Washington (Missouri) Police Department’s History A Microcosm Of USA
by Brian A. Wilkins
9/3/2009 (links updated November 22, 2021)
The screenshot from their municipal website says it all; as plain as day. Police departments, most notably that of Washington, Missouri – a town of about 14,000 in the East-Central part of the State, were founded on the philosophy:
“TO CATCH STRAYING OR RUNAWAY SLAVES”
Human beings all around the globe follow very old traditions with an uncanny devotion (see Christianity, Islam, Zoroaster, etc.). The NYPD (1844) and Boston PD (1838) were founded around the same time and obviously around the same principles as the Washington (MO) PD. … Read Entire Article