The historic Environment, Whitechapel (no Jack the Ripper)
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- Created on: 01-11-19 10:11
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- The Metropolitan police
- Police recruits for the Met
- Most came from outside London and were attracted by the relatively good pay
- Some had been soldiers but most has backgrounds in labouring or farm work
- There were some problems with absenteeism and drinking on the job
- by 1885, the Met totalled just 13 319 to police a population of over 5 million. Only 1383 were on duty at a time
- Unlike other Police forces, the Met was directly under the Home Secretary.
- the Government wanted direct control of London's police force as it was worried about socialists and anarchist
- The 'beat' constable
- A major aim of the met was to prevent crime
- They deployed constables on the 'beat' - patrolling a set route of streets
- to deter criminals from committing crime
- Asking people what they were doing
- break up fights
- Development of the CID
- set up in 1878
- separate from the rest of the force
- a department to detect crime
- had little success a shown by the investigation of the Ripper murders
- Commissioner Charles Warren
- Warren was appointed Met commissioner in 1886
- Warren banned a planned unemployment protest in Trafalgar Square on 13 November 1887.
- When the protestors ignored the ban, he deployed thousands of police, supported by about 1000 men from the army
- Violent clashes followed, many were injured and one protestor died
- When the protestors ignored the ban, he deployed thousands of police, supported by about 1000 men from the army
- When Jack the Ripper struck in 1888. Warren ordered an increase in patrols. Failure to catch the murderer cost Warren his job
- Attitudes towards the police
- Attitudes varied widely. The police had people's trust in some areas
- Events such as the Trafalgar Square riot of 1887 contributed to the feeling held by many of the working class.
- That the police were against them and only worked for the middle and upper class
- Bloody Sunday riots. 13 November 1887
- The economic depression and ensuing poverty contributed to this hatred of the police
- Police recruits for the Met
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