Crime and Punishment: An Interpretation of Ancient Roman Law enforcement in Pompeii Introduction Today, our police force is affiliated with the slogan, To Serve and Protect. The policemen and women are now trained to perform their duties as protectors of the peace by enforcing law and order and ensuring the safety of the citizens they are put in charge of. However, it has only been since the eighteenth and nineteenth century that “a police force in the sense of a specialized and impartial…