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Watchmen were organised groups of men, usually authorised by a state, government, city, or society, to deter criminal activity and provide law enforcement as well as traditionally perform the services of public safety, fire watch, crime prevention, crime detection, and recovery of stolen goods. Watchmen have existed since earliest recorded times in various guises throughout the world and were generally succeeded by the emergence of formally organised professional policing.
An early reference to a watch can be found in the Bible where the Prophet Ezekiel states that it was the duty of the watch to blow the horn and sound the alarm. (Ezekiel 33:1-6)
The Roman Empire made use of the Praetorian Guard and the Vigiles, literally the watch.
Description
- Competencies: public safety, fire watch, crime prevention, crime detection, criminal apprehension, recovery of stolen goods
- Fields of employment: Law enforcement
- Related jobs: thief-taker, security guard, police officer, fire lookout