Sir Robert’s vision of policing was characterised ... It is instructive to remember Peel’s conviction that the effectiveness of his bobbies lay not in their coercive powers but in their ...

Sir Robert Peel was Home Secretary and Prime Minister of England and he founded the Police force that we have today.Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, son of the wealthiest textile manufacturer of the ...

In the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a white marble statue to Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. The over life-size figure is by John Gibson. The inscription reads: ...

[1] The accountability of the police to the public has been a fundamental principle of British policing since the formation of the Metropolitan Police Force by Sir Robert Peel on 29 September 1829.

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