Facts:
The first police department was in New York in 1626.
95% of all incarcerated individuals in the US will eventually get out of prison
nearly 1/3 of all African-American males can expect to be incarcerated at some point in their lifetime
the US incarceration rate has increased by more than 15% in the past 4 years...from 2 Million inmates in 2003 to more than 2.25 Milion today
at the current rate of execution in the state of California, Scott Peterson's turn to be executed will be in 20,000 years. (I posted this fact before)
there are currently more than 7 Million persons in the United States under some form of correctional supervision
there were 16,000 homicides last year........there were nearly twice as many suicides as homicides
The 3 biggest industries in the world are...in order: Arms, Narcotics, Illegal Artifacts
Corporate/White Collar Crime has more direct and indirect costs to victims than street crime.....by far
Funding for the criminal justice system is greater than that of funding for the war in Iraq...and has well more than quadrupled from $37 Billion dollars in 1982 to today
Automobile accidents. Until the 1990s, the majority of US police officer fatalities were due to violence. However, auto accidents are now the major cause of death.
While the law enforcement officers worked without a salary on a part-time basis initially, the first full-time, paid law enforcement officers were hired by the City of Boston in 1712.
On 24th September, 1789, the first post of Federal law enforcement officer – the Marshal, was created by the U.S. Congress. A total of 13 U.S. Marshals were appointed by President George Washington himself.
In 1835, the first proper law enforcement agency – i.e. a full-fledged unit, was established in the state of Texas. The oldest law enforcement agency of the United States, it was eventually named the Texas Rangers.
The first recorded death of an officer in the line of duty came in 1791, and since then as many as 19,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (NLEOM) in Washington, D.C., is a memorial which honors the U.S. law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
According to the preliminary data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), 162 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2010.
Statistical data suggests that somewhere around 56,000 law enforcement officers are assaulted in the United States every single year; wherein somewhere around 16,000 are left seriously injured.
On 9/11 – which was the deadliest day for the entire world, and not just the United States, 72 law enforcement officers died responding to the terrorist attacks.
The Supreme Court of the United States Police is perhaps the smallest U.S. federal law enforcement agency with a total strength of 145 sworn-in officers.
95% of all incarcerated individuals in the US will eventually get out of prison
nearly 1/3 of all African-American males can expect to be incarcerated at some point in their lifetime
the US incarceration rate has increased by more than 15% in the past 4 years...from 2 Million inmates in 2003 to more than 2.25 Milion today
at the current rate of execution in the state of California, Scott Peterson's turn to be executed will be in 20,000 years. (I posted this fact before)
there are currently more than 7 Million persons in the United States under some form of correctional supervision
there were 16,000 homicides last year........there were nearly twice as many suicides as homicides
The 3 biggest industries in the world are...in order: Arms, Narcotics, Illegal Artifacts
Corporate/White Collar Crime has more direct and indirect costs to victims than street crime.....by far
Funding for the criminal justice system is greater than that of funding for the war in Iraq...and has well more than quadrupled from $37 Billion dollars in 1982 to today
Automobile accidents. Until the 1990s, the majority of US police officer fatalities were due to violence. However, auto accidents are now the major cause of death.
While the law enforcement officers worked without a salary on a part-time basis initially, the first full-time, paid law enforcement officers were hired by the City of Boston in 1712.
On 24th September, 1789, the first post of Federal law enforcement officer – the Marshal, was created by the U.S. Congress. A total of 13 U.S. Marshals were appointed by President George Washington himself.
In 1835, the first proper law enforcement agency – i.e. a full-fledged unit, was established in the state of Texas. The oldest law enforcement agency of the United States, it was eventually named the Texas Rangers.
The first recorded death of an officer in the line of duty came in 1791, and since then as many as 19,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (NLEOM) in Washington, D.C., is a memorial which honors the U.S. law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
According to the preliminary data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), 162 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2010.
Statistical data suggests that somewhere around 56,000 law enforcement officers are assaulted in the United States every single year; wherein somewhere around 16,000 are left seriously injured.
On 9/11 – which was the deadliest day for the entire world, and not just the United States, 72 law enforcement officers died responding to the terrorist attacks.
The Supreme Court of the United States Police is perhaps the smallest U.S. federal law enforcement agency with a total strength of 145 sworn-in officers.
