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2000 BCE
Law enforcement in egypt
Systems of law enforcement and law has began earlier than 2000 B.C -
1500 BCE
First accounts of a court system
First accounts of courts system came from Egypt in 1500 B.C. -
451 BCE
First Laws
First written laws in Roman Empire of 10 wise men in 451 B.C. -
1600-1700
Formation of six watchmen start per town -
Sherriff's dempartment is founded
New York Sherriff Offices is founded. -
First officer to die in duty
October 22, 1791 Sheriff Cornelius Hogeboom is shot and killed become the first officer to die in the line of duty. -
First modern police
Boston police department becomes the first modern police -
Communication in the 1800s
District offices become connected to headquarters through telegraph for faster communication. -
First Africans Americans is join law enforcement
Robert William Stewart and Roy Green are hired by the LAPD becoming the first African Americans to join law enforcement, but could not carry a firearm nor arrest a white person because of segregation -
First police agency
The Pennsylvania State Police Department becomes the first state police agency
1900s -
Blood Analysis
Police Departments start using blood fibers to analysis blood -
First female officer
Alice Stebbins becomes the first female officer to be hired. -
Lie Detector
The lie detector is invented -
Fingerprints
The fingerprint classification was created -
Radio equipped police cars
Police cars start to be equipped with radios in order to communicate with operators and other officers -
Police Departments start using forensics to solve crimes
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Uniforms
New York was the first police department to enforce a dress code, and since then it has stuck. -
911 is created
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Corruption among officers is very common
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Police Dogs
The United States Police Canine Association is formed -
Modern Policing
Police now has 410,000. To there disposal they also have Horses,Armed response units,Dogs, Bullet proof armor, and Riot shields
