Robert Peel

Sir Robert Peel provided organization to law enforcement. Before his ideas were used, there was no structure in law enforcement and the people in the towns were the ones that seek out their own justice. Also, the system was not fair and made people not to respect the law. The ideas of Sir Robert Peel brought organization to law enforcement and brought trust to the people. He made sure that police officers were trained to deal with all kinds of people. People had different culture believes, and police officers had to respect there believes. When the people have respect for police, then the people will listen and corporate with police too. At first the public were scared with the ideas of Sir Robert Peel, because they think the new police force will act as a personal military and bully the people. So Sir Robert Peel made the new police force to be more professional by wearing uniforms with shiny badges so people can distinguish who they are. Sir Robert Peel made sure that the minimum amount of force is used to arrest a person. It took the death of a police officer for the people to see that the new police force is fair.

The system that Sir Robert Peel developed is still used today, and is used world wide because it works. In the United States there are many law enforcement agencies. Some deal with the public such as police officers, and some have less contact with the public such as DEA. Either way, when apprehending a criminal, only the minimal amount of force is used. Even in prison the idea of Sir Robert Peel works. Correctional Officer wear uniforms to distinguish from inmates and respect is giving to all inmates regardless of different culture believes. Also the minimal amount of force is used to restrain inmates. If inmates don't respect correctional officers, then there would be riots and staff assaults. Society today strongly depends on law enforcement for protection.

Law enforcement in the United States has changed since it was first established. Before there were a lot of discrimination on race and the size of the person; at first no other race were allowed to be police officers. But as society changed and the population of minorities' increases, the hiring of other races had to be done. For police to gain trust with the public, minorities had to be hired. For example in Los Angeles, there was a time when they seemed to only hire minorities because the majority of the population was minorities. The point of this kind of hiring was so the public can gain trust from the police department. Other hiring requirement that has change was the size of the person. There was a time when police departments only wanted to hire tall people. That changed as short police officers can do the same job and open doors for women to be police officers.

The ideas of Sir Robert Peel works well, that the system has not really changed. He laid down the organization and structure for law enforcement. He also proved

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