Under the leadership of the Fielding brothers in the mid-eighteenth century a core of fifty men was organized and paid as police officers. They became known as the
a. Bobbies.
b. Bow Street Runners.
c. magistrates.
d. vigilantes.
Answer: b. Bow Street Runners.
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