AMST 3822 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Metropolitan Police Service, Frankpledge
27 Mar 2019
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American policing has been heavily influenced by the english system throughout the course of history. In early stages of development citizens were responsible for law enforcement in their communities. Referred to a s kin police in which people responsible for watching out for their relatives or kin. The responsibility of enforcing laws shifted from individual citizen volunteers to groups of men living within the community. Semi structured system in which groups of men were responsible for enforcing the law. Men living within a community would form groups of 10 called tythings. Sir robert peel- home secretary of england. London metropolitan police were the first modern police department. Slave patrols in the south first emerged in south carolina in early 1700s but historical documents also identify existence in most other parts of south. First publicly funded police agency in the american south.
