In 1829, Sir Robert Peel convinced the British Parliament to establish the London Metropolitan Police (the Met) as an alternative to the military, keeping law and order among the civilian population.

Do you know Peel’s Principles of Policing? I didn’t. That is, until I spoke with Melvin Carter Jr., a retired St. Paul, Minnesota, police officer who wouldn’t talk to me about the acquittal of ...

In 1829, a British statesman by the name of Sir Robert Peel established the London Metropolitan Police Department. Peel, commonly referred to as the father of modern policing, subsequently established ...

More than 190 years ago, Sir Robert Peel and his command staff penned nine guiding principles for London's first modern police force. They've become known as "Peel's principles" and are still widely ...