Browse Items (15 total)

First photo - Time Second - Unknown, Policeman in the 19th century, Library of Congress, First photo - 1903 Second photo - unknown

"Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that…

Tags: Accidents, Children, Law Enforcement, Police, Public Service

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

D.H. Anderson, Chiefs of Police, New York City, Library of Congress, ca. 1889

The New York State Association of Chiefs of Police was organized on November 30, 1901, in Rochester, New York and incorporated in 1957. It is a not…

Tags: Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement, New York, NYC, Police

Bain News Service, Arthur Woods, New York Police Commissioner, Library of Congress, Unknown

When Arthur Woods was a journalist, his articles about the local police caught their interest, and they soon recruited him as a Deputy. He believed in…

Tags: Arthur Woods, Law Enforcement, New York, NYPC, Police

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.