Policing London - Scotland Yard at Last - Extra History - Part 5

📜 History of Policing London: Scotland Yard at Last - Even if you've never studied the history of the police force, chances are good you're familiar with the Scotland Yard as a heavy feature of Sherlock Holmes stories. But how did London take the final steps from the privately funded and highly specialized Bow Street Runners to a police force salaried by the government itself? We talk about the inspirations behind the Scotland Yard and how London walked the fine line between social order and civil liberties, guided by Robert Peel. (We're just as surprised as you are)
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[@extrahistory]

It's a great reminder that the police forces of today are not a natural consequence of societies, that somehow arose fully formed from the city. They are things that we have built and like all things we create, we can change them too. - A

[@pepitocuentos5276]

Extra Credits video about Napoleon?

[@mndunkerque2497]

As a person who has seen the British police force I think they are a bit ill equipped,they only have batons,hand cuffs and sometime tasers it’s rare to go hand to hand combat with a criminal I believe they all should have tasers

[@DSiren]

@@mndunkerque2497 a taser can be stopped with 2 sweatshirts. In the US this is why all cops have a firearm/service weapon - because the only thing sure to stop a crime is lethal force. Whether the threat or use is what stops the crime is irrelevant when you need the criminal to stop being a danger to others.

[@Duke_of_Petchington]

Oi, Do ya ave a Loicence for dat Vid.

[@davidhughes5125]

The ric were not just controversial they were down right shocking, commiting massacres to the native peoples like me I'm Irish but my northern brothers have not received just for the British soldiers trigger happiness.

[@AsiniusNaso]

Side note: the reason for the iconic high collars on later British police uniforms was to prevent officers getting garroted from behind. Fancy and practical!

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

The top hats were hard and sturdy enough to protect from a hit, or to work as a small ladder. So sort of helmets. They also gave authority by making the officer look taller.

[@TESkyrimizer]

BRUH thats wild

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Ribbitgoesthedog Lastnamehereyeah The added height has the effect of intimidation against the criminals or to serve as a visual aid for people in case they require to find an officer.

[@foxydash9992]

BottledBanana it’s Jonathan wild

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 excuse me, did you say "ladder"? How in the heavens?..

[@Grymbaldknight]

Two fun facts about the British police: 1) The title "Constable" (the entry rank for a British police officer) is taken from medieval England (as is the tradition of naming regional police branches "Constabularies"). During the Middle Ages, constables were "part-time sheriffs", in a manner of speaking. They functioned as local judges for minor disputes, and also helped to organised the limited powers of medieval local law enforcement. However, they were not professionals, and were simply nominated to serve their local community as a constable in addition to their day job. There was 1 constable for every 100 men in England, roughly speaking. The "parish system" mentioned in earlier videos in this series is founded in this older "constabulary" system. The "part-time" nature of the Bow Street Runners is also drawn from this earlier system. 2) British police helmets are called "Custodian Helmets", and were adapted from German "Pickelhaube" Helmets dating from the later Victorian period, and evolved alongside the British "Foreign Service" and "Home Service" Helmets of the same period. The first custodian helmets were, like their military counterparts, made of pith (which is essentially cork, or soft wood) and coated with dyed fabric. Pith helmets are rigid, and provide a limited degree of defence, but are only about as tough as thick cardboard. They were never designed to be protective headgear. During the civil unrest which occurred in the UK around the 1970s, police officers were often tasked with containing riots. It was discovered that the tradition custodian helmet wasn't sufficient to protect against bats and other weapons, as many helmets were caved in by rioters, injuring the officers wearing them. These helmets were phased out and replaced by a new design, which was constructed of hard plastic (like a construction helmet) coated in fabric, rather than being made of pith. While not equivalent to a full riot helmet in terms of protection, these new helmets are at least capable of tanking a couple of percussive hits before breaking, and will save the officers wearing them from serious injury in most cases. Additionally: - The badges on the front of custodian helmets differ between regions, with each helmet (usually) bearing the crest of the regional constabulary. The top of the helmet also differs between regions (and can feature a comb, orb, or rose design). Google "custodian helmet" to see the variations. - The custodian helmet was adopted during the 1860s by the Metropolitan Police, and other police branches across the UK followed their example, although there was very little standardisation. In the 1930s, the UK Home Office tried to standardise the custodian helmet designs, but wasn't totally successful. - Many regional police branches have abandoned the custodian helmet, citing expense, practicality issues, and other problems (boo!). - Only officers on foot ("beat bobbies") wear custodian helmets. Patrol officers (and other officers in vehicles) wear peaked caps. - WPCs (female officers) also don't wear custodian helmets. Female officers wear special "police bowler hats", because that's just how England works.

[@vahidmoosavian6313]

Custodian helmets? God-Emperor approves😇!

[@ramancity]

I kinda get this feeling that such events at that time were really exciting to read about and perhaps where authors such as Authur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie found inspiration for some of their detective written works. Thanks EC, truly enjoyed watching this series.

[@rundinj]

Maybe not the best time to cite the HK police in a positive light . . .

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

Why? Are you afraid that they might think you support the protesters just by saying something nice about the police who also support the protesters? Just shout loudly "LONG LIVE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY and you should be OK.

[@tams805]

They used to be.

[@rundinj]

@@tams805 Fair, I dont know when this video was originally made.

[@roberthackett4141]

What an awesome topic and series!

[@RichardRenes]

So now I know why English police officers are called 'Bobbies'...

[@powerist209]

Part of me wonder if this is why Judge Dredd had an appeal to Britain? Considering the unarmed police in the country, general anti-authoritarianism of 2000AD writers, and a jab at 1970's conservatism, meta-discussion on Plato's Republic (At least Judges being celibate and austere "Guardians" and the citizenry being complacent leisurely class), and satire of zero-tolerance policing (Not sure if Britian had crime wave as US, but the intent is still there with a man trying to petition to ban pies before pointing out the folly of said idea); many British would find the comic's setting to be interesting.

[@jiyuhong5853]

In Korea here officers were never allowed to carry any guns, additionally they can't even defend themselves even if the said arrested criminal retaliates.

[@birchtree334]

Can we get a policing America?

[@CMAzeriah]

I'm surprised the UK hasn't had a North Hollywood shoot situation due to individual officers not packing heat. :/

[@adamlis9321]

Since you guys like doing history concerning London and having an underlying theme, why not do a series about Jack the Ripper and newspaper sensationalism? Especially with the rise of fake news and dubious politics.

[@dvoraturtlerider1126]

6:15 i laughed irl their f a c e s

[@SirAmicVarze]

1:36 - So nothing has changed in 200 years.

[@DefinitelyEllie]

Nice to see the British Parliament hasn't changed

[@Inucroft]

*Tories haven't changed

[@nobodyimportant130]

@03germas no the whigs haven’t you blighter

[@nobodyimportant130]

Says the Canadian

[@somen0body417]

Still ineffective and elitist

[@anlumo1]

So, the reason it's called Scotland Yard is just because their headquarters happen to have a back entry from a road with that name?

[@thalesgagliardi3697]

You'de be surprised how many institutions worldwide have names for such trivial reasons like that

[@QlueDuPlessis]

And the British often placed the "back" door facing the street. My railway house being a classic example of this practice.

[@SamAronow]

Thales Gagliardi Downing Street, Fleet Street, Wall Street...

[@euansmith3699]

I always slip in by the back passage.

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

Not really a street, to my knowledge. Scotland Yard was an end destination to a mail service similar to the later, american Pony Express. A yard for loading and turning around coaches, changing horses, storing cargo and mail and so on.

[@Ahrpigi]

"A lot of problems in this era arose from Parliment not wanting to pay for stuff but still reap it's benefits." SO MANY PLACES STILL NEED TO (RE)LEARN THIS.

[@wppb50]

Like "pay veterans' pensions," it's one of those lessons that keeps being taught but never sticks.

[@mrziiz6893]

History seems to sadly run in cycles

[@Happter-N-Friends]

One of which is England's most successful child born from the same thing.

[@Brando-MCB]

You mean England still does this 😂

[@theevauwu7853]

Literally UK right now

[@watcherzero5256]

Fun fact, Prison Guards were nicknamed 'Screws' because of those cranks, they could tighten a screw to increase the resistance of the crank for prisoners they didn't like.

[@TakoyaKyono]

As a citizen of Northern Ireland I was always baffled as to why the PSNI were called "Peelers" behind their backs. And now I know.

[@fergie0044]

Because they spend half their time peeling drunks off the pavements! Da tum tish!

[@Bushflare]

@@fergie0044 Only half?

[@MissingRaptor]

I always wondered why British police officers were called "Bobbies" :) we both learned something interesting!

[@ArkadiBolschek]

And knowing is half the battle.

[@sclarke6969]

hmm we learnt that at school, but then again I'm RUC vintage 😉

[@plaguedoctor2809]

Hippity hopity I’m fencing your property

[@ethanhatcher5533]

ITS TIME TO GET SERIOUS

[@anything4660]

Fencing was a very successful business

[@Freekymoho]

Through a wylde approved fence i'm sure. wouldn't want to get in trouble with the theif taker general, now *would we?*

[@plaguedoctor2809]

Only through a Wilde fence

[@jamesscannell7951]

Snake Craft this bridge is now my property!!!!

[@MarkSiefert]

Not wanting to pay for stuff with taxes while still benefiting from the rewards... that’s crazy! Who’d ever want to do something that that stupid and irresponsible? (Reads the news.) Oh.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Representation without taxation!

[@retosius7962]

america in a nut shell. actually, most countries in a nut shell. it's just humanity in a nutshell.

[@joythought]

'merica. Land of the free. Land of corruption made legal. So many echos of today in this story of London's past. Brilliant work!

[@dariusgunter5344]

Sounds like why they left the EU xD

[@jis11]

Everyone wants free benefits. If someone just dropped a phone in your pocket and left, would you return it?

[@passerby4507]

I like the offhand remark on security vs rights just after mentioning Hong Kong.

[@davidkelly4210]

The HK police actually sided with the protesters. They had to bring in mainland police and replace the HKP Commissioner with a Party loyalist.

[@genghiskhan5701]

HK Police are just MSS agents in disguise. No police force will be heartless enough to brutalize their own people and families

[@HyperBlasterz]

@@genghiskhan5701 except for the Hong Kong Police. Actually Hong Kong doesn't have a police force anymore, there are only terrorists dressed in police uniform

[@lam1991hahaha]

Passer By and police numbers, they no longer wear those anymore.

[@waluigi3807]

@@HyperBlasterz wtf

[@Bazookatone1]

I'm Irish, and somewhat intersted in history, and I admired Robert Peel for his formation fo the first modern police force, but I had no idea of his involvement with Ireland. You are to be commended for the sensitive and nuanced explanation of a very complex and tricky subject.

[@ianknight5120]

There aren't many shows that have the guts to show me a cat's butt as an illustration of the word 'but', and there's a good reason for that.

[@f.palmero5010]

3:20

[@mrclueuin]

😏

[@jakobsoegaard1]

Please no

[@NajwaLaylah]

Back when "gaslighting" was a *good* thing.

[@devilfruittrafficker4108]

Najwa Laylah that word doesn’t exist

[@somen0body417]

Still is

[@quintiax]

@@somen0body417 You know gaslighting now is a form of manipulation right?

[@bubbubthealmighty9240]

Quintiax wait what?

[@bon7029]

@@quintiax No it's not. Gaslighting doesn't exist, you're just crazy.

[@SKILL3RS101]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Peel's 9 principles of policing, they're still very much applicable today.

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

Something that everyone should be taught in school.

[@dannycostello]

The 9 policing principles or peels principles as they are also known are as follows: Honesty Integrity Accountability Fairness Leadership Objectivity Openness Respect Selflessness

[@jordanazevedo5688]

They teach these in law enforcement classes though I feel they should hammer more of the community policing aspect more.

[@marloyorkrodriguez9975]

@@dannycostelloHIAFLOORS?

[@anton_smallz99_30]

We have policing principles?

[@chloeomg3021]

Fun fact the police in Northern Ireland are still called peelers and sometimes bobbies to this day this just shows how much of an effect some acts can have in history.

[@ajl8975]

Must admit I’ve never heard of the city of glass cow before...

[@KrazyKupo]

Well Milton Keynes has concrete cows so maybe it's another new city.

[@DeuxExNoir]

Have you heard of moss cow though? Much colder!

[@emilygordbort7300]

@@DeuxExNoir missed the chance to say "much cooler" dude

[@Snaperkid]

E. Gordbort Don’t worry about him and g-let’s go.

[@robertwalpole360]

*Does the Jean-Luc Picard facepalm*

[@halabackatchya]

“Most people used the back entrance on the neighboring street, Great Scotland Yard.” Me: “Ooooohhhhhhhhhhh”

[@ethanotto4717]

As an American, it's nearly impossible for me to imagine a city with a without a firearm carrying police force. If we tried to take away NYC cops' guns, the police union and conservatives would riot.

[@JoshSweetvale]

@@teddyn240 The problem isn't guns. It's cops getting trained like soldiers. Someone's benefiting from that.

[@Sid0404]

@@JoshSweetvale Regular officers aren't trained like soldiers, were tf did you get that from, the only officers that have some similar training are SWAT officers. SWAT teams are trained like that because they have to deal with dangerous barricaded suspects.

[@sharkboi6164]

Yusuf Siddiq Apparently you’ve never served in either. The Police Academy has been mostly reconstructed based off of French basic training.

[@Look_Dad_Old_Tunes]

But British laws on civilian gun ownership have always been far stricter than in the USA, even before the NRA loosened the American laws and the UK government essentially outlawed handgun ownership in the wake of our last school shooting, in Dunblane, Scotland, in 1996.

[@Grimmtoof]

The difference is that in the UK guns are rare so very few criminals are armed. As a result the worst most police have to face is knives and clubs.

[@Wymorence]

*snicker* I'm sorry, it's downright hysterical to imagine a cop chasing after a crook waving around what's basically a New Year's noisemaker rattle... XD

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

Hence they were replaced with whistles around the time of the introduction of the helmets.

[@robert-janthuis9927]

@@TheBespectacledN00b The whistles are probably a lot more effective in making a loud noise since you just blow on them, whereas with a rattle you have to keep swinging the thing around for noise.

[@magickmanXD]

"History of refusing to found while still reaping the benefits" Kind of like that the current government keeps doing XD

[@Infinitystar225]

magickmanXD yeah basically exactly what's happening now

[@KLanio-lr8yv]

It's tradition!

[@Inucroft]

Welcome to the Tories. It's what they always do while in power.

[@zbynekurbanek3345]

wait! ...so youre trying to say here that Blair did something beneficial to the nation? :D

[@internetperson3436]

Honestly you could apply this to many countries

[@andrewpampreen3339]

When I heard the term “gas light company” I had a double-take, then realized it was a literal gas light company.

[@angelwhispers2060]

LOL yep gaslighting has a very different meaning now.

[@masonsykes2240]

@@angelwhispers2060 Actually, gaslighting is when you burn gas to illuminate an area. You're just being dumb. /s

[@influenza3736]

0:01 *Insert Law and Order meme here*

[@aubreywean680]

Dun dun

[@SamAronow]

imthebrush72 things Thank God I wasn’t the only one who heard the theme playing.

[@dr.purple21]

3:19 don't ever do that again.

[@BritishCapy]

Agreed

[@android7764]

🍑 Buuuuuuuutt... 🤣😹

[@jackukridge5381]

Big fan of the city of Glasscow

[@domicius]

GLASS-GOOOO!

[@rab7287]

Americans will never understand Scotland

[@Yanramich]

@@rab7287 wha

[@stevenwebb3634]

After saying Thames correctly as well.

[@Starman062]

@@rab7287 you realize it’s a joke to him saying Glasgow right?

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

This all also happened when there was big population boom and people moving to cities more so I would imagine the statistical decrease was even more impressive in reality.

[@jesssealey6552]

Hey Extra History, just a quick video topic suggestion, the history of mental health treatments or asylums. Thanks for all of your work.

[@joythought]

Great idea

[@rogerogue7226]

Eheheh.........i'm not so sure that's a good idea, for two reasons: 1. i don't think there's too much of a story, most of history saw a few decent individuals but a societal mentality and treatment of any deviants as wrong, sick and inhuman. Untill post WWII, there's just not enough change to build a video out of. 2. that is some very, very f***ing dark subject matter. the treatment many people recieved for their problems often violated what we would consider basic human rights, and was often straight up sadisdic and highly abusive. we still don't have the problem even close to under control in this day, and the past was far worse. i genuinely think the subject might be too dark to fully cover on youtube or EC.

[@hunter_hiebert]

@@rogerogue7226 *Insert Nebula advertisement here*?

[@influenza3736]

1:33 Oh hey it's my friend Blight!

[@Shady22]

Spanish Influenza could you not return plz like 10 more years at least

[@benogurok5175]

2018 had already passed. Let us wait for 2046.

[@benogurok5175]

@@bobsemple7660 In 1918 people had the same opinion.

[@benogurok5175]

@@bobsemple7660 So had the viruses.

[@heidi7905]

"Glassgaow" Glasgow is actually pronounced like this: Glazgo

[@theatagamer90]

And that's the only bit you can understand when people from that hellhole start speaking to you.

[@heidi7905]

TheataGamer i don’t sound like that and i’m scottish

[@realThomastheCat]

*bagpipes intensifies

[@koolmckool7039]

@@heidi7905 The typical accent we Americans think of is the Orkney accent, right?

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

“They would not carry military weapons” Somewhere over the pond on the other hand...

[@KLanio-lr8yv]

Local sherrifvdepartments just neeeeeeed apcs

[@thegamelabgaming7556]

If you think the US is bad just look at Mexico, they have 50cals mounted on trucks just roaming the streets there

[@hommie2692]

TheGameLab /gaming it’s a joke. I get that you are right but

[@nobodyimportant130]

MURICA

[@allangibson8494]

@@thegamelabgaming7556 So do some US police forces.

[@AnimeOtaku2]

As a Scotsman, that is NOT how Glasgow is pronounced, like even remotely.

[@zantonsus]

roflcopter

[@TheJamieRamone]

U must b nü here.

[@ajl8975]

The city of ‘glass cow’

[@jacobpaget5092]

You do know that doesn't help unless you put how to actually say Glasgow

[@historymysteries4134]

Glas-go

[@chrisireland7461]

How about doing Napoleon Bonaparte for Extra History?

[@hagamapama]

This will definitely eventually happen. I'd also like to see how they handled the Battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings.

[@daysofoldhistory2982]

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, have a happy new year! 🎆

[@34Witchdoctor]

Same to you, Friend!

[@TOFKAS01]

Well, todays image of the metropolitan police is not really good anymore....

[@isaacschmitt4803]

Somehow I always thought "Bobby" and "Peeler" came from Cockney rhyming slang. Guess I never made the connection to Robert Peel.

[@SplatterInker]

A lot of Irish did end up in the east end as the famine kicked off so...

[@Pingthescribe]

While the police force was clearly a success here, I want to know more; for example, Conan Doyle depicts the police as downright incompetent in many Sherlock Holmes stories, and seeing how they handled some cases at the time shows that Doyle wasn't exactly exaggerating too much. What were some shortcomings they experienced as the Victorian period went on?

[@hagamapama]

Doyle made them look incompetent to make his OC look heroic. Also plenty of times in his novels the police provide the muscle and resources to turn his brilliant deductions into results.

[@grayscribe1342]

Take a look at Holmes' cases. He only took those that stimulated him. Him, a person that had studied and lived to solve the most complex criminal cases. He pioneered scientific methods to solve crimes. Holmes also sometimes committed crimes to solve a case. All in all, you simply couldn't expect the police to perform their duties at his level. And to his credit, one of the recurring Inspectors became less and less apprehensive getting Holmes involved. Holmes produced results and didn't seek the limelight. And the stories do not show us all the cases the police solved without his help.

[@samrevlej9331]

Public lighting in Paris was exceptionally early in that regard (late 17th century, under Police Lieutenant General Gabriel Nicolas de La Reynie), and was much expanded upon under Napoleon III and the Second Empire. This is also why Paris earned the name "the city of lights", not to mention a reputation as the best policed city in Europe.

[@jonathanfaber3291]

5:16 a fact a lot less surprising when there's only a rough average of 6 guns per 100 people in the UK

[@RikkuTakanashi]

Their police force doesn't tend to need guns because they encounter a criminal with guns so rarely. Something I feel we Americans could learn from... But, one also has to consider we're alot bigger too and it's easier to enforce low frequency gun laws in a smaller country like Britain.

[@jonathanfaber3291]

@@RikkuTakanashi I wouldn't know. I'm English, the only crimes we have to worry about is when someone doesn't thank you when you hold the door for them

[@Raiga0310]

@@jonathanfaber3291 Most of our violent crime is a bit more personal and sharp

[@jonathanfaber3291]

@Eric da' MAJ I imagine it's a little bit of both, what with reality resisting simplicity and all.

[@Yggi11]

What's the American number? 100 guns per six people?

[@Runeinc]

Everytime I hear an American pronounce Glasgow as a Scot I die inside a little, the W is silent!

[@JGD44]

Same way I feel when I watch a show/movie and hear Americans try to talk in Patois (Jamaican).

[@cameronmcallister7606]

Depending on accent, the W is just really soft, and the "Glas" part is basically said more like "Glaz", not so much emphasis on that "as" sound

[@FuckoffletmedowhatIw]

They also can't do Edinburgh... "Edin-Boro" they say, real emphasis on the "Boro" bit. Edinburgh, Edin-Burr Or Embra.

[@jonnunn4196]

Sounds like it's way past time to change the spelling to one of "Glasgo", "Glassgo", or "Glazgo" then. Other languages are worse though.

[@realThomastheCat]

*Scotland the Brave intensifies

[@Kat-ez4ni]

😂 i die everytime when they do the "im watching you" signal 😂💔

[@Barrystue]

London Metropolitan Police in 1887: *is well respected and seen as very skilled* Jack the Ripper and his knife: “allow us to introduce ourselves”

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

No "Hot Fuzz" memes? Come on, Internet, don't dissapoint me, you are better than this

[@typacsk]

...Morning.

[@oakoakoak2219]

8:42 Oof, both aren't doing so hot on civil right violation side rn

[@MrJstorm4]

What's going on with the deli police

[@dylanrodrigues]

jstorm 14 the Indian police are cracking down brutally on peaceful protesters who are demanding an end to anti-Muslim laws

[@nihongojozu121]

there are no anti-muslim laws in India what are you talking about? Also throwing rocks isn't peaceful

[@yannychan3358]

I don’t see any Delhi police on the news though All Hong Kong police stuff

[@history-jovian]

​@@nihongojozu121my guess is that those laws are mostly preventing Muslims with some rights.

[@demolisherman1763]

This series is disturbingly relevant to the current situation in America

[@user-xg5dw2gm8f]

Glasgow has a police force???

[@Aobtodd]

1 dislike from the failed thief

[@cosmedelustrac5842]

Excellent work. Could you do the Takeda Shingen series that you talked about so many years ago next?

[@natalkumar6132]

Patreon.

[@Jebbtube]

Police accountability? What blasphemy is this?

[@Starman062]

The type where politicians got too shaken up by the past. And don’t want everyone turning against them once again.

[@liamscott555]

Could you do a similar video series on how the American police force evolved? I know much of it will tie in with British concepts but it would be interesting to the the transformation over time and into the wild West, etc,

[@mrziiz6893]

There’s a good video on how American police became so heavily armed and militant that go over the history of the SWAT and the arming of the police force overall. It’s called The Quartering of Troops | Police Militarization by Knowing Better

[@mrziiz6893]

It focuses more on the modern side, aka post WW1 but it’s a good watch and really explains why the police are how they are now

[@thadmeboy1129]

American police when someone pulls a gun on them: * shoots them * British: oi that's not nice mate put it down bloke we cant use these from here can we chap

[@snazzyengineering]

Would you try to do a video on William Aberhart? He was a very interesting politician from Alberta, Canada. He shaped the political culture of Western Canada, promised an early form of "Universal Basic Income", kicked the lieutenant governor out of his house, etc. His entire time in office, which lasted until his death, was one looney occurence after another. Definitely a piece of history worth sharing.

[@bogers8839]

What about the American police?

[@glasseskun]

Extra History has gone a long way since the Punic Wars episodes. Still same great quality and delivery then and now

[@nikinikolov6570]

Learned about Keel from the great sir Pratchett. He was the inspiration behind his most famous character. Samuel Vimes.

[@eduardocanastro392]

I went here because i have recently played the great ace attorney (only the first), and I was interested in discovering the origins of Scotland Yard

[@foxtrotdelta225]

2:25 is that supposed to be Glasgow? Cause if so please work on the pronunciation. -A Glaswegian.

[@tams805]

Excuse me, but are you not aware of that city's legendary glass cow?

[@brittanywetherill472]

Anyone else here read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series about the city Watch? After this series of vids, I am understanding so much more about those books. "You're a Thief Taker! That's all you know how to do!" I didn't know that was reference to corruption. That man puts so many layers in his works...

[@sanjitrao2761]

This series is now more important than ever.

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

3:19 do we really have to be so descriptive?

[@squid_cake]

Олег Козлов *god damn closet furry animators*

[@williamst.romain7393]

Don't you just love that 'trickle down economics'?

[@unklemoose]

Love that the minute I start the video, my eyes just happen to come across a very adequately prominent cow sphincter. Very cool.

[@pyrotechnick420]

Interesting, youre saying that police presence works as a deterrent? Maybe you can explain that to the city council in Berkeley, California. They've decided that police patrols are not only a waste of money and time but they also unfairly target minorities...ffs

[@judahcreighton1544]

your first mistake was living in california

[@aidenstammler4618]

Oooooooooooooooiiiiiii! Talk about the Peterloo massacre please!!!

[@scoop765]

Oooooooi

[@Badkarma_locohijodeputa]

This is truly a great video.

[@milkbottle9952]

3:21 wtf

[@joputhiyaparambil07]

Don't compare London police to either Delhi or Hong Kong police forces. Delhi police not even heard about rights of people.

[@ASLTheatre]

As an Unarmed Private Security Guard, I find this fascinating.

[@josephskiles]

The important question is are they going to release special costumes for the plushie they just put out? A Sherlock Holmes hat or a fishbowl space helmet possibly?

[@trevorbirkbeck4011]

Come on guys please I've waited over 2 years for, a glorious Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson. I've been re watching Yi series. Coooommmmeee ooooonn pleeeeaaassseee

[@RainbowBoo42]

Could you maybe do a video on the origins of the US Secret Service!

[@katelynschwaar1634]

thank you for all your effort that you have put into this. i found the whole thing very informative and entertaining

[@London_J]

Policing london #6 "The future of London's metropolitan police"

[@Bushflare]

They wouldn't dare.

[@BocookGaming]

Oof. The moral of the story hasn't aged well in the last five months.

[@deutshsean8313]

Yup

[@Ash-zm1vx]

8:10 *sees 1337* *flashback to edgy kids in game chats* On a more serious note, I think the US police could probably learn a thing or two from the British police.

[@TSN4152]

Agreed...

[@thatoneguy1350]

96

[@pablononescobar]

Can you do a 1 episode addendum about American police forces? I know the US somewhat copied the Brits, but how?

[@EWolffe]

I'm really getting sick of history repeating itself.

[@Inucroft]

"Not wanting to pay, but reap the benifits" Sooooo... Brexit & Tory Austerity.

[@Hollows1997]

03germas benefit scroungers would be more appropriate people to highlight what you’re getting at but I guess that is a little too uncomfortable in your world view.

[@adastra3280]

"appealed to peal" lol

[@arandomsquidward7761]

Take your time London, not like it's been A HUNDRED DAMN YEARS.

[@Thegadgetman16]

Regarding armed police, apparently there would be one revolver kept at the police station. This caused an issue during the Siege of Sidney Street in 1911, when that wasn't enough to deal with two much more heavily-armed gang members. The Scots Guard had to be called in.

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

And an artillery piece.

[@223sushi]

Some national things arent meant to be privatized.

[@rebeccalane2460]

just a friendly reminder you're pronouncing Glasgow wrong. Its pronounced Glas-go as if the w was silent.

[@ggwp638BC]

Britain then: if we create an organized force under the government they will inevitably turn into a tool of oppression to restrict our rights and liberties. Britain now: Citizen: *coughs* Policemen running with a baton: "Oy you cheeky wanka do you have a loicense for that?"

[@TheHorzabora]

They started wearing ID numbers in the late 1800s… and stopped wearing them in the 2010s during riots. Frankly, this video is superbly dated, given the scandals that have rocked the Met and police forces across the UK. Community policing has it’s place, and as a solution… well, it’s better than many others. But it still exists to support the needs of the higher ranks of the social hierarchy, and offers benefit to the middle classes only to co-opt their vital votes to support the political classes that in turn enable the economic classes.

[@wendychavez5348]

Clearly, policing is still a work in progress. I appreciate this series and the perspective it provides. It shows us what our police forces have had to overcome, and what still needs work, and helps me appreciate the progress that has been made. A few years ago I was involved in a domestic dispute that became a brawl in the street and ended in my arrest--partly because I asked the responding officers to take me away (and refused to implicate my ex-boyfriend, who triggered the episode but was not responsible with my actions). When I was released from the hospital and verified that I was in custody, I thanked the officers for their courtesy and for being so likable, and one of them pointed out that my treatment of them has a lot to do with their treatment of me. That's something many people would do well to remember, as is everything leading to the police forces of the world today.

[@liberty.b.r]

Glad you are okay, and God bless! :)

[@chriskorringa7303]

As an American, some of these basic ideas for police (having no military equipment and public accountability) are disturbingly alien here. Perhaps a video on why? So we’re all on the same page.

[@mnm1273]

Not having weapons is part of what makes British police kill far less people than American police. British police is also seen as in many ways part of the people (thus the accountability) and not just an arm of governmental force. Of course the lack of widespread civilian firearms helps the police get away with not being armed.

[@kevinolmedo675]

Unarmed police? *Laughs in Latin american* No really,that can't work here sadly.

[@amireinav1]

Kevinglas Olmedo ya in many countries you need them because many people have guns in South America, but in Britain if the US the police shouldn’t need guns. EhHEM AMERICA EHEM

[@cgmason7568]

@@amireinav1 London's murder rate is still as high as New York sooooo

[@eutenhomuitosnomes5485]

@@amireinav1 Guns are actually banned in most of South America, it's just that criminals don't follow our laws.

[@amireinav1]

eu tenho muitos nomes well duh.

[@Bushflare]

@@eutenhomuitosnomes5485 Those fiends! Can they not read?! The gun-free-zone is supposed to be an impervious defence!

[@joffreybaratheon4904]

“The police are still trying to balance personal freedom and maintaining security” 2023: oi mate.. you got a license for that