How do you say police?
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How do they say police in England?
London’s “Bobbies on the Beat”
There are two theories: Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the London police in 1829, was the source of the bobby nickname. The London police were called “bobbies” after Peel; the diminutive for his first name, Robert, is “Bob,” hence the nickname for the London police.