Robert Peel

According to Bohm & Hanley (2011, pg. 141), Robert Peel 's Principles of policing is twelve standards proposed as a guide for legislation resulting in the construction of the London metro police department. Further research also yields that Peel 's principles of policing are present in today 's criminal justice system (Bohm & Hanley, pg. 141). Peel’s first principle of policing must be stable, efficient and organized along military lines (Bohm & Hanley, 2011, pg. 141). For example, officers today are rank in accordance to their position from leaving the academy as a Cadet to advancing to a Sergeant, Captain or Chief of Police. The importance of this standard today is to display an efficient and effective chain of command and proper organizational…

They say to know where you are going you must know where you have been first. What this means is to understand who or what we are, we must look at what got us to that point? The same can be said about police work. We weren’t always as effective as we are today, and a lot of that must do with the Metropolitan Police Act by the father of police work Sir Robert Peel. In this paper, I will be looking at the origins and events that caused the Metropolitan Police Act to take place. The new process…

Sir Robert Peel was born in Burry, Lancashire on February, 5th 1788. His father was a wealthy cotton mill owner, therefore young Robert Peel was able to go to an Ivy League schools such as Harrow and Oxford. Having such an impressive education under his belt Robert Peel was able to enter Parliament as a Tory (which is a part of the British Political Party) at the tender age of twenty-one. Part of his responsibilities were appointments as under-secretary for war and colonies (1809) and…

In 1828, Sir Robert Peel was elected as Home Secretary of England so his first job was that he had to face with the increase of street crime in London. He created the "London Metropolitan Police Act" to promote public safety and decrease the street crime. Through the years, Robert Peel became a good example to those countries who created their own policing. One of them is American policing where in some ways are equal. Nowadays, I think that some of Robert Peel's visions still used in the…

The Robert Peel twelve principles of policing has been around for a while but still is utilized this present time. One of twelve is the police department prefer their cadets with a military background, because the military train you to be organized, work as a team and have a temperament of an even keel. Next, law enforcement should be under the government control, officers are enforcing the government laws and the police department is an extension of the government. Third, in most cases, a…

Part A In 1829 Sir Robert Peel established 9 principles, these principle are used today to guide the minds of the 21st century police. After 200 years the principles are still the same but the there are many differences that have changed and evolved the police. In the 21st century there are many forces changing the police, such as police action to reduce fear and promote co-operation with communities, the new developments in technology, the deconstruction of old quasi-military policing and, the…

Sir Robert Peel created the “Nine Principles of Reform” in 1829 the first principle was “The basic mission for which law enforcement agency occurs so that they can avoid wrongdoing and complaints as an alternate suppression of corruption and complaints by soldierly strength and strictness of lawful penalties.” (Peel R. , n.d.) What he was implying was that the police are to prevent crimes and any other disorders The second was “The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent…

In an attempt to appeal to both sides, Peel proposed a gradual reform to the old system. He believed that the increased crime rate was directly related to an ineffective police system and not just to the depressed social conditions. He also stressed preventative policing to stop the growth of crime rates in the first place (Lyman 142-151). The new system, led by two magistrates or commissioners, encompassed a ten-mile radius from central London. A special police tax financed the force.…

The role of the Community and Police The Job of the administration of justice in the United States is to serve and protect the welfare of its citizens. Police departments biggest responsibility is to make sure they are serving the community, all too many times, police departments fight against the community instead of working with the community. But not all of the responsibility should go on police departments, since there are limited resources and manpower for many of the departments. The role…

Sir Robert Peel was the person who recommended that agencies should follow the military model but had also set forth nine principles on which the police force would be based on.These principles serve as a friendship or a contract that binds the community and the police together so they can both be on the same page. These principles to this day are being followed. Some more than others but there is still some form of involvement or a hint of each principle being followed by our police. One of…