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I've heard that the reason British Police don't use use terms such as Officer and Lieutenant as their ranks is because when police forces were formed, the idea that Police being in anyway Military was extremely unpopular. Is this true in this? If not why do they use Constable and Inspector instead?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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