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I'm taking a course called Crime and Community, and according to our professor the first modern police department in America was formed in New York City in 1845. Some authors refer to Boston as having the nation's oldest police department1, but it didn't officially become the Boston Police Department until 1854.
1Boston Police Department by Wells and Evans.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoUnlike in England where the start of the first police agency can be credited to one man (Robert Peel) the city fathers of the various cities established their police departments. The first city police services were established in Philadelphia in 1751, Richmond, Virginia in 1807, Boston in 1838, and New York in 1845. See below link:
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∙ 11y agoWhich American city created the first formal U.S. police department?
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∙ 13y agoThe New York City Sheriff's Office was founded in 1626. The first local modern police department established in Boston in 1838, followed by New York City in 1845.
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∙ 14y agoBoston in 1838
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∙ 13y agoSir Robert Peel.
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∙ 14y agoBoston in 1838
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∙ 15y agoBoston, MA
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