Combatting Crime 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCrime and punishment through time (OCR History A)GCSEWJEC Created by: sesimsCreated on: 14-05-14 19:22 1754 Henry Fielding's death; half-brother John takes over 1 of 47 1763 John Fielding secures a government grant of £600 to establish the Bow Street Horse Patrol 2 of 47 1772 Establishes 'The Quarterly Pursuit'; renamed 'The Public Hue and Cry' in 1786 3 of 47 1780 John Fielding's death 4 of 47 1792 Middlesex Justices Act extends the Bow Street Scheme; funds 7 JPs in other areas of London who each had 6 full time runners under their command 5 of 47 1798 After Colquhoun's campaign, the Thame River Police was established 6 of 47 1829 London has 450 constables and 4000 watchmen to police a population of 1.2 million 7 of 47 1835; 1839; 1856 Municipal Corporations Act; The Rural Police Act; The County and Borough Act 8 of 47 1842 The Detective Branch (early specialisms) 9 of 47 1869 The Criminal Records Office 10 of 47 1878 The C.I.D 11 of 47 1884 The Special Irish Branch 12 of 47 1901 Fingerprinting 13 of 47 1729 Thomas de Veil appointed JP in Bow Street 14 of 47 1748 Henry Fielding becomes chief magistrate at Bow Street 15 of 47 1751 Henry Fielding publishes 'An Enquiry into the Late Increase in Robbers', claiming that the old system of constables and watchmen did not work 16 of 47 1947 Police National Training College set up; 14 weeks of basic training 17 of 47 2012 The College of Police takes over responsibility for police training needs 18 of 47 1919 Women first appear on the force 19 of 47 1973 Women granted equal opportunities in the force 20 of 47 1995 Pauline Clare becomes the first female appointed chief constable 21 of 47 1910 Telegraph and radio enable the arrest of Dr Crippen 22 of 47 1920s Police telephone boxes 23 of 47 1930s Two-way radios 24 of 47 1974 Police National Database PND 25 of 47 1862 Met Police force grows to 7,800 men 26 of 47 1882 Met Police force grows to 11,700 men 27 of 47 1900 Met Police force grows to 16,000 men in 21 divisions 28 of 47 1839 A second Metropolitan Police Act extends the area covered to a 15 mile radius 29 of 47 1829 Met Police Act 30 of 47 1996 The Police Act gave the police more power to deal with crimes such as rioting 31 of 47 2002 Terrorism Act allows police to detain a suspected terrorist for 48 hours 32 of 47 1982 Neighbourhood watch scheme introduced 33 of 47 2002 Police community support officers introduced 34 of 47 1598 and 1601 Elizabethan Poor Laws (administered by JPs) 35 of 47 1663 An act of council by Charles II created the Charleys; a force of paid watchmen 36 of 47 1909 Bicycles first used in the police 37 of 47 1919 Police cars introduced (not widely used until 1930s) 38 of 47 1930s Police motorbikes 39 of 47 1970s Patrol cars/rapid response teams replace 'bobby on the beat' 40 of 47 1980s Police light aircraft used 41 of 47 1878 CID 42 of 47 1919 Flying squad (deal with serious theft; later became the central robbery squad) 43 of 47 1946 Fraud squad 44 of 47 1946 Dog-handing squad 45 of 47 1971 Anti-terrorist branch (later formed counter terrorist command (2006) with the special branch) 46 of 47 2002 National hi-tech crime unit 47 of 47
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