Which British city established the first organised, paid municipal police force in 1800, predating London's Metropolitan Police by 29 years?

Long before Sir Robert Peel's 'Bobbies' patrolled the streets of London, another British port city had already pioneered professional policing. Its officers were funded by local merchants worried about theft from the docks.

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