Sir Robert Peel, 1788 – 1855.
In 1855, Peel proposed a Bill, that became law,
entitled ‘Bill for Improving the Police in and near the Metropolis’,
which became the basis for modern policing.
Because many early police archives have been destroyed, it is not
certain that Pell did compose these nine principles
The Nine Principals by
Sir Robert Peel:- The basic mission for which the police exist is
to prevent crime and disorder.
-. The ability of the police to perform their duties
dependent upon public approval of police actions.
- Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public
in voluntary observance of the law to be able to secur
and the respect of the public.
- The degree of co-operation of the public that can
be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity
of the use of physical force.
- Police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to
public opinion but by constantly demonstrating
absolute impartial service to the law.
- Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure
observance of the law or to restore order only when
the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning
is found to be insufficient.
- Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the
public that gives reality to the historic tradition that 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
- Police should always direct their action strictly
towards their functions and never appear
to usurp the powers of the judiciary.
- The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime
and disorder, not the visible evidence of police
action in dealing with it.
