir Robert Peel, which established the Metropolitan Police. This was to be responsible for policing the newly created Metropolitan Police District , which consisted of the City of Westminster and parts of Middlesex , Surrey , and Kent , within seven miles of Charing Cross ...
Within London, they are also responsible for the policing of the London Underground, London Trams, the London Cable Car and the Docklands Light Railway. [ 25 ] The English part of the Royal Parks Constabulary , which patrolled a number of Greater London's major parks, was merged with the Metropolitan Police in 2004, and those parks are now ...
The First English Detectives. The Bow Street Runners and the Policing of London, 1750–1840. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-969516-4. Cox, David J. (2010). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Entry on: Ruthven, George Thomas Joseph (1792/3–1844). Oxford University Press. OCLC 25847300. Fielding, Henry (1751).
The first modern police force, commonly said to be the London Metropolitan Police, established in 1829, promoted the preventive role of police as a deterrent to urban crime and disorder. [1] Law enforcement, however, has only ever constituted a small portion of policing activity. [2]
The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 [1] (2 & 3 Vict. c. 47) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act enlarged the district of, and gave greatly increased powers to the Metropolitan Police established by the Metropolitan Police Act 1829. It is one of the Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1895. [2]
The City of London Police is the smallest territorial police force in England and Wales, both in terms of geographic area and head-count. [5] The current commissioner (equivalent to the chief constable in non-London forces), is Peter O'Doherty, who was appointed in a temporary capacity in October 2023, and is set to become permanent ...