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Bain News Service, Mayor Richard H. Sylvester, Washington, DC Chief of Police, Library of Congress, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915

Richard Sylvester implemented many police procedures that we still use today. He was the one to coin the ‘third degree’ phrase we commonly use today,…

Tags: Law Enforcement, Police, Richard Sylvester, Third Degree, Washington D.C.

The Los Angeles Police Department, Blake Chow, Highest Ranking Chinese LAPD, The Los Angeles Police Department, Unknown

From Officer to Sergeant, from Lieutenant to Captain, and then finally all the way to Commander, Blake Chow has deserved becoming the highest ranking…

Tags: Blake Chow, China, Chinese-American, LAPD

Dr. Marc Holzer & LaMont Rouse, Police Officers at Risk, Tennessee Star, 2017

"• Total of 834,000 law enforcement officers (most employed at the municipal level)
• Since 1990, over 1,500 police officers have been killed in the…

Tags: Fatalities, Injuries, Law Enforcement, Police, Risk

Isadore Posoff, Don't jaywalk. Watch your step., Library of Congress, 1937

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Tags: Pedestrians, Public Safety, Streets, WPA

Strobridge Lith. Co, Merry Katie Emmett in Chat, an American Boy, Library of Congress, 1895

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Tags: American Boy, Art, Merry Katie Emmett