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Metropolitan Police Act Of 1829

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With the signing of the Metropolitan Police act in 1829, the way crime prevention was organized changed; along with the way newspapers reported on crime. Before the act of 1829, crime prevention in London fell under the control of local magistrate courts and the militia, but the act of 1829 established a single organized civilian police force in London. According to the police commissioner and the state office, the focuses of this new police force was crime prevention, not crime detection. However, lower classes viewed the act as threat to civil liberty. In addition, the threat of corruption was constantly brought into question. A Broadside published in 1829 reflected these feelings with the lyrical lines, “for Mr. Peel's new Watchman will
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