What's Happened to the Roman Police?

The last and most powerful police agency in ancient rome were the praetorian guard. In some way, these guys are the evolution of mobs of armed supporters who tried to pro protect tiberius, gracchus and the gangs run by milo and claudius. Augustus had created potentially the most dangerous institution the roman world had ever seen. The emperors taught them to perceive their own strength and the weakness of the civil government with familiar contempt.