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John Fielding created the Bow Street Runners
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15 killed, 500 injured when army cavalry charged on a crowd that had gathered to call for reform of parliamentary representation
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Whereas offences against property have of late increased in and near the metropolis; and the local establishments of nightly watch and nightly police have been found inadequate to the prevention and detection of crime, by reason of the frequent unfitness of the individuals employed, the insufficiency of their number, the limited sphere of their authority, and their want of connection and co-operation with each other: And whereas it is expedient to substitute a new and more efficient system of po
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Watch committees were given an oversight role in policing
