History
When Cincinnati incorporated as a village in 1802, a ‘night watch’ was established, primarily to guard against fire, but also to ensure the peace. The organization of a police force similar to those in other cities came in 1859 with the appointment of the first police commissioner.
Cincinnati also has a museum dedicated to their police force, known as The Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Society Museum.
In 2012, after 150 years, the Cincinnati Police Department has replaced the white shirt and hat uniforms with LAPD blue and optional hat uniforms.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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“In nature, all is useful, all is beautiful. It is therefore beautiful, because it is alive, moving, reproductive; it is therefore useful, because it is symmetrical and fair. Beauty will not come at the call of a legislature, nor will it repeat in England or America its history in Greece. It will come, as always, unannounced, and spring up between the feet of brave and earnest men.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)