http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/724.htm"The Law Commission have identified several laws relating to the police that have become obsolete. The main theme running through this is the gradual changeover from the locally-based and amateurish policing of the early 19th century to the establishment of professional policing modelled on the Metropolitan Police."
Consultation: PDF http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/police-consultation.pdf
[Closes 13 January 2006]
