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Systems of law enforcement and law has began earlier than 2000 B.C
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First accounts of courts system came from Egypt in 1500 B.C.
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First written laws in Roman Empire of 10 wise men in 451 B.C.
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Formation of six watchmen start per town
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New York Sherriff Offices is founded.
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October 22, 1791 Sheriff Cornelius Hogeboom is shot and killed become the first officer to die in the line of duty.
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Boston police department becomes the first modern police
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District offices become connected to headquarters through telegraph for faster communication.
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Robert William Stewart and Roy Green are hired by the LAPD becoming the first African Americans to join law enforcement, but could not carry a firearm nor arrest a white person because of segregation
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The Pennsylvania State Police Department becomes the first state police agency
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Police Departments start using blood fibers to analysis blood
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Alice Stebbins becomes the first female officer to be hired.
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The lie detector is invented
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The fingerprint classification was created
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Police cars start to be equipped with radios in order to communicate with operators and other officers
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New York was the first police department to enforce a dress code, and since then it has stuck.
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The United States Police Canine Association is formed
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Police now has 410,000. To there disposal they also have Horses,Armed response units,Dogs, Bullet proof armor, and Riot shields
