On this day, the Metropolitan Police Act was passed by the English Parliament. The issues of crime and policing were taken up by Sir Robert Peel when he became Home Secretary in 1822. Peel and his ministerial colleagues saw the increase in criminal activity as a threat to the stability of society. The new Act established a full-time, professional and centrally-organised police force for the greater London area under the control of the Home Secretary. The uniformed constables, commonly known as “Bobbies” or “Peelers”, embodied a new style of policing in contrast to the small and disorganised parish forces of the 18th century. Until the passage of the act, the Statute of Winchester of 1285 was cited as the primary legislation regulating the policing of the country since the Norman Conquest in 1066.
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