What is the common law history of a police officer?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tasse v. Hoveland, 1992 CanLII 6144 (AB QB):
Police officers, by whatever their name, have a long history at common law. As early as 1619 there was a book on their history and duties: see the comments in Fisher v. Oldham Corp., [1930] 2 K.B. 364, at pp. 369-70.
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