The public, in Sir Robert Peel's terms, with the middle and upper classes--who to this day in the US get along with the police fairly well. Have a look at Mayhe

The public, in Sir Robert Peel's terms, with the middle and upper classes--who to this day in the US get along with the police fairly well. Have a look at Mayhew's London Labor and the London Poor to see what the poor thought of the London police. I don't think that the police should have the impunity they do in the US; but don't delude yourself about Sir Robert Peel.