London’s police force has just completed 100 years of protecting London’s citizens. On September 29, 1829, for the first time 1000 men set out on organised patrols. They wore uniforms of bluetail coats and top hats. They carried rattles to summon assistance in their frequent encounters with footpads in illlit streets. To-day there are 20,000 metropc litan police.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 82, 31 December 1929, Page 9
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