The history of the london policein 1700 london had no policemen at all. a few men protected the city screets a mightmany people were poor and there were so many thieves who scole money in the screets thempeople stayed in their homes as much as possiblein 1750. henry fielding started to pay a group of people to stop this & they were likepolicemen and were called "bow street runners because they mocked near bow streetfifty years later, there were 120 bow street runners, but london had become very big andneeded more policemen. in 1829. the first london police force was started with 3000 officersmost of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horsestoday, london police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who sill ride hathe pay is even better than for the others.answer the questions.1. why did people stay in their homes as much as possible? ​