Dublin Metropolitan Police

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The Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) was the local police authority in Dublin , Ireland from 1836 to 1925 .

history

Robert Peel founded the Peace Preservation Force in 1814, when he was Chief Secretary of Ireland, the first real police force on the Irish island. This underdeveloped paramilitary unit was created to ensure a sufficient police presence in rural areas and thus to replace the system of guards and the British military units.

In 1822, a new law by the Royal Irish Constabulary created four expanded “County” constabularies (county police units) based on the historic provinces of Ireland .

These police forces were brought together in the new centralized Irish Constabulary in 1836 and the Peace Preservation Force disbanded. At the same time, the cities of Dublin, Belfast and Derry formed their own non-paramilitary police force. The latter two were later transferred to the Royal Irish Constabulary due to sectarian problems and uprisings in the cities - only Dublin got its own police force.

The DMP was created on the model of the London Metropolitan Police . Not only were the uniforms of the two groups barely distinguishable, they also had almost the same organizational structure: instead of a police chief, they were led by a police officer who was not an officer of the police, but an official.

During the Irish War of Independence , the DMP did not side with the British as obviously as the Royal Irish Constabulary did, and therefore did not suffer as many casualties during this period (with the exception of the political "G" division). Many DMP officers, including Edward Broy , even actively supported the IRA with important information. The portrayal in the 1996 film Michael Collins that Broy was exposed, then tortured and executed by the British is incorrect. In fact, he was never caught and was an agent for the Garda Síochána in the 1930s .

Like its counterpart in London, the DMP was always an unarmed force until it was merged with the Garda Síochána in 1925, which had replaced the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1922.

This text is based on a translation of the article Dublin Metropolitan Police from the English Wikipedia, version of 14 July 2005.