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Critical errors
‘Empowered by a (state)...’ should be replaced with (government). *The word ‘state’ is not a broad enough term when used in the ‘body of or power’ context, eg ‘empowered by’.
‘Some of’ should come before ‘Their powers include’ when referring to powers of which there are objectively more but not listed. Grammarenforcement (talk) 00:42, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
"Another (organisation), the Constabulary..." should be replaced with (organization). The entirety of the article is consistent with American spelling format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.122.66 (talk) 21:15, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
"The first centrally (organised) police force was created by the government... should be replaced with (organized). The entirety of the article is consistent with American spelling format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.122.66 (talk) 21:20, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
"Cop(police)" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Cop(police). Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. gnu57 21:44, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
POV
"legitimized by the state via the monopoly of violence" is a HUGELY judgemental phrase.
- Corrected to the original monopoly on violence. Rmhermen (talk) 01:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Ineffective Watchman?
Crime historian Clive Emsley, author of The Great British Bobby: "Traditionally, the assumption has been that the Metropolitan Police was established because of an increase in disorder and crime. This is, however, extremely difficult to prove." It appears the article repeats rumor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.3.44.47 (talk) 19:33, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Malaysian police
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Malaysia_Police Founded in 1807 Holeejr (talk) 23:57, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
World's oldest police force
It says in this article that the Metropolitan Police, formed in 1829, are the world's first modern and professional police force, this isn't really true though - there are many older police forces, most notably of which might be the City of Glasgow Police (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Glasgow_Police), formed in 1800 and I'd say if you look at their organisation pretty modern and professional. Keep in mind the Met were previously warned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority to stop calling themselves the world's oldest police force because they're not. InspectorRage (talk) 15:52, 26 August 2020 (UTC)