He invented the police and London hated him - Sir Robert Peel

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In 1815, there were over 200 crimes in Britain that could get you hanged. Wrecking a fish pond. Stealing from a rabbit warren. Damaging a road. The man who started dismantling that list is the same man who invented the modern police force, and got so thoroughly attacked for it that his officers were nicknamed the Blue Devils. Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods take on Sir Robert Peel: cotton money, a bought Irish seat at 21, and a career built on doing the one thing politicians are never supposed to do, changing his mind. What you'll hear in this episode: 🎩 895 men, top hats and a wooden rattle – how the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 put Britain's first full-time force on the…