What brought me to this job is probably a longer story than we have time for,” Captain Adam Ferguson said. “This wasn't the ...

There are several statues of Sir Robert Peel, who founded the modern police. But city leaders said people appeared to be confusing him with his father, of the same name, who opposed the abolition ...

As the birthplace of Sir Robert Peel, Bury may be referred to as the birthplace of the modern police force too, because in 1829, Peel introduced a Bill for "improving the Police in and near the ...

Sir Robert Peel, in creating London’s Metropolitan Police in 1829, transformed modern policing with nine principles that continue to influence law enforcement agencies around the world.

1850 The repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 was the marked feature of his last administration, though he is best known today for the reorganisation of the London Police force. The early members of this ...

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Criticising the system, Baker claimed that because policing was nationalised by Sir Robert Peel, it now means ministers have "lost control" of how officers go about their duty.

I hope to do a little of each within this feature. One of the core principles of British policing, set by Sir Robert Peel back in 1829, is that ‘the police are the public and the public are the ...