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History of policing

  • Sheriff's Office was Founded

    The New York city sheriff's office was founded
  • The First Night Watch

    The town of Boston began the first night watch
  • A timeline of police in the u.s.

    although the country's first sheriff's station was created in 1626, modern police stations weren't established until the 1800s
  • Officers Duties

    In the late 1800s Cincinnati was the first city to require police officers to be of high character and fast
  • The First Local Modern Police Department In U.S.

    The Boston police department becomes the first local modern police department in u.s.
  • New York city

    The New York city police department is established
  • police stations

    First two African American police officers : Robert William Stewart and Roy Green are hired by LAPD
  • The Father of Modern Law Enforcement

    August Vollmer, the police chief of Berkley, CA, becomes the father of modern law enforcement
  • The First State Police Agency

    The Pennsylvania state police becomes the first state police agency
  • The First Female Police Officer To Be Hired

    Alice Stebbins Wells was the first female police officer hired by LAPD