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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved on Nostr: nprofile1q…pt5dz Well, of course there's an interesting definitional issue; do we ...



Well, of course there's an interesting definitional issue; do we start with the enforcement of manorial 'laws' by feudal rulers, or perhaps go back the Roman Empire's enforcement activities, or do we start with the more formal issue of the establishment of a named police force in C19th Britain - building on a history of previous less organised enforcement.... but, perhaps the key moment was the division of policing from (explicit) control by landowners, bringing quasi-independence