Trivia: What was the first U.S. city to establish a police force?
Richmond, Virgina
Dover, Delaware
Boston, Massachusetts
Baltimore, Maryland
The correct answer is Boston, Massachusetts
So why is this answer correct? : Boston made history by establishing the first police department in America in 1838. This group of full-time employed public workers in charge of the city’s safety was revolutionary. Before this time, night watch systems were the primary source of protection for big cities, the first of which was also established in Boston in 1636. All major U.S. cities would have a police force by the 1880s.