We take police on our streets for granted today. But they weren’t always there.
At one time, we had watchmen in London rather than police officers.
Did you know, the job of keeping order on the streets of London was once the responsibility of parishes?
It was a somewhat disorganised approach to dealing with criminals.
Rich parishes could afford more watchmen than poor parishes. So that inevitably meant that where you lived made a difference as to how safe the streets were.
To be honest, you could say that’s true of today — only for different reasons.