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The Bow Street Runners were the law enforcement officers of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court in the City of Westminster. They have been called London's first professional police force. The force originally numbered six men and was founded in 1749 by magistrate Henry Fielding, who was also well known as an author. Bow Street Runners was the public's nickname for the officers although the officers did not use the term themselves and considered it derogatory. The group was disbanded in 1839 and its personnel merged with the Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan Police Detective Agency traces their origin back to them.

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  • Bow Street Runners (en)
  • Bow Street Runners (es)
  • Coureurs de Bow Street (fr)
  • Bow Street Runners (in)
  • Bow Street Runners (it)
  • Bow Street Runners (pt)
  • Bow Street Runners (sv)
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  • The Bow Street Runners were the law enforcement officers of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court in the City of Westminster. They have been called London's first professional police force. The force originally numbered six men and was founded in 1749 by magistrate Henry Fielding, who was also well known as an author. Bow Street Runners was the public's nickname for the officers although the officers did not use the term themselves and considered it derogatory. The group was disbanded in 1839 and its personnel merged with the Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan Police Detective Agency traces their origin back to them. (en)
  • Bow Street Runners adalah badan kepolisian profesional yang pertama kali dibentuk di London, Inggris. Badan ini didirikan pada tahun 1749 oleh seorang penulis bernama dan awalnya pasukannya hanya berjumlah enam orang. Bow Street Runners dibubarkan pada tahun 1839 menyusul dibentuknya . (in)
  • Les Coureurs de Bow Street (Bow Street Runners) ont été les premières forces de police professionnelles de Londres. Il s'agissait d'une patrouille volante composée initialement de 6 personnes, créée, en 1742 par le magistrat britannique Henry Fielding (1707-1754), également connu comme écrivain. Les « coureurs » (runners) de Bow Street était le surnom donné par le public à ces officiers, qui cependant ne l'employaient pas eux-mêmes, estimant que ce terme était dévalorisant. Le groupe des policiers de Bow Street est dissout en 1839. (fr)
  • Il Bow Street Runners è stato il primo corpo di polizia della città di Londra. Esso venne fondato nel 1749 da Henry Fielding ed inizialmente contava soltanto otto membri. (it)
  • Os Bow Street Runners são conhecidos como a primeira força policial profissional de Londres. A força foi fundada em 1749 pelo escritor Henry Fielding com somente seis homens, de início. Bow Street runners era o apelido dado pela população a esses oficiais, "apesar de os oficiais nunca se referirem como escoteiros (runners), considerando o termo depreciativo". O grupo acabou somente em 1839. (pt)
  • Los Bow Street Runners (los "corredores de Bow Street", en inglés) fue el nombre por el cual se conoció popularmente al cuerpo de policía existente en Londres, Reino Unido, entre 1749 y 1838. El cuerpo fue creado en 1749, poco después de que el juez, novelista y dramaturgo Henry Fielding fuese nombrado magistrado del tribunal de Bow Street, junto a Covent Garden, y decidiera reunir a un reducido grupo de ocho​ «thief-takers» (cazarrecompensas), conocidos como «Mr Fielding's People» (la "gente del Sr. Fielding") y poco después bautizados como Bow Street Runners.​ (es)
  • Bow Street Runners var Londons första poliskår i mitten av 1700-talet. Redan från 1253 hade de första nattpatrullerna funnits i London. De avlönades av de boende i församlingarna. I början av 1700-talet var det äldre män, som vaktade för en shilling per natt och fredsdomarna avlönades på en del av bötesbeloppen de kunde döma ut. Att anlita den här vaktstyrkan kostade pengar och vaktstyrkan var oftast mer rädda för de kriminella, än tvärt om. Londons första konstaplar och stadens första riktiga poliskår tillkom 1829, på Bow Street 25-27. Först 1993 stängdes polisstationen på Bow Street. (sv)
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