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British police history: everything you wanted to know

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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When did the first professional police force come into being? Why do the British police largely not carry guns? And what was the point of police boxes? In our latest ‘Everything you wanted to know’ episode, Chris Williams answers your questions on the history of law enforcement in Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

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1:09.9

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.

1:21.0

I'm Ellie Corthorne. From apprehending highwaymen to tackling Victorian crime explosions,

1:31.1

British law enforcement has changed beyond all recognition over the past few centuries. In our latest

1:37.0

Everything You Wanted to Know episode, we're tackling the British police. Our production editor,

1:42.8

Spencer Mizzin, put your questions on the subject to

1:45.7

Chris Williams, senior lecturer in history at the Open University, and author of Police Control

1:52.5

Systems in Britain 1775 to 1975. Chris, we're here to talk about the history of the British police.

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