Sir Robert Peel's Principles

Sir Robert Peel is one of the founding fathers of the principles of modern day policing. Peel was born in Bury Lancashire in 1788. He held different political offices during his life time, one being prime minister. Although he held many political offices Peel was considered to be a social reformist and is known as “The Founder of Modern Day Policing”. His reforms changed the penal system and resulted in lower crime rates. As a result of the Peels reforms her created the “Metropolitan Police”. The Metropolitan Police was created based on nine principles that would later be known as “The Peelian Principles”. The first principle stated that the only purpose for the police existence is to prevent crime and disorder. The second principle says that