From: GALLERY : A PICTORIAL BACKGROUND TO THE LIFE & TIMES OF WILLIAM ROWBOTTOM, circa 1757 - 1830
![Bow Street and Police](../miscellaneous-gallery-images/Politics-old-england-pictorial-475.jpg)
Bow Street and Police
As Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel introduced reforms of British criminal law: most notably establishing the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829 and nicknamed 'Bobbies' or 'Peelers'.