Colquhoun's utilitarian approach to the problem – using a cost-benefit argument to obtain support from businesses standing to benefit – allowed him to achieve what Henry and John Fielding failed for their Bow Street detectives. Unlike the stipendiary system at Bow Street, the river police were full-time, salaried officers prohibited from taking private fees. His other contribution was the concept of preventive policing; his police were to act as a highly visible deterrent to crime by their permanent presence on the Thames. Colquhoun's innovations were a critical development leading up to Robert Peel's "new" police three decades later. COUNT 5
QSN1 How did the Bow Street group pay their employees? ANS1 stipendiary system QSN2 Who started the Bow Street detectives? ANS2 Henry and John Fielding QSN3 Who came up with the concept of the 'new' police? ANS3 Robert Peel QSN4 How did the Thames River Police pay their employees? ANS4 full-time, salaried officers prohibited from taking private fees QSN5 What schedule did the Thames River Police employees work? ANS5 full-time