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  2. Watchman (law enforcement) - Wikipedia

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    The second stage was the recognition that watchmen could not be sustained without a major shift in the way local services were financed. This led to the City's acquisition of taxing power by means of an act of Parliament [which?] in 1737 which changed the obligation to serve in person into an obligation to pay to support a force of salaried men ...

  3. History of the Metropolitan Police - Wikipedia

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    By 1900, the service had grown to nearly 16,000 officers, organised into 21 divisions, responsible for law enforcement within an area of nearly 1,800 km 2. [21] Detection of crimes was much improved when Sir Edward Henry , Commissioner from 1903 to 1918, set up a Fingerprint Bureau at Scotland Yard in 1901, building on Azizul Haque and Hem ...

  4. Night-watchman state - Wikipedia

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    A night-watchman state, also referred to as a minimal state or minarchy, whose proponents are known as minarchists, is a model of a state that is limited and minimal, whose functions depend on libertarian theory.

  5. Boston Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The Boston Police Department (BPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1854, the BPD is the oldest municipal police department in the United States. [2] [3] It is also the 20th largest law enforcement agency in the country, with 2,713 sworn and unsworn personnel. [4]

  6. Nightwalker statute - Wikipedia

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    Nightwalker statutes were English statutes, before modern policing, allowing or requiring night watchmen to arrest those found on the streets after sunset and hold them until morning. [1]

  7. Analysis-Trump plans to invoke obscure 18th century wartime ...

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    Trump said during his Jan. 20 inaugural speech that he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act “to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement” to target criminals and ...

  8. Metropolitan Police Act 1829 - Wikipedia

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    The Act was the enabling legislation for what is often considered to be the first modern police force, the "bobbies" or "peelers" (after Peel), which later served as the model for modern urban policing throughout Britain.

  9. Night Watch - Wikipedia

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    The nighttime shift worked by a security guard (night watchman) Watchman (law enforcement), organized groups of men to deter criminal activity and provide law enforcement; One of the watches stood by sailors who are watchkeeping