Concluding remarks

In 1829 Sir Robert Peel formulated his nine basic principles of policing. Amongst them can be found the following instruction: “To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that 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.”.

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