police history

By cdeleon

  • The boston police department

    The Boston police department becomes the first local modern police department in the US.

  • Day & night watch

    New York city combines its separate day and night watches into single city police force

  • Dress code

    New York was the first to institute a dress code of dark blue for police officers

  • Robert William Stewart & Roy Green

    First two African American police officers are hired by LAPD

  • Police brutality

    The New York Times uses 'police brutality' for the first time to describe the beating of a civilian by a police officer

  • August vollmer

    August vollmer, the police chief of Berkley,Ca, becomes the father of modern law enforcement

  • Pennsylvania state police

    the Pennsylvania state police becomes the first state police agency

  • Blood, fiber and soil analysis

    Berkeley's department was the first to use blood, fiber and soil analysis in investigations

  • Alice Stebbins Wells

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

  • Margret Q. Adams

    the first female deputy sheriff Margaret Q. Adams is hired by the LA County Sheriff's Department

  • Lie Detector

    The lie detector was invented

  • Fingerprints

    the fingerprint classification system was developed

  • Radio-equipped

    Radio-equipped squad cars were first used

  • Forensics

    FBI inaugurated the forensics laboratory

  • Friendly blue

    Due to riots and cases of police corruption, the NYC police department replaced the dark blue uniforms with a more friendly blue

  • Police Dogs

    The United Police Canine Association is formed when two ther associations merge

  • Boys in dark blue

    Uniforms returned to dark blue after the city experiences terrorists attacks