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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 1390569" data-attributes="member: 1125">Scotland Yard was established in the 1830's - so 19th Century had Law Enforcement. Originally in England law enforcement was carried out by Justices of the Peace who was assisted by Constables and as they were unpaid survived on the fines and fees paid by those that appeared before him (oron bribes when they were on offer). In the 18th Century the Justices at the Bow Street Office got on the Government Payroll and ran the place like a proper court. The Bow Street Thief-Takers were the worlds first 'Police Force'Sherlock Holmes was also 19th Century covering the Investigative (plus Journalist are Investigative too at newspapers were big business in 19th C)Technicians are Engineers (Military and Civil) responsible for such 19th C innovations as well the Industrial Revolution<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Peasants, Beggars, Prostitutes and Slaves I'd group together as Proletariat (all call them Beggars or Peasants if you choose) Slaves because they basically have the same skill base or else are ruralI'm not sure Initiates and Ascetics are much different to those with Religious or Novitiate backgrounds...</blockquote>