Best Police in the World - Open Exam Reading A TYPOLOGY OF BRITISH POLICE: Locating the Scottish Municipal Police Model in Its British Context, 1800-35 by David Barrie, 259-277: . The historiography of the topic has always tended to treat Ireland as one type of policing and the mainland Britain as another section. (259) Argues this is the first attempt to show that Scotland's policing could be, and should be, considered on its own. · "Developments in Scotland, and to a lesser extent Wales, were either overlooked or underplayed" (259) . "the distinctiveness of Scottish policing's historical development has tended to be assumed rather than fully investigated" (260) · Alongside Scotland/Wales, municipal authorities have tended to be neglected too. (260) . Argues the introduction of local police legislation in the early 18th century in several Scottish burghs e.g. Glasgow/Aberdeen was a result of local initiative, not direction from London. · Notes how Scottish police officers had different legal, procedural and administrative powers/basis than their English counterparts (262-3) but nonetheless, still had a lot in common e.g. enjoyed much discretion (263) . Notes how the Manchester police sent delegations to Glasgow and Edinburgh and subsequently adopted some Scottish police regulations from there showing that it was not just the Met influencing them. (268) . "the Scottish system of police governance was more democratically based than its English counterpart" allowing for a greater degree of community control and participation. (268) The wide-ranging powers enjoyed by Scottish police commissions as well as democratic principles behind them were a source of great pride for many Scots in the 19th century. (269) . As the 19th century developed, "Scottish and English practice converged in many ways" (269) despite this there were subtle and some more obvious differences. (270) · Argues that, whilst there's a huge amount of similarities between Scottish and English police models in the period, there was little distinctively 'British' about them. (274) Many of the common themes were also part of European and American policing. . "The police model that emerged in urban Scotland points to the importance of civic identity and indigenous factors in shaping police reform" therefore highlighting these influences as important and potentially underrated in the historiography. (274) · "In terms of municipal policing, civic influences, mores and identity were every bit as significant to police development as political discourse at the centre" (275) "The English Bobby" by Clive Emsley, 114-135: . Notes character of PC Dixon - an example of the "personification of the ideal English Bobby" (114) · Long-standing antipathy towards standing armies and spies, especially those things which appeared European or French. (115) . "the upper ranks of the police were to be filled from below" of conscientious and hard- working individuals looking for self-improvement - this was needed to make policing not look like class policing. (116) . Irony that the Met's creators truly didn't want it to look military but that is, nonetheless, how it was perceived by thousands of Londoners. (116) . "The