Policing History in the United States

By crystalrich28

  • Philadelphia Passes Ordinance Creating America's First Paid Daylight Police Force

    Was repealed 3 years later.

  • Pinkerton and Attorney Edward Rucker Create First Major Private Detective Agency

    Pinkerton's Trademark was an open eye above the slogan 'We never sleep'. The trademark gave rise to the use of the term "private eye" in reference to any private investigator.

  • In New York CIty, Police were Authorized tp Designate 20 patrol officers as Detectives

  • Rouge's Gallery is Created

    By June of 1858, it had over 700 photographs for detectives to study so that they might recognize the criminals in the streets.

  • Pinkerton Organized a Secret Service Division Within the Army During the Civil War

    (this is not to be confused with the Secret Service)

  • Congress Created the U.S. Secret Service

    This was originally done to combat counterfeiting.

  • Chicago Established this Country's First Municipal Criminal Investigation Bureau to Assist Detectives

  • Mulberry Street Morning Parade was Formed by Thomas Byrnes

    At 9 o'clock every morning, all criminals arrested in the past 24 hours were marched before his detectives, who were expected to make notes and to recognize the criminals later on.

  • California Bureau of Criminal Idenification was Created to Share Information about Criminals to Other States

  • Pennsylvania Governor Samuel Pennypacker Signed Legislation Creating the State Police Force

  • U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaprte Created the Embryo of what was later to Become the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  • The FBI Established a Crime Labratory

  • The National Crime Information Center was Created

  • The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was Created

  • The DEA is Created