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7 Liverpool L. Rev. 1 (1985)

handle is hein.journals/lvplr7 and id is 1 raw text is: Modern and Primitive Police Discipline 1 FACING THE MUSIC: MODERN POLICE DISCIPLINE AND PRIMITIVE POLICE DISCIPLINE 1829 - 1879 (H). John V. Boothman* 2 Primitive Police Discipline 1829 - 1879 Before we examine the clues to primitive police discipline in England and Wales, it is helpful to mention four preliminary points. First, the world of modern police discipline is very different from the scenario of Victorian police discipline. The early law, for example, knew nothing of a Discipline Code and the modern corpus of standard offences against police discipline. Similarly, there was no sophisticated statutory police disciplinary procedure before 1880, and the early constabularies had no formal appeals procedure or anything similar to the modern complaints procedure. Secondly, there are many archaic elements in primitive police discipline which would startle the modern constable. Four examples will suffice. The Leicestershire Police Contract 1854 states that a constable is not to marry without first obtaining the permission of the Chief Constable, and the violation of this disciplinary rule involved instant dismissal. (81) The original Cumberland Police Contract 1857 insists that no recruit shall apply for any other appointment or situation (non-police employment) without the permission and sanction of Mr. J. Dunne, the Chief Constable; and the modern constable knows nothing of the constable's duty in the original Metropolitan Police Contract 1829, to furnish himself with new (non-police) * M.A. (Oxon.), Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool Polytechnic. The first part of this article appeared at VI(2) Liverpool Law Review 107. 81 See also the Cumberland, Cheshire and Derbyshire Police contracts 1857.

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