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    Running head: Biography of Allan Pinkerton Biography of Allan Pinkerton Timothy Smith CJS 250 November 22‚ 2010 Thomas J. Blank Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one of the most top detective agencies in American. Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819. Pinkerton was the son of a police sergeant who ended up getting injured on the job and he was not able to work which caused Pinkerton to grow up in poverty. His father ended up dying

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    Biography of Allan Pinkerton Derek Fullmer University of Phoenix Introduction to Security CJS/250 Jenelle Velarde May 10‚ 2012 Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was born on the day of August 15‚ 1819 in Glasgow Scotland. At a young age‚ Allan Pinkerton’s father died as a police sergeant in the Glasgow Police Department. Later in life‚ Allan Pinkerton got involved in Chartism which he sought political and social reform; he also became a barrel maker. Even though Pinkerton was an abolitionist

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    university of phoenix | Biography of Allen Pinkerton | CJS/250 | | | 6/6/2011 | | Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one the most famous American private detective organizations in the late 1800’s. Although he was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819‚ he and his wife fled to the United States in 1842 the morning after their wedding. A warrant had been issued for his arrest. He was wanted in Scotland for his involvement in Chartism‚ a mass movement that sought political and social

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    Allan Pinkerton forms a special caliber posse including Virgil and Wyatt Earp‚ Bass Reeve‚ Wild Bill Hickok‚ and Calamity Jane to track down the notorious outlaws Jesse and Frank James. . BRIEF SYNOPSIS: ALLAN PINKERTON‚ of Pinkerton detectives‚ approaches VIRGIL EARP about forming a special posse to track down notorious outlaws Jesse and Frank James. The outlaws are infamous robbers‚ who have been stealing gold. They have sent a special coded message about their next big gold heist and Pinkerton

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    Biography of Allan Pinkerton Troy Smith CJS/250 May 19‚ 2013 Tom Jones When it came to detective work Allan Pinkerton and his detective agency was the standard of how detective work was done in America. Before he ever established the first detective agency in United States or before he was ever known as America’s first private eye he was first forced to immigrate to America due to his involvement in radical politics as a young man. He was born near Gorbals‚ Glasgow‚ Scotland on August 25

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    Allan Pinkerton and his Impact on Law Enforcement Allan Pinkerton started his career in law enforcement in 1849 when he was appointed the first detective in Chicago. In the 1850s‚ he joined forces with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the North-Western Police Agency‚ later known as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency which is still in existence today as Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations‚ a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton’s business insignia was a wide open eye with

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    Assignment: Biography of Allan Pinkerton page 1 Assignment: Biography of Allan Pinkerton CJS/250 Assignment: Biography of Allan Pinkerton page 2 Allan Pinkerton was born into a family whose forefathers were policemen. At an early age Allan had a need and desire for adventure because of being the son of a police

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    CLEAVERN SPEARS (COURSE TITLE) PRIVATE SECURITY IN THE US 1/26/2014 Private security in the US is an essential factor in protecting certain individuals as well as intellectual property. Private security officers are accountable for protecting the nation’s top institutions as well as various other important infrastructures of the nation. Private security can be defined and broken down into many different definitions‚ but Asis; the biggest private sector in the US

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    He ignored union involvements. He threatened to bring in the Pinkertons‚ who were a detective agency for hire that amounted to a private army of thugs. He was also strictly against organized labor‚ and refused to allow union workers at his mines. Frick’s action led to the Homestead Strike of 1892. The strike took place at Carnegie’s

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    In response to these protests‚ Frick hired the Pinkerton National Detective Agency‚ so that the strike could be ended. The Pinkerton Detective Agency was a large military group that rivalled the military of the United States in size. Conflict ensued between the union members and the Pinkerton agents. The conflict took the lives of nine strikers and seven Pinkerton agents‚ with many more being injured.(Demarest) The United States government often supported

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