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1
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When was Robert Peel appointed as Home Secretary?

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1822

2
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What year was the Metropolitan Police Act and what did it do?

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1829- Set up the Metropolitan Police force in central London. It operated within a 7 mile radius from the centre of the city

3
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How many commissioners of police were appointed to set up the new police force?

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2

4
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How many men were recruited, paid and trained to be policemen for the Metropolitan Police Act?

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3,000

5
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What weapons, if any, did the Metropolitan Police carry?

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A truncheon

6
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What was the uniform of the Metropolitan Police?

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Black hats, blue tail coats and white trousers

7
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What date was the Metropolitan Police Act extended and what did it do?

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1839- Extended the area operated in from a 7 mile radius to a 15 mile radius. It also got rid of other forms of policing in London such as the BSR, watchmen and the river police

8
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Why did the middle class quickly change their attitude towards the Metropolitan Police?

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They realised they were there to protect them

9
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Who did it take the longest to accept that the Met Police were a good thing?

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The working class

10
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What were the arguments in favour of a police force?

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  • Crime rate was rising
  • Previous methods eg JP’s were ineffective
  • The BSR proved that it could be successful
  • There were many riots in the early 1800’s that were dealt with by the army, who used violence. A trained police force could effectively handle riots
11
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Who set up the Metropolitan Police?

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Sir Robert Peel

12
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What were the arguments against a police force?

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  • People thought the police would pry into their business
  • It would be very expensive. People were reluctant to pay more tax
  • People thought a full time police force would threaten freedom. They thought the government would use it to force people to do as they wanted. This happened in Europe
  • In many parts of the country crime rate was much lower than in the main industrial cities. People in these areas thought that a police force was not needed
13
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What date was the Municipal Corporations Act and what did it do?

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1835- Gave towns outside of London to set up their own police force

14
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What date was the County Police Act and what did it do?

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1839- Gave each county the power to set up a police force

15
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Why did few towns and counties set up a police force?

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It was expensive and so meant that people had to be taxed

16
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What date was the County and Borough Police Act and what did it do?

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1856- Made it compulsory for all towns and counties to set up a full time, paid police force.

17
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How did the Home Secretary make sure that the County and Borough Act was obeyed?

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The Home Secretary appointed Inspectors of the Constabulary to make sure it was obeyed. When a town or county set up a police force that was deemed satisfactory by the Inspectors, the government paid some of the costs of the police force

18
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What did the Met Police set up in 1842?

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A plain clothed detective department

19
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What did the Met police set up in 1878?

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The CID (Criminal Investigation Department)

20
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By 1883, how many men were a part of CID?

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800

21
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What was set up by the Met Police in 1884?

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The Special Investigation Branch

22
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When was the telegraph first used by Scotland Yard?

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1867

23
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What two types of specialisation occurred in the late 19th Century?

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Fingerprinting and photography