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This chapter addresses two related aspects of the imperial legacy in the global South: the weaponization of frontiers and territories and the imposition of ‘asymmetric’, alien and oppressive policing systems upon these same regions. The question as to whether all policing systems are asymmetric and ‘force reliant’ remains implicit. A particular focus, following Neocleous (2014), will centre upon perhaps the most egregious example of this form of empire policing, the ‘air policing’ strategy adopted in the ‘Middle East’, especially the 1920s doctrine of ‘police bombing’ thought to combine efficiency and humanity across wide tracts of ‘ungovernable space’, while anticipating the forceful public order maintenance and ‘pacification’ practices deployed towards the ‘end of empire’ and yet more recent tactics of drone governance. Excavating these often overlooked features of ‘police’ development, the chapter hopes to throw some (Southern) light upon a number of global dimensions of police force and its evolution.
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