Answer:
The correct option is;
B. British ideas of what a police force should do
Explanation:
There are many aspects of the American police force that is influenced by ideas of what should be an ideal police force in England.
The policy of preventing and controlling, the military styled police organizational structure and the preventive patrol strategies were first practiced in England before being adopted the law enforcement agencies in America
The idea of there being a limit to the authority of the police and the more local or decentralized system of policing and police departments such that there are more local municipalities than federal police departments were influenced by the English police system.