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The founding of the police force

Lawyer Harry Potter explains how Home Secretary Robert Peel's reform of the criminal justice system brought to an end the system known as The Bloody Code. With only the Riot Act as a means of restoring order, Peel now sought to reform how the law was enforced through the creation of a professional police force. Former Home Secretary Douglas Hurd explains why there was opposition to Peel鈥檚 police force. Peel argued that the role of the police was to control crime rather than the people.

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