When first encountered in The Colour of Magic, Watch officers 'bravely' intervened in a pub fight, but only after 'giving 'survivors' ample time to escape via the back door, a neat compromise between caution and justice that benefited all parties' these were likely the Day Watch officers. The Cable Street Particulars, an unpopular and much-feared group of secret policemen who spied, jailed citizens without arrest warrants, and tortured them to death, had been taken down during the transition from Lord Winder to Lord Snapcase as the Patrician (see Night Watch). Cable Street Particulars were housed in Cable Street, Palace Guards worked at the palace Day Watch and Night Watch shared the same police stations, using hour-of-daylight instead of geographic districts to delineate their jurisdictions. The Watch and Ward of the Cities of Ankh and Morpork was founded in 1561 UC by King Veltrick I, who also bestowed upon them his personal motto, 'Fabricati Diem, Pvncti Agvnt Celeriter,' Latatian for 'Make the Day, the Moments Pass Quickly.' The Ward, originally the city gate guards, eventually took over thief-taking during daylight hours and became known as the Day Watch, the Watch becoming the Night Watch.Īt the time Sam Vimes enlisted, the Watch comprised four divisions: Day Watch, Night Watch, (the Patrician's) Palace Guards, and the secret police Cable Street Particulars.

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