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The City of Boston establishes the first system of law enforcement in the 13 colonies. Called the "night watch," officers served part-time, without pay.
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The City of Boston hires the first full-time, paid law enforcement officers in the 13 colonies. September 24, 1789
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The United States Congress creates the first Federal law enforcement officer, the United States Marshal. Thirteen U.S. Marshals were appointed by President George Washington. October 22, 1791
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The Municipal Corporations Act of 1835, allowed Borough Councils to organise a police force but few of them seemed eager to implement the law.
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The Rural Constabulary Act of 1839, allowed any of the 54 English Counties to raise and equip a paid police force.
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In the 1840's, there was still a great disparity between different areas of the country with no single style of policing. By 1840, only 108 out of 171 boroughs had police forces.
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By 1848 there were still 22 boroughs that did not have a police force and, in 1850, only 36 counties that did.
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uniforms were dark blue shirt, pants enforced dress code among officers
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On the day he was shot by the assassin John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln approves the formation of what is now the United States Secret Service.
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Jacksonville, Florida, Officer William Johnson becomes the first African American police officer to be killed in the line of duty.
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Police start wearing soft body armor to protect themselves against handgun assaults.
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the term "police brutality" was first used to describe a beating of a civilian by an other officer
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Fingerprinting is first used in the United States by law enforcement.
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The Berkeley (CA) Police Department becomes the country's first agency to have all patrol officers using automobiles.
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uniforms included blue shirt , pants , visor caps
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officers began wearing a friendly shade of blue on their uniforms a more lighter color
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911 was created
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the US police Canine association is formed
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police officers were back to wearing a dark shade of blue uniforms following the terrorist attack
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The Department of Homeland Security is formed to lead the unified national effort to secure America.
