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New York cities first sheriff department was in 1626 but more started in the 1800s
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the town of boston had began the first night watch
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the boston police department becomes the first local modern police department in U.S.
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the new york city police department is established
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first two african american police officers. Robert william stewart and Roy green were hired by LAPD
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Augest Vollmer, the police chief of Berkley CA, became the father of modern law enforcment.
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the pennsylvania state police becomes the first state police agency
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Alice stebbins wells was the first female police hired by the LAPD
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the first female deputy sheriff was Margaret Q. adams was hired by the LA county Sheriffs department
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investigations of several city police departments revealed cases of police corruption.
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the united states police canine association is formed when two other associations merge
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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.
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policing in the us was under siege so they needed to hire more police and had foot patrol
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local police departments served cities with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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.
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American indian tribes operated 171 law enforcement agencies that employed the equivalent of at least 1 full time sowrn officer with general arrest powers.
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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.
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federal agencies employed approximately 120,000 full-time law enforcement officers who were authorized to make arrests and carry firearms in the United States.
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About 27% of local police officers were members of a racial or ethnic minority, compared to 15% in 1987.
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a large numbers of officers told us that the most important change they’d like to see is patrolling in pairs
