The first recorded history of a police force comes from Ancient Rome, and was created by Caesar Augustus.

Called Cohortes Urbanae, which is Latin for Urban Cohorts, they were responsible for imposing the will or rule of the Emperor onto the citizens, from 63 BC – 14 AD.

The name police came from 1530’s Middle French and the Greek word polis; meaning “the regulation and control of a community” which refers to the policy from “organized government, civil administration”, which in turn dates back its origins to the Latin word Politia, meaning “civil administration.”

Although the idea of Police date back thousands of years, and the name is derived from the title Policy Enforcer, the modern day UK police force was founded in 1829 when Sir Robert Peel, who was Home Secretary at the time, passed the Metropolitan Police Act.

Note: Sir Robert Peel was a freemason and by 1842 almost all Chief Inspectors were freemasons. By the early 1870’s corruption was rife, with many detectives on the payroll of vicious gangs and swindlers.

The police of 1829 were founded as citizens in uniform and policed via consent: The police are the public - the public are the police. This is true today.

Sir Robert Peel quote: “The Police being the only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.”

To allow Sir Robert Peel’s police officers to enforce the law, they had to swear an oath of office to the crown.

Meaning a Constable of Office is an independent person, and not an employee. However a member of the police can join a union to enforce employees’ rights.

Therefore a Constable of Office refers to the crown, hence the Queens motif displayed on all uniforms, and as Police departments are all registered business, a Police Officer is an employee, and displays the masonic checkerboard pattern.

Note: The Police can only deal with members of the public, as they are only public themselves.