Beat patrol in the United States, England, and Wales, is generally performed with a similar end in view to prevent crime, to apprehend criminals, and to protect life and property. However, there are differences between the means used to obtain these ends. Most differences are only a matter of local custom and procedure, and a few are of greater consequence. The present system of police organization in England and Wales is based upon two local areas, namely, the County and the Borough. These two local units of organization are the result of a long history of law and order and its formation in Britain. In order that the English police organizational system as it is today might be more easily understood and appreciated, one should know and appreciate its historical foundation. Police service in England and Wales is definitely on a local control basis supplemented by Home Office inspection and aids. Operational and equipment techniques have been developed more to meet local requirements than to satisfy any general standard. Of course, it is only natural that in such a system these requirements differ substantially from jurisdiction to jurisdiction in the sense that each area has characteristics peculiar to its own situation. But the development of modern communications and methods of science and detection have forced greater uniformity and cooperation between forces. So, today, with the aid of the centrally located Home Office, there is greater uniformity in method and administration of local forces than ever before. In England and Wales, development of today's police system can be generally stated as slow with only the Police Acts of 1829, 1839, and 1919, bringing any radical hasty developments. This is in marked contrast to the United States where the child grew too fast and developed into a hodge podge of various types, concepts, levels of control, overlapping jurisdictions, and degrees of efficiency in the police field. Found in the British Isles is a very peculiar, but sacred, relationship between the people and their police. The dominating factor in this is that the police themselves are members of the public, appointed by their fellow citizens to protect life and property, guide and assist them when necessary, and generally to perform the functions basic to modern policing. Great Britain is unique in that police forces are not under the sole control of either the central government or the local authorities. The