Earlier this year, in a report from the Special Committee of Parliament on the safety in London, it was noted that since the establishment of Scotland Yard, the loss of property in the London region due to crimes such as theft and robbery had decreased from 900,000 pounds in 1829 to 20,000 pounds in 1834.
Exactly how much of this should be credited to Arthur Hastings, Rowan had a clear understanding.
However, the highly efficient and remarkably successful Hastings system was not without its flaws.
As the first Minister of Scotland Yard, Rowan deeply understood: if a system cannot function without a particular individual, then it is absolutely not a good system.
The core of the system left behind by Arthur lay in that it was entirely a system held together by Arthur Hastings's personal charisma and skills.
