Police Force In Colonial America

Looking briefly at the history of the American police, the police force is structure based off the English boobies in the 18th century. Drawing heavily on English practice, the United States police force had a rocky start. “Crime-particularly crimes like murder, robbery, rape, and burglary…was rare in the earliest colonies…this was largely due to the fact that they were settles by small and fairly homogeneous groups…”(Vila page 2). Not only did the police force have little to now power or structure in the early years, but also they were not needed in the colonies. The first city to create a police department was the New York City in the 19th century.
As more people migrated to the New World and into the cities, a police force was needed to keep the peace. As the police force started to form, key difference in why police were need in the south and north started to show. In the North, the issues they were facing were an increased immigration population moving into the larger cities and in the south runaway slaves. Slave patrols (or “paddyrollers”) were created to manage the race-based conflict occurring in the southern region of Colonial America; these patrols were created with the specific intent
Stories about questionable shootings and treatment towards citizens. When answering the question on if United States is violating any international laws, the topic of what is police Brutality, is important because in the past few years the topic of what kind of kind of forces police should be using. It is an act of misconduct done by a member of law enforcement through the use of extreme amount of force to physical, mentally, or emotionally attacks a member of society. According to David Packman, prepared for the Cato Institute in 2001, “…states that 247 deaths ere linked to police misconduct cases,” (Packman