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1626
New York cities first sheriff department was in 1626 but more started in the 1800s -
1635
the town of boston had began the first night watch -
1838
the boston police department becomes the first local modern police department in U.S. -
1845
the new york city police department is established -
1886
first two african american police officers. Robert william stewart and Roy green were hired by LAPD -
1900
Augest Vollmer, the police chief of Berkley CA, became the father of modern law enforcment. -
1905
the pennsylvania state police becomes the first state police agency -
1910
Alice stebbins wells was the first female police hired by the LAPD -
1910
the first female deputy sheriff was Margaret Q. adams was hired by the LA county Sheriffs department -
1970s
investigations of several city police departments revealed cases of police corruption. -
1971
the united states police canine association is formed when two other associations merge -
1980
by the 1980s a progress report of women in policing reaffirmed that women could perform as equal as men and that women officers received fewer complaints than their male counterparts. -
1985
policing in the us was under siege so they needed to hire more police and had foot patrol -
1990
local police departments served cities with a population of 250,000 or more. -
1995
three- fourth of the agency providing law enforment services on 4 year campuses in the u.s with an enrollment of 2,500 or more used sworn officers granted general arrest powers. -
2000s
American indian tribes operated 171 law enforcement agencies that employed the equivalent of at least 1 full time sowrn officer with general arrest powers. -
2002
june 2002, federal agencies had employed more the 93k full time personnel authorized to make arrests and carry firearm in the 50 states and district of Columbia. -
2008
federal agencies employed approximately 120,000 full-time law enforcement officers who were authorized to make arrests and carry firearms in the United States. -
2013
About 27% of local police officers were members of a racial or ethnic minority, compared to 15% in 1987. -
2017
a large numbers of officers told us that the most important change they’d like to see is patrolling in pairs
