>"The Peelian principles summarise the ideas that Sir Robert Peel developed to define an ethical police force. The approach expressed in these principles is commonly known as <i>policing by consent</i> in the United Kingdom and other countries including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.[1][2][3][4]"<p>Related:<p>Consent Of The Governed:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consent_of_the_governed" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consent_of_the_governed</a><p>Two Treatises Of Government by John Locke:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Treatises_of_Government" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Treatises_of_Government</a><p>>"The Second Treatise outlines a theory of civil society. Locke begins by describing the state of nature, a picture much more stable than Thomas Hobbes' state of "war of every man against every man," and argues that all men are created equal in the state of nature by God. From this, he goes on to explain the hypothetical rise of property and civilization, in the process explaining that <i>the only legitimate governments are those that have the consent of the people.</i>"<p>Locke's Second Treatise Of Government (Full Text):<p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm</a><p>Note that the word <i>"consent"</i> is used 111 times, which is a lot for an essay of this size...<p><i>"Consent Of The Governed"</i> -- a very important root-level understanding when it comes to understanding U.S. Law...