Perhaps the First Example of a Special- Purpose Police Agency

question 17

Multiple Choice

Perhaps the first example of a special- purpose police agency in the Anglo- American experience was the:

• A) Burns Detective Agency
• B) Yale University Police
• C) Bow Street Runners
• D) Thames River Police

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