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Understanding police history

  • First Police in United States

    First Police in United States

    Night watches
  • Second state to start night watches

    Second state to start night watches

    New York
  • Philadelphia created night watches

  • First formal patrol

    First formal patrol

    Slave patrol in the west created in Carolina Colonies
  • Commentaries on  the law of England

    Commentaries on the law of England

    William Blackstone argued that the king, as "pater-familias of nation" direct the public police.
  • Metropolitan Act

    Metropolitan Act

    First major reform of law enforcement by Robert Peel
  • Full Time

    Full Time

    Boston started police officers on duty full time
  • The political era

    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

    Urbanization

    Cities started developing detective units to investigate crimes.
  • Policing in the Civil War

    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

    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

    J. Edgar Hoover

    he created the FBI and changed the face of police work
  • The Reform Era

    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

    Wickersham Commision

    President Hoover appointed the commission to investigate the ineffectiveness of law enforcement nationwide.
  • Kennedy's proclamation

    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 changing

    Police agencies that use police paramilitary units and special weapons and tactical teams have increased 80%
  • The Big Stick

    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

    Kelling and Moore

    Researchers Kelling and Moore evaluated the first three eras of policing.