Female Detectives In The United Kingdom
The first records of a detective organization in London began in 1767, with the Bow Street Runners. This consisted of a group of seven men who investigated a robbery gone wrong. They got their name from the Bow Street magistrate’s office, the place where the men all worked. They had been trained to do this kind of work by their boss, John Fielding. Other organizations followed the Bow Street Runners. There were small forces all across Europe that maintained order as best they could until a unified police force was created. Some of those police forces were: * Abingdon Borough Police * Banbury Borough Police * City of Glasgow Police * Dublin Metropolitan Police History of female detectives Women have been doing detective work for centuries, even though there has been little-to-no documentation on them. Accounts from the mid 1800s reveal the work of female detectives. Women did detective work on their own, mostly without recognition. They covered a wide range of cases, f ...
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The Former Bow Street Police Station, London-19872628366
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