SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs SPEA-J 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thief Takers, Private Police, London Metropolitan University
2 Sep 2016
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Policing is a shared effort- the police and citizens must work together. Myth- police are shooting people (especially minorities) left and right: truth- police shootings are down, community policing is more the norm, this brings up the issue of reality v. perception. Technology and media enable news to spread faster. Crime used to be a personal matter, each individual was responsible for responding to wrongdoing against them: citizens had to take care of themselves. Police comes from the latin word polita, meaning civil administrator: polis- greek word for city, the police represent the civil power of the government. 6th century bc in athens and in the 3rd century bc in rome: magistrates (judges) were appointed by citizens, citizens made the arrest. 5th century bc in rome- questors tracked murders. Around the time of christ, caesar augustus elected elite members of his military to form the. Praetorian guard: 1st formalized police department, protected emperor and family.
