System of policing created by Sir Robert Peelfor the London Metropolitian Police in 1829, in which officers were assigned to relatively small perm. post.
Who created the Beat System
Sir Robert Peel for the London Metro. Police
What year was the beat system created?
1829
What is CompStat
Weekly crime strategy meetings, featuring the latest computerized crime statistics and high stress brainstorming
Who deveped CompStat?
The New York City police Departmentin the mid-1990s
Constable
An official assigned to keep the peace in the mutual pledge system in England
Department of Homeland Security
Fed. cabinet department est. in the aftermath of the terriost attacks of Sept. 11, 2001
Dred Scott Decision
Infamous Supreme court decision of 1857 ruling that slaves had no rights as citizens bc they were considered property.
Hue and Cry
A method developed in early England for citizens to summons assistance from fellow members of the community.
What is Mutual Pledge
A form of community self-protectiondeveloped by King Alfred the Great in the later part of the 19th century in England
Who created mutual pledge?
King Alfred the Great
National Advisory Commission on civil disorders
Commission created in 1968 to address the reasons for the riots of the 1960s
Kerner Commission
National Advisory Commission on civil disorder
What and who created the Peel's Nine Principles
Basic guidelines created by Sir Robert Peel for the London Metro. Police in 1829
Pendleton Act
A federal law passed in 1883 to est. a civil service system that tested, appointed, and promoted officers on a merit system
Pinkerton
By the 1880's the private national detective agency had offices in nearby two dozen cities.
"Politia"
Latin for Civil administration
Posse Comitatus
A common law desc. of the old hue and cry. If a crime spree occured or a dangerous criminal was in the area, the U.S frontier sheriff would call upon the posse comitatus: "the power of the country"