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the beginning of police
The development of policing in the United States developed in England. The watch system was composed of community volunteers whose primary duty was to warn of impending danger. Boston created a night watch in 1636, New York in 1658 and Philadelphia in 1700. The night watch was not a particularly effective crime control device. -
Feb 15 1700
Early law enforcement was reactionary, rather than pre-emptive—the watch usually responded to criminal behavior only when requested by victims or witnesses. And, with monetary incentive in certain areas, apprehending criminals was not always a priority. -
1704
The key question, of course, is what was it about the United States in the 1830s that necessitated the development of local, centralized, bureaucratic police forces? One answer is that cities were growing. -
1825
Royal assent to the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 was given and the Metropolitan Police Service was established on September 29, 1829 in London as the first modern and professional police force in the world -
1828
in 1838 boston establishedthe first american police force -
1830s
These informal modalities of policing continued well after the American Revolution. It was not until the 1830s that the idea of a centralized municipal police department first emerged in the United States. -
1833
Philadelphia created the first day watch in 1833. -
1838-1857
In 1838, the city of Boston established the first American police force, followed by New York City in 1845, Albany, NY and Chicago in 1851, New Orleans and Cincinnati in 1853, Philadelphia in 1855, and Newark, NJ and Baltimore in 1857. -
1857
The Green Bay Police Department has been serving and protecting the citizens of Titletown, USA since its official founding on August 27, 1857. -
1880s
By the 1880s all major U.S. cities had municipal police forces in place. -
19th century
Political involvement in American policing was viewed as a problem by both the public and police reformers
in the mid- to late 19th century. Early attempts (in the 19th century) at police reform in the United States
were unsuccessful, as citizens tried to pressure police agencies to make changes. -
the first woman in the police force
Alice stebbsins wells was the first woman police in the LAPD. -
19th century
Another goal of police during the early 1900s was to professionalize the police.This could be achieved by setting standards for the quality of police officers hired, implementing better police training, and adopting various types of technology to aid police officers in their daily operations including motorized patrol and the use of radios.The professionalization movement of the police in America resulted in police agencies becoming centralized bureaucracies focused primarily on crime control. -
1975
The first professional police force in the UK, funded by local taxation, was set up in Glasgow in 1800. At the time, the City of Glasgow police undertook more duties than modern police, including fire fighting. It served Glasgow right through until 1975 -
the end of 19th century
By the end of 19th century municipal police departments were firmly entrenched in the day-to-day political affairs of big-city political machines. Police provided services and assistance to political allies of the machine and harassed, arrested and interfered with the political activities of machine opponents. -
911
on sep 11 two passenger air planes hit the twin towers. -
2002
The Department of Homeland Security is formed to lead the unified national effort to secure America. -
2012
Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been a lot of talk of implementing body worn cameras for police officers in the United States. However, this has started to actually be implemented more and more as a policy recommendation in recent years in an effort to try and promote public and officer safety.