“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.”

About Robert Peel

Politician • British

Sir Robert Peel was a highly influential British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is widely regarded as the father of modern British policing, founding the Metropolitan Police...