Q 01/05

Which British Home Secretary founded London's Metropolitan Police in 1829?

A) Henry Fielding

B) Robert Peel

C) William Gladstone

D) Benjamin Disraeli

Answer · why

B) Robert Peel

Robert Peel's Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 created the force, whose first constables went on patrol on 29 September 1829; 'bobbies' and 'peelers' b...

Q 02/05

How did the Metropolitan Police headquarters get its famous nickname?

A) From its Scottish first commissioner

B) From the street its public entrance faced

C) From a former Scottish embassy on the site

D) From the King of Scotland's old guardhouse

Answer · why

B) From the street its public entrance faced

From the street its public entrance faced: the first headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place had its public entrance on Great Scotland Yard, and the name be...

Q 03/05

Which magistrate and novelist founded the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police, in 1749?

A) Samuel Johnson

B) Henry Fielding

C) Daniel Defoe

D) Charles Dickens

Answer · why

B) Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones, recruited a handful of paid constables in 1749 from his Bow Street magistrate's office; his blind half-brother Jo...

Q 04/05

Which of Peel's principles is the most often quoted?

A) 'Prevention is better than cure'

B) 'The police are the public and the public are the police'

C) 'Force must always be the last resort of a constable'

D) 'Justice must be seen to be done by every citizen'

Answer · why

B) 'The police are the public and the public are the police'

'The police are the public and the public are the police' is the seventh of the nine principles, stressing that officers are simply citizens paid to g...

Q 05/05

The British police custodian helmet was adopted in 1863 to replace what?

A) A stovepipe top hat

B) A tricorne

C) A bearskin

D) A leather cap

Answer · why

A) A stovepipe top hat

A stovepipe top hat, stiffened with cane and leather, was the Met's headgear from 1829 until the custodian helmet replaced it in 1863.