Boston Police Department

by Donna M. Wells

Book Overview

The Boston Police Department was formally organized in 1854, but the department traces its origins to the establishment of a night watch of six men and an officer in 1631. At a town meeting in 1701, watchmen were instructed to be "on duty from ten o'clock till broad daylight. . . . They are to go about silently with watch bills, not using any bell, and no watchman to smoke tobacco while walking their rounds; and when they see occasion, to call to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738513024
• ISBN13: 9780738513027
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.3"