Formal police forces have been created by economic motives.

-Protect Private Property: An important motive behind this process has been to safeguard private property, thus making sure that the machinery of the economy functions uninterruptedly. Society will no longer be totally based on agriculture; rather, more industrialized economies will need increased law enforcement to protect firms, trade routes, and factories. Such distracts revenue generation and commerce is discouraged.

-Labor Control: The rise of great working classes came about with the spread of manufacturing. To keep away labor unrests, strikes, and protests that might compromise economic output, policing bureaucracies helped manage and monitor this labor force.

-A secure financial system requires that contracts and laws be enforced, so says effective legislation and laws. Police agencies are in charge of seeing to it that commerce transactions follow economic statutes and are conducted fairly.

-Trade stabilization will need the protection of merchants, goods, and transportation routes. The police helped to speed up both local and foreign business and guaranteed the secure passage of goods.

-One could argue that economic stability depends on preserving social order. Deemed absolutely vital for the maintenance of social order, police forces were also essential in guaranteeing that no form of disturbance would interrupt commercial activities.