“How did Policing change in the 20th Century?”
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- Created on: 01-02-21 16:59
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- “How did Policing change in the 20th Century?”
- Change from a Male only force
- Women were first recruited to join the police force in 1920.
- They worked with child or female criminals or victims of crime
- Crime prevention
- Help the police prevent crime through local vigilance, increasing community involvement and reporting crime trends to the police.
- Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
- Mass video surveillance
- Biometric screening
- Breathalyzers and speed cameras
- Cost of Policing
- Increased due to advancements in technology and science
- Now the Police get paid about £24,000 when they start their career.
- Rise in taxes on population went to the police
- Use of science
- In 1900 they discover human ABO blood groups to help determine if blood is suspect or victims
- 1901 the first fingerprint database is founded where they keep fingerprints of everyone arrested. Everyone in Britain can access this database.
- 1920 police cars had radios where they could communicate with each other and their office
- 1932 development of microscope that could trace tiny blood splatters at crime scenes
- Police Training
- A national police training college was set up in 1947. They had 14 weeks of training before starting their jobs.
- There were different sectors and branches of the police eg. dog handling unit, drug squad, fraud squad. Each have specific training
- Change from a Male only force
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