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Boston establishes the first system of law enforcement in the 13 colonies called the night watch without pay
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The city of Boston hires the first full-time, paid law enforcement officers in the 13 colonies.
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George Washington and the United States of Congress creates the first Federal law enforcement oficer program called the US Marshal.
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Sheriff Cornelius Hogeboom of Hudson, NY becomes the first officer to be killed in the line of duty.
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The oldest law enforcement agency begins.
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First time that officers get official unifroms and pistols.
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Abraham Lincoln approves the formation of the secret service
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Wyatt Earp, Virgil, Morgan and John Henry "Doc" Holliday famous fight at OK Corral
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President Therodore Roosevelt starts 3 year program for police commissioner of NY
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The last year in the united states which less than 100 police officers died in the line of duty.
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A black teen killed in Cicago black community protest for injustice of no arrest
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The single bloodest year in American history fr the 20th century with 301 officers killed and many more injured.
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Another incident that set of the African American community because of injustice
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Police start to wear soft body armor
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Black community comes out to show outrage and things turn violent.
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Black community comes out to show outrage and things turn violent.
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The deadliest day in law enforcement in enforcement history 72 officer fell attempting to respond to terrorist attacks
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Black community comes out to show outrage and things turn violent.
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Plice in America changed dramatically during the twentieth century. According to Walker (1999), three principle forces were underlying this change: the police professionalism movement, modern technologies, and the civil rights movement.
