Full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/police-and-51978611

In this episode Alex and Leila the emergence of the police under capitalism.  From their beginning as a semi-military force to "manage" the industrial working class and how the role has evolved but also remained the same.  They also look at the contradictions of policing and how the police are actually managers of crime.

Episode image is from the 1984-85 miners strike in Britain.