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. September 29, 1829 was the first day of operation (Gash 105-106). NEED SENTENCE One of the first priorities for Sir Robert Peel was to develop a list of qualities for candidates of the police force. He felt that retired army officers with excellent moral
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He was unique because he was able to see the whole process from the formation of criminal law to the order of policing, through the trial, sentencing and time in prison. It seemed easy for him to understand that each one related to the other and, therefore, all required reform. He was able to simplify and consolidate the criminal code and lead the formation of the Metropolitan Police Force. Peel was able to gather support from the citizens as well as the government at a time when the current methods of policing were not only ineffective but not trusted. Peel received many honors for his criminal law reform. He was considered to be the best Home Secretary in history (Gaunt 63-65). Peel had many monuments erected in his honor and is remembered for a political career filled with his choice to do what he felt was right despite its popularity or political results. Of all the things Sir Robert Peel accomplished in his life, he is most remembered for his law and police policy reform which had lasting effects on the lives of Britons (Pickering). Peel died July 2, 1850 of a riding accident and was unable to reach his goal of a national police reform, but his Metropolitan Police Act of 1828 created a revolutionary, centralized, and unified police system that became a model for subsequent national police reform across Europe (Lyman 141). The police officers were nicknamed “bobbies” after Robert Peel’s first name as a tribute to the man who founded the force (Emsley
He was unique because he was able to see the whole process from the formation of criminal law to the order of policing, through the trial, sentencing and time in prison. It seemed easy for him to understand that each one related to the other and, therefore, all required reform. He was able to simplify and consolidate the criminal code and lead the formation of the Metropolitan Police Force. Peel was able to gather support from the citizens as well as the government at a time when the current methods of policing were not only ineffective but not trusted. Peel received many honors for his criminal law reform. He was considered to be the best Home Secretary in history (Gaunt 63-65). Peel had many monuments erected in his honor and is remembered for a political career filled with his choice to do what he felt was right despite its popularity or political results. Of all the things Sir Robert Peel accomplished in his life, he is most remembered for his law and police policy reform which had lasting effects on the lives of Britons (Pickering). Peel died July 2, 1850 of a riding accident and was unable to reach his goal of a national police reform, but his Metropolitan Police Act of 1828 created a revolutionary, centralized, and unified police system that became a model for subsequent national police reform across Europe (Lyman 141). The police officers were nicknamed “bobbies” after Robert Peel’s first name as a tribute to the man who founded the force (Emsley