London’s famous police officers, called “bobbies,” are named for Robert Peel, a British statesman who established the London Metropolitan Police Force in 1829. Apparently the idea of an urban police force, bypassing the military or a private force, was a new undertaking.

The three core ideas of Peel’s policies are:

“The goal is preventing crime, not catching criminals. If the police stop crime before it happens, we don’t have to punish citizens or suppress their rights. An effective police department doesn’t have high arrest stats; its community has low crime rates.

The key to preventing crime is earning public support. Every community member must share the responsibility of preventing crime, as if they were all volunteer members of the force. They will only accept this responsibility if the community supports and trusts the police.

The police earn public support by respecting community principles. Winning public approval requires hard work to build reputation: enforcing the laws impartially, hiring officers who represent and understand the community, and using force only as a last resort.”

These three core ideas of Peel’s policies found on the the website: https://lawenforcementactionpartnership.org/peel-policing-principles/

Notice the joining of police and community. Rather than abolishing police, we want to change it to a community supported force for good.