Politicization of Policing: To Be or Not to Be

Policing in the 21 Century has no comparison to that of say the early 20th Century. Like the World, policing has changed a lot, and the emphasis is no longer on fighting crime, and ensuring law and order, but rather providing social services. There is plainly a swing away from those policing principals concerned with the combat of crime.

Policing Principles Taking the Knee

By Andrew Field - Follow on Twitter Sir Robert Peel is often known as the father of policing.  Over the years since 1829, when Royal assent was given to the Metropolitan Police Act, the nine Principles of Police were established, which have come to be known as the Peelian Principles.  This doctrine became almost universally …