police history

By bassbeast007

  • New york Police

    The first law enforcement around was in 1626 in new york. it started off as a sheriff department.

  • The first police patrol

    The town of boston began its first police watch.

  • Handguns

    handguns and handcuffs are the new standard for equipment

  • Call boxes

    used to make long distance calls

  • Year of riots

    in new york riots sprung out all over the city

  • First official police department

    The boston police department becomes the first local modern police department in the u.s.

  • New york city first police department

    The new york city police department is established.

  • Nightwatch and daywatch

    Nightwatch and daywatch are introduced and cops get diffrent shifts during day and night

  • Telegraphs are used for communication

    district stations were linked to telegraph from line to line

  • The first african american people in law enforcement

    The first two african american police officers was robert william stewart and roy green were hired by lapd

  • Police officers get more experienced

    officers became more proffesional and crime experts

  • Lie detector

    Used to determine if someone is lying

  • Fingerprint determination

    Fingerprint systems were made to determine dna of a specific suspect of crime

  • Radar

    Radars are introduced to traffic law enforcement

  • Cops change outfits

    cops change outfits to light blue to try and calm down everyone

  • 1968 Police number

    Police department created the number 911

  • Females are on the police force

    Females are assigned to crime investigations and patrol duty

  • 1990 to 2000

    Change back to dark blue uniforms to indimidate terrorists