Law Enforcement Exam 1 (2025) – Study Guide and Exam Revision
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Earliest private policing method - correct answer ✔✔Kin policing
Kin policing - correct answer ✔✔Earliest form of private policing that involved families, clans,
and tribes enforcing informal rules and customs
First paid law enforcement official - correct answer ✔✔Praefectus urbi
Earliest public policing method - correct answer ✔✔King's Peace
King's Peace - correct answer ✔✔"Keeping the King's peace"; king used military forces for law
enforcement and also relied on night watches; night watches eventually became the
frankpledge system
Night watches - correct answer ✔✔Groups of citizens who roamed the streets looking for signs
of trouble
King Charles II - correct answer ✔✔Introduced the idea of night watches to "watch" the cities
during the night
Frankpledge system - correct answer ✔✔Ten households grouped into a tithing in which the
adult male of each household were responsible for the conduct of the others; 10 tithings was
known as a "hundred" or "parish"; group of several parishes was known as a "shire"
Second Statute of Westminster - correct answer ✔✔Required that each parish appoint two
constables; men over age 15 formed the posse commitatus; magistrates began being appointed
by the king
, Parish - correct answer ✔✔10 tithings
Shire - correct answer ✔✔Group of several parishes
Another name for magistrate - correct answer ✔✔Justice of the peace
Bow Street Runners - correct answer ✔✔Created by Henry and John Fielding who started to pay
men to serve as constables and patrol the streets at night; foot and horse patrols; performed
investigations which led to them being known as the first known detective unit
Bow Street magistrates - correct answer ✔✔John and Henry Fielding
Another name for the Bow Street Runners - correct answer ✔✔Thief takers
Sir Robert Peel - correct answer ✔✔1822 British home secretary; responsible for the passage of
the Metropolitan Police Act
Metropolitan Police Act - correct answer ✔✔Created the world's first large-scale organized
police force
Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne - correct answer ✔✔Appointed by Sir Robert Peel to oversee
the Sir Robert Peel's police force
Peel's 9 principles of policing - correct answer ✔✔1. Prevention of crime is basic mission of
police
2. Police duties are dependent upon public's approval of police actions
3. If public respects law, they respect police
Material
Earliest private policing method - correct answer ✔✔Kin policing
Kin policing - correct answer ✔✔Earliest form of private policing that involved families, clans,
and tribes enforcing informal rules and customs
First paid law enforcement official - correct answer ✔✔Praefectus urbi
Earliest public policing method - correct answer ✔✔King's Peace
King's Peace - correct answer ✔✔"Keeping the King's peace"; king used military forces for law
enforcement and also relied on night watches; night watches eventually became the
frankpledge system
Night watches - correct answer ✔✔Groups of citizens who roamed the streets looking for signs
of trouble
King Charles II - correct answer ✔✔Introduced the idea of night watches to "watch" the cities
during the night
Frankpledge system - correct answer ✔✔Ten households grouped into a tithing in which the
adult male of each household were responsible for the conduct of the others; 10 tithings was
known as a "hundred" or "parish"; group of several parishes was known as a "shire"
Second Statute of Westminster - correct answer ✔✔Required that each parish appoint two
constables; men over age 15 formed the posse commitatus; magistrates began being appointed
by the king
, Parish - correct answer ✔✔10 tithings
Shire - correct answer ✔✔Group of several parishes
Another name for magistrate - correct answer ✔✔Justice of the peace
Bow Street Runners - correct answer ✔✔Created by Henry and John Fielding who started to pay
men to serve as constables and patrol the streets at night; foot and horse patrols; performed
investigations which led to them being known as the first known detective unit
Bow Street magistrates - correct answer ✔✔John and Henry Fielding
Another name for the Bow Street Runners - correct answer ✔✔Thief takers
Sir Robert Peel - correct answer ✔✔1822 British home secretary; responsible for the passage of
the Metropolitan Police Act
Metropolitan Police Act - correct answer ✔✔Created the world's first large-scale organized
police force
Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne - correct answer ✔✔Appointed by Sir Robert Peel to oversee
the Sir Robert Peel's police force
Peel's 9 principles of policing - correct answer ✔✔1. Prevention of crime is basic mission of
police
2. Police duties are dependent upon public's approval of police actions
3. If public respects law, they respect police
