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]
Criminal justice ethics The United States has various laws and policies in place, such as the Miranda Rights, that are meant to ensure ethical practices by law enforcement officials. Further measures have been adopted to secure ethical standards in police departments.[2] Such measures include various codes of ethics provided by professional law enforcement associations like the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, adopted in 1957, and the American Federation of Police, adopted in 1966.[2] The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics was revised in 1989 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police.[2][14] The U.S. does not have a national code of ethics, rather individual police departments construct their own code of ethics based upon the basic standards laid out in the law enforcement associations that are then incorporated into an oath of office each member of the department pledges.[2]