| Front | Why did Robert Peel set up the Metropolitan police? |
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| Back | In 1826, an economic downturn resulted in a crime wave and rioting which led to the army being called. The home secretary Peel thought it was better to have a centralised system for peacekeeping. The first Met police officers were set up in Septemeber 1829. |
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