Thames River Police

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Thames River Police

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The development of professional policing in England
…creation in 1798 of the Thames River Police, the first regular professional police force in London. Organized to reduce the thefts that plagued the world’s largest port and financed by merchants, the force was directed by Patrick Colquhoun and consisted of a permanent staff of 80 men and an on-call…
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…creation in 1798 of the Thames River Police, the first regular professional police force in London. Organized to reduce the thefts that plagued the world’s largest port and financed by merchants, the force was directed by Patrick Colquhoun and consisted of a permanent staff of 80 men and an on-call…
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