Police Enforcement And The Law Enforcement - 2570 Words

Throughout law enforcement history there has been events that have occurred or changed made to better law enforcement for both the officer and the community. Since the early 1900s, law enforcement has been a part of our society and been there to enforce laws and protect the citizens of our country. Law enforcement has not always been the same though. Before we had what our current law enforcement is today, we had a much rougher version, one that always did not enforce the law, one with less laws to enforce, and different training models that have changed over time due to a changing world. With a changing world come new laws, new dangers, and more for law enforcement to deal with. We will discuss the philosophies of law enforcement as well†¦show more content†¦They felt like it was taking away their rights as a citizen as well as their privacy. Even though some types of law enforcement did exist before, this was the first actual police department that was setup. Law enforceme nt type figures can be seen as far back as you can see. Weather it was a king putting individuals in place to enforce his rules or for someone in power. This is still a form of law enforcement in its early stages. There has always been someone to make rules or laws and with that there is always someone to put in place to enforce them. The development of law enforcement in the United States closely paralleled the development of policing in England. (Gaines, 2014) As people migrated to America from England, they brought their ideas with them as well, law enforcement being one of them. Early American law enforcement focused on different things then England. They focused on control of people by class, such as slaves, maintaining order in the cities and markets and controlling things such as alcohol, gambling and weapons. As American grew and became stronger, so did its law enforcement. With new innovations and growing numbers came more laws, more problems, and more officers needed to e nforce the laws and community police. Many of the first police departments were in the northeast such as Boston who created a night watch in 1636 and a rattle watch, which lead to New York in 1658, Philadelphia in 1700, and St. Louis forming a