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The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4.c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced by Sir Robert Peel, which established the Metropolitan Police.
Argentinean slang term for police officers derived from "rata" (rat). Also derived from vesre pronunciation of tira ("strap"), since older police uniforms featured a leather strap across the officer's chest. [58] See Tira. Also used in Chile as slang for a member of the PDI. Reggin Slang used for non-white police officers in Latvia. Rent-a-Cop
The policy under which police officers in England and Wales use firearms has resulted in controversy. Notorious examples include the Stephen Waldorf shooting in 1983, the deliberate fatal shootings of James Ashley in 1998, Harry Stanley in 1999, and Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005, and the accidental non-fatal shooting of Abdul Kahar in 2006.
Basic headgear for police officers is a peaked cap for men and a round bowler style hat for women. Caps and bowlers feature a hat band incorporating the Sillitoe tartan checkerboard design. This band is not worn in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, where female officers also wear a peaked cap of a different pattern.
It is well-known that police officers in the UK are called "bobbies", but "bobby on the beat" refers specifically to a policeman on patrol. A policeman walking the streets is a "bobby on the beat"; a policeman behind a desk is just a "bobby"; the Chief Constable of a police force is certainly not referred to as a "bobby on the beat".
Some early-19th-century references to "railway police" or "policemen" do not concern constables but instead describe the men responsible for the signalling and control of the movement of trains (it is still common colloquial practice within railway staff for their modern equivalents in signal boxes and signalling centres to be called "Bobbies ...
The new constables were nicknamed 'peelers' or 'bobbies' after the Home Secretary, Robert Peel. 1831: Special Constables Act 1831 passed. 1835: Municipal Corporations Act 1835 passed. The act required each borough in England and Wales to establish a Watch Committee, who had the duty of appointing constables "for the preserving of the peace ...
Until 1864, police officers also wore top hats, to complete the civilian look. [8] Along with this, police ranks did not include military titles, with the exception of Sergeant. [9] The original standard wage for a Constable was one guinea (£1.05) a week. Recruitment criteria required applicants to be under the age of 35, in good health, and ...