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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

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

CBS Chicago, Englewood Police Youth Baseball League, CBS Chicago, 2018

The Englewood Police Youth Baseball League is a program run by the Chicago Police Department to improve public relations between the community and the…

Tags: Community, Police

Rice University, Houston Mayor Lee Brown, Rice University, 1996

Lee Patrick Brown started off as a police officer in California, but he would continue climbing up the ranks as he improved life around him. Serving…

Tags: African-American, Congressman, Houston, Law Enforcement, Lee Brown, Mayor, 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.

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

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

Hanover County, Senior Citizens Police Academy, Hanover County, 2012 & 2020

In order to increase government transparency, local municipalities have begun giving educational seminars to their constituents regarding government…

Tags: Awards, Hanover County, Law Enforcement, Municipalities, NACo Achievement Awards, Police, SCPA, Senior Citizens Police Academy

National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior, United States Park Police Officers, National Park Service, Unknown

As one of the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agencies in the United States, the United States Park Police, originally named the Park…

Tags: Monuments, National Park Service, Park Watchmen, Police, US Park Police