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Content: In Britain policing is explicitly
non-military and local, although more standardized than in the U.S. Responsibility
for controlling it is shared among the Home Office of the national government,
a local police authority and the head of the local force. There is no formal
Bill of Rights, yet in principal police have no power beyond that of the
ordinary citizen and police are unarmed. Citizens are seen to have a responsibility
for contributing to the policing of their own communities. Internal organizational
and self-control are emphasized. The symbolic meaning of police as representative
of the nation is stressed and police are trained to see themselves as exemplars
of moral behavior. The development of the British police has involved a
continual debate about how to protect democratic liberties while maintaining
effectiveness against crime and disorder. In France policing is highly
centralized and less service and community oriented. There is a single
national legal system. Th