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first american police force
Boston established first police force. -
first american detective agency
Alan Pinkerton created america's first detective agency -
worlds first fingerprint system
Juan Vucctich creates the worlds first fingerprints classification system -
first detective force (FBI)
Charles Bonaparte lobbyed congress to set up a permanence detective force (that shall later be known as the FBI) -
first woman hired
Lola G. Baldwin, first female police woman hired -
prohibition
banning of alcohol takes place 1919-1933 -
ACLU
ACLU (american civil liberties union) created to protect constitutional rights -
national database created
Vollmer advocates for lie detectors and sets up the national database -
first crime lab
first police crime lab created -
interpol created
International Criminal Police Organization created -
Quantico
FBI creates own crime lab in Quantico -
prohibition ends
ban against alcohol ends -
brooklyn grand jury investigates police
brooklyn grand jury investigates police for gambling play offs -
police professionalism
O.W. Wilson sets standard for police professionalism -
miranda rights
miranda rights established -
police corruption
KNAPP commission formed to investigate corruption related to gambling and drugs
