what was the first police department created in the united states
Police In 1789 the U.S. Marshals Service was established, followed by other federal services such as the U.S. Parks Police (1791)[37] and U.S. Mint Police (1792).[38] The first city police services were established in Philadelphia in 1751,[39] Richmond, Virginia in 1807,[40] Boston in 1838,[41] and New York in 1845.[42] The U.S. Secret Service was founded in 1865 and was for some time the main investigative body for the federal government.[43]
Los Angeles Police Department The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the Los Angeles police department. With 9,843 officers[4] and 2,773 civilian staff,[4] it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department.[6] The department serves an area of 498 square miles (1,290Â km2) and a population of 4,030,904 people.