Whitechapel Policing

  • Metropolitan Police Act

    Robert Peel made the Metropolitan police in order to have the success of the Bow Street Runners but on a larger scale than just one street.
  • Municipal Corporations Act

    Councils in towns had to start police forces.
  • Bow Street Runners Ended

    The Metropolitan Police extended their control in central London.
  • Rural Police Act/County Police Act

    Police were being introduced in more rural areas and County Force police started.
  • Scotland Yard

    Police messed up on a murder case which led to the introduction of non uniformed detectives.
  • County and Borough Police Act

    Every county now had to have a police force which was the start of the police being as they are today.
  • Criminal Investigation Department

    Criminal Investigation Department was non uniformed and used for serious crimes like murder and rape.