Alley captain

In earlier centuries, a street captain was an urban district chief . He had to ensure peace and order in his district , especially in the case of fires that occurred more frequently in earlier times . Furthermore, it was one of his tasks to report citizens who resisted orders and criminals, especially arsonists . Arsonists were reported by the street captain directly to the then existing fire department of the respective city.

See also

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Web links

• Alley captain . In: Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 3 , Issue 8 (edited by Eberhard von Künßberg ). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - publication date between 1935 and 1938).