Sunday, April 06, 2008 "The Police are the Public, and the Public are the Police." The title to this post is a quote attributed to Sir Robert Peel. Known as the "Father of Modern Policing", Sir Robert was the man responsible for the creation of what many believe to be the first modern professional police department -- the Metropolitan Police Force in London. Prior to Sir Roberts little experiment, the British in the 1800's had a strong antipathy for the idea of a full-time police department -- matter-of-fact, it was seen as a threat to liberty and a (and this...