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the new yorks sherrifs office was founded -
police history
boston created a night watch -
police history
boston established the first american police force -
police history
new York was the first to institute a dress code -
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police assisted the poor, took in overnight lodgers and returned lost children -
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officer William Johnson becomes the first African American police officer to be killed in the line of duty -
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august vollmer was the first police chief -
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first drunk arrest -
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police started formally training dogs for police work -
police history
radio and motorized communications appear -
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berkeleys department was the first to use blood fiber and soil analysis in investigations -
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alice Stebbins wells was the first female police officer hired by LAPD -
police history
the lie detector was invented -
police history
the fingerprint classification system was developed -
police history
radio-equipped squad cars were first used -
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911 is created -
police history
female officers were assigned to patrol duty and crime investigation -
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police start wearing soft body armor to protect themselves against handgun assults -
police history
the Berkeley police department becomes the country's first agency to have all patrols officers using automobiles -
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abner louima was arrested and abused with a broomstick
