What were quarter sessions?
Courts that would hear serious cases
Courts that would deal with minor crimes
Courts with a jury
In the medieval period, what was the name given to the call for help to catch a criminal?
Tithing
Posse
Hue and cry
Who appointed the petty constable?
The monarch
The local people
The Justice of the Peace
Who paid watchmen after Charles II set up a force of paid watchmen?
No-one did - they were not paid
Towns
The government
Who wrote An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers and Related Writings?
John Fielding
Sir Robert Peel
Henry Fielding
How many Bow Street Runners were there in London in 1800?
6
68
11700
When was the first Metropolitan Police Act?
1829
1835
1856
How many police forces were there in England and Wales in 2021?
4
181
43
When was the first police training college set up?
1919
1947
1878
When was the Neighbourhood Watch scheme set up in the UK?
1982
1946