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In what year did the Pennsylvania State Police become the first official state police agency in the U.S.?

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about 17,985 agencies

About how many separate police agencies are there in the United States?

That total includes federal, state, sheriff's, and local departments -- a far more fragmented system than in most countries.

Source: Wikipedia (2020) en.wikipedia.org

1838

In what year did Boston establish what's considered the first organized, publicly funded, full-time professional police force in the U.S.?

Before that, cities relied on informal night watches rather than a professional police department.

Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org

about $286 per person

By 2016, inflation-adjusted per-person spending on U.S. policing had risen to about how much, more than triple its 1951 level?

Policing budgets have grown substantially over the decades even after adjusting for inflation.

Source: Wikipedia (2016) en.wikipedia.org

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