The First System Of Law Enforcement

Police forces or Law enforcers have been used for centuries all around the world but America took particular interest in the English’s policing system. America’s policing ideas and process began

Policing has been a part of America for many decades. In fact, policing was known to exist prior to 1066, the year of the Normandy Invasion of Britain. Throughout the years policing has been a complicated and ongoing progress. The people of England did not have a stabilized policing standard and were often responsible for protecting and serving themselves. As early as the 1600s the Colonial America introduced the English styles of policing; citizens were responsible for monitoring community members’ behavior. Early constables and sheriffs were with the increased rate of crime and developed a ‘sort’ in community policing known as “watch and ward.” Later throughout history in the early 1700s policing became an

Police in America began as the night watch system that protected cities from crime, fire, and disorder. Of course early policing was influenced by the British, and so was American Law which derived from English common law. This would also form a correlation to American policing policies that diverged from the English’s Magna Carta and as well the French. The French established a centralized government that entailed men to take an oath of loyalty. The police in America started as night watch groups, then employment changed to police officers being political appointed which was very corrupted, but throughout the years things changed again to serve the public. Instead of a political selected police force that earns it’s pay through bribes and

The United States Police model traces back to the British Model of Policing. Originating in the 1200s, British law enforcement started as organized posses. At the time if a man heard a victim cry out he joined the posse and helped track the criminal. Typically, leaders called shire reeve (county leaders) or comes stabuli (mounted officers) led the efforts. The world sheriff traces back to shire reeve and constable back to comes stabuli. Small numbers of mounted officers were employed which meant that there were not numerous enough to handle everything handled by today’s law enforcement. This system created many feuds among competing posses. Public executions, often including torture, were common, but trials were rare.

Police officers have been a part of history for a long time, the earliest time is recorded back to the sixteen hundreds. When the first Europeans came over to the United States, they felt that it was necessary to protect themselves and their people from the inhabitants that were already here and had no interest in sharing their land with them. Any man and young boy that was physically able to protect their people was required to do so. There

In April of 1635, the City of Boston established the first system of law enforcement in the 13 colonies. They were called the “Night Watch”, the officers worked part-time with no pay. It was until 1712 when the City of Boston hired its first paid full time law enforcement officer in the 13 colonies. On September 24, 1789 “the United States Congress created the first Federal law enforcement officer, the United

Early policing in Colonial America had its beginnings in England. Police departments in America started to follow the trend. Actually, they were not police departments as we know them today. Policing in colonial America began as a night watch program of volunteers in the early 1600’s in the northern colonies, specifically in Boston. Early policing was not the same throughout the colonies. Southern colonies developed their own system of policing based on the needs of the community using watch groups and organized groups of white men known as slave patrols. The policing systems changed as the colonies grew in population, more small businesses, the development of large industries and more funding became available. “War and then revolution strained the Boston watch system…the French and Indian war 1756-1763…” (Wadman &Allison2004,p.10). The watch system in all of the colonies had similarities and differences, however none were very successful in reducing crime. New York, Boston, Charleston, Virginia, and Tennessee all suffered immense problems with their crime rate using the watch system. This was the first form of policing in colonial

Approximately 350 years ago, the first law enforcement system was started in Boston. These were the early days of American law enforcement. When the colonist settled there in 1630 they appointed constables. Constables were like a sheriff and in 1631 they appointed watchman an a few volunteers. They made sure that the streets were safe, reported fires and apprehended and arrested anyone violating the law.

America’s first taste of Law Enforcement emerged in Boston hundreds of years ago, where as early as the 1600s they appointed a “watch group”. This group consisted of those who volunteered their time, six “watchmen”, and a constable (nleomf.org). This early policing system didn’t have nearly as many duties and responsibilities as our current police forces do in America. Many of the things they were responsible for included responding to fires, capturing those who did not follow the law, and to help maintain order within their towns (nleomf.org). The constables had slightly different tasks and were the people who were responsible to make sure witness’/suspects attended court when they were required to (nleomf.org). Some constables were even responsible for surveying land, and supervising the watchmen (Potter, 2013). Things we don’t consider offenses in our current society and may even find a little comical today, like working on Sundays or swearing while in public were considered offenses (nleomf.org). In less populated areas there was usually one Sheriff who was responsible for enforcing the law in their area. The sheriff was appointed by the governor, and had similar tasks to the watchmen and

This research project is an analysis of six scenarios. The scenarios are as follows: History and rolls of law enforcement in society, Levels of jurisdiction, Distinction among the multiple functions of Law enforcement agencies, Analysis of Historical events that have shaped modern policing practices, Ethical and professional behavior in the workplace, and Evaluation of how knowledge, skills, and attitude learned in this course apply to your chosen career. There will also be a summary of reactions on Ethical and professional behavior in the work place. Included in the second section, there will be six scenarios. The responses will incorporate knowledge of

Technology was introduced by telephones and the used telegraphs lines and call boxes. this is an era where police brutality was introduce to racial difference and economic failure which contribute to riots.

In every community, there's some type of law enforcement that carries a strong role of enforcing the law and protecting the community. Law enforcement is an old concept that has been existent in multiple shapes and forms since early civilizations. There are many ways to learn about early policing and how it was introduced to colonial America. This paper tells how different civilizations, especially that of England, shaped law enforcement in the United States.

According to the article Police: Overview a legal foundation for organized policing in London was created known as “The Metropolitan Police was a paid police force, organized along military lines, uniformed, and given the central mission to prevent crime and preserve social order” (Police: Overview, 1999).

The U.S’s law enforcement mores originate from the English Law Enforcement. When the U.S. came into being with the endorsement of the Constitution, the twofold sovereignty of state and democracy required the designation of distinct officers to represent the

For instance, the city lacked law enforcement in the eighteenth century. The slaves were reported to have been fleeing from the scenes of the crime, and confessing on each other when interrogated and yet, the city had a weak enforcement system. According to the article, “The Effectiveness of Law Enforcement in Eighteenth Century New York” by Douglas Greenberg, New York was in dire need of night watchmen, sheriffs, and all other aspects of justices. Greenberg asserts that, “The major instrument of police protection in New York City was the nightwatch. Sometimes it was composed entirely of civilians forced either to take their regular turn as watchmen or pay for a substitute to replace them” (175).