Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England & Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland (administration of police matters is not generally affected by the Government of Wales Act 2006).In the British model of policing, police officers are citizens in uniform. They exercise their powers to police their fellow citizens with the implicit consent of their fellow citizens. Policing by consent is the phrase used to describe this. It denotes that the legitimacy of policing in the eyes of the public is based upon a general consensus of support that follows from transparency about their powers, demonstrating integrity in exercising those powers and their accountability for doing so.Police officers in the UK are often referred to by nicknames, such as "bobby" or "bobbies" and "peelers" (both of which derive from Sir Robert Peel's name), as "cop(s)" or "copper(s)" and also by derogatory nicknames such as "pigs" and "the scum".. }
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- Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom abstract "Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England & Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland (administration of police matters is not generally affected by the Government of Wales Act 2006).In the British model of policing, police officers are citizens in uniform. They exercise their powers to police their fellow citizens with the implicit consent of their fellow citizens. Policing by consent is the phrase used to describe this. It denotes that the legitimacy of policing in the eyes of the public is based upon a general consensus of support that follows from transparency about their powers, demonstrating integrity in exercising those powers and their accountability for doing so.Police officers in the UK are often referred to by nicknames, such as "bobby" or "bobbies" and "peelers" (both of which derive from Sir Robert Peel's name), as "cop(s)" or "copper(s)" and also by derogatory nicknames such as "pigs" and "the scum".".