How Did The London Riots Affect The Police In The 19th Century

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The London riots had a major effect on the police service as they had to assign 450 police detectives to the scenes of the riots. This took a big impact on the people who needed the services of the police for serious crimes. The serious crimes where such as murder, rape, arson and armed robbery. This therefore due to there being so many police on the scene of the riots, it took the majority, if not all of the police from their regions leaving people who actually need them vulnerable. This will then therefore affect other people due to crime near them or even involving them as they can’t get help from the police because of how strained they will be, which can leave people taking the law into their own hands. This can create and cause gang wars