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The History of the NYPD

From policing with wooden rattles in the colonial era to the state-of-the-art technology used today, the history of the New York Police Department is an engrossing drama. Presenter James Coll is an adjunct associate professor of American and Constitutional history at Nassau Community College and a detective in the New York City Police Department.

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