GOVERNOR ALFONSO D TAN COLLEGE

INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY

EVOLUTION OF POLICING SYSTEM

SUBMITTED BY: CHERRILYN TEREZ

SUBMITTE D TO: MS. ROBELY PADIOS

NORMAL PERIOD OF POLICING SYSTEM (1066 – 1225AD)

• Shires - a division of fifty-five (55) military areas in England when it was

under the Regime of France

- used to refer to a district

- King William Norman

• REIVE (the head-man) the military leader (lieutenants of the army)

was in charge of the Shire

- used to refer to the ruler of the who made laws, rendered judgement, and imposed

personalities.

• Shire - Reive – A person with absolute mob powers that no one could question her /his

actions. It is where the word sheriff was derived

.•TRAVELLING JUDGE - the judge selected to hear cases which were formerly being

decided by the Shire- REIVE and was tasked to travel through an area and hear and decide

criminal cases. This was the first instance of the division of the police and judicial powers.
• Leges Henrici Primi or Laws of Henry – It is an act that was enacted during this period, to

wit;

• offenses were classified as against the King or individuals

• policeman becomes public servant;

• The police and the citizens have the citizens have the broad power to arrest It introduced the

system called “citizenffis arrest”; and

• a grand Jury was created to inquire on the facts of the case.

• Frankpledge System – It is a system of policing whereby a group of ten(10) neighboring male

residents whose ages are over twelve(12) years old were required to guard the town in order to

preserve peace and protect the lives and properties of the people.

WESTMINISTER PERIOD OF POLICING SYSTEM(1285 1500)

a. Statute of 1295 . The law that marks the beginning of the curfew hours which demanded

the closing of the gates of London during sunset.

b. Justice of the Peace – Three or four men who were learned in the law of the land were

given authority to pursue an arrest, chastise and imprison violators of the law. They

handled felonies, misdemeanors and infractions of cities or villages ordinances .This was

later abolished about 75 years later.

c. Courts of the Star- Chamber (1487) – It is a special court designed to try offenders

against the state. The room set-up is formed in the shape of a star and judges were given

great powers such as the power to force testimony from a defendant leading to a great

abuse of power or brutality on the part of the judges.

SPANISH REGIME

a. The GUARDRILLEROS. They were police organized in each town and established

rural by the Royal Decree on January 1ff,1fffi6. This decree provided that 51ff,1fffi6.

This decree provided that 5% of the able- bodied male inhabitants of each province were

to be in listed in this police organization for three years

b. CARABINEROS DE SEGURIDAD PUBLICA – It was organized in 1712 for the

purpose of carrying the regulations of the Department of State. They were armed and

considered as the mounted police.

c. GUARDIA CIVIL – This was created by a Royal Decree issued by the Crown on

February 12, 1852 to partially relieve the Spanish Peninsular troops of their work in

policing towns composed of Filipino.