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An early form of English government that divided communities into groups of 10 men who were responsible for the group's conduct and ensured that a memeber charged with breaking the law appeared in court.
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Frankpledge System
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In early England, the alarm that citizens were required to raise on the witness or discovery of a criminal offense.
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Hue and Cry
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The head of a group of 10 men who served as an administrator and judge.
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Hundred-Man
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The head of the law enforcement for large district in Early England in the modern United States a _____ serves areas such as rural townships and is usually elected.
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Constable (comes stabuli)
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An early England system overseen by the constable in which a watchman guarded a city's town gates at night.
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Watch and Ward System
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The shire reeve led the English shire's military forces and judged cases.
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Sheriff
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A police organization created circa 1748 by magistrates Henry Fielding and Sir Jonh Fielding whose member went on patrol, rahter than sitting at a designated post.
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Bow Street Runners
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A private police force created by the West India Trading Company in 1798 that represented the first professional, salaried police force in London.
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Thames River Police
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Created in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel, the first successful bill to create a permanent, public police force.
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Metropolitan Police Act
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A slang term for the police force created in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel's metropolitan police act, derived from Bob, the short form of Robert.
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Bobbies
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It was not until ____ that the rural provinces were required to establish police forces.
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1856
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The english heritage contributed three enduring features to American policing
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Limited Police Authority
Local Control
Fragmented System
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There are more than _____ sepearte law enforcement agencies in the Unites States ranging from federal (FBI) to state (highway patrol) to local (city police and county sheriff).
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18,000
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Law enforcement agencies are for the most part _____.
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Local, city or county institutions
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The Unites States does not have a national police force. We do have many state and federal law enforcement agencies, but they are not like the national police forces found in many parts of the world.
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