Henry Fielding established the first organized police department in London.

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Sir Robert Peel established the first organized police department in London, known as the Metropolitan Police Force, in 1829. Henry Fielding was a writer and magistrate who helped establish the Bow Street Runners, a group of men who worked to enforce the law in the mid-18th century. However, it was not a formal police department like the one established by Peel.

Henry Fielding Established the First Organized Police Department in London