Changes to policing in 1900s
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 04-06-18 05:34
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- Changes to policing in 1900s
- Women
- In the 1920s women were first recruited to join the police force.
- the Police Training Course was set up to train new recruits
- before this officers were meant to learn on the job
- training them professionalised the police
- Policing was not open to the other half of the population until then - massive loss in recruitment
- Preventing crime
- Breathalysers (1967) and speed cameras (1992)
- CCTV
- Mass video surveillance
- Computer software allows private companies to analyse footage
- Bio-metric screening
- Solving crime
- improved communications
- recording and sharing information, directly at a crime scene
- forensic science
- data management
- Improved computer software
- new software can rapidly analyse video data
- improved communications
- Fraud Squad 1946
- to tackle crime in business and the stock market
- Now can tackle other high valued crimes e.g. art theft
- Dog handling units 1938/1946
- to accompany police officers as they patrolled the local beat
- they strengthen the police presence at major events
- Special Branch
- Tackle threats to national security and terrorism
- inform local police of potential threats
- Tackle threats to national security and terrorism
- Neighbourhood Watch
- local committee of people who raise awareness about crime and encourage neighbours to keep an eye on each other's property
- helping the police prevent crime by encouraging local vigilance
- reducing fear of crime, by increasing community involvement
- reporting crime trends to police
- Women
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