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First Police in United States
Night watches -
Second state to start night watches
New York -
Philadelphia created night watches
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First formal patrol
Slave patrol in the west created in Carolina Colonies -
Commentaries on the law of England
William Blackstone argued that the king, as "pater-familias of nation" direct the public police. -
Metropolitan Act
First major reform of law enforcement by Robert Peel -
Full Time
Boston started police officers on duty full time -
The political era
Policing had no service system so the police had to keep the politicians pleased which led the police to handle community crime problems that favored the local politicians. -
Urbanization
Cities started developing detective units to investigate crimes. -
Policing in the Civil War
when the Civil War started, military became the primary law enforcement in the south, but sheriffs functioned to the earlier slave patrol. -
U.s cities
All major U.S cities started police forces. -
Political Mahines
Police captains and Sargent for each precinct were often, picked by the local political party ward leader in the late 1900 -
J. Edgar Hoover
he created the FBI and changed the face of police work -
The Reform Era
The early 1900 marked the beginning of a new police system because of August Vollmer. -
The Community Era
The new era of policing we see today -
Wickersham Commision
President Hoover appointed the commission to investigate the ineffectiveness of law enforcement nationwide. -
Kennedy's proclamation
Kennedy's proclamation was the improvement and modernization of Americas surprisingly young police force you see to this day. -
Police changing
Police agencies that use police paramilitary units and special weapons and tactical teams have increased 80% -
The Big Stick
Roosevelt with his "Big Stick" policy was able to keep the United States out of military conflicts by employing the legitimate threat of force. -
Kelling and Moore
Researchers Kelling and Moore evaluated the first three eras of policing.