PPAS 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Metropolitan Police Service, London Metropolitan University, Community Policing

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 2420
• Professor: kirk atkinson

Document Summary

)n his article the (cid:498)birth of the police in canada. (cid:499) alan greer wrote, (cid:498)robert. To prevent crime and disorder as an alternative to their repression by military force and severity of legal repression: 2. To recognize always that the power of the police to fulfill their functions and duties is dependent on public approval of their existence, actions and behaviour, and on their ability to secure and maintain public respect; To recognize always that to secure and maintain the respect and approval of the public means also the securing of the public in the task of securing the observance of the law: 4. Constable system of regulating crimes: the mission of the newly formed metropolitan police was to prevent crime. The success of the mission was measured by the reduction of prosecution of criminals in the quarter sessions at the old bailey: the peel police force had hard time legitimizing itself in britain.