Once all white and almost all mustachioed, police departments have changed (or been forced to change) with the times. Today, departments are rewriting their standards to deal with a shortage of recruits and the demands of modern policing. Below, see if you can guess how police departments have tried, sometimes awkwardly, to respond to changing gender roles, anti-war protesters and minorities.
When was the first female police officer granted the power to make arrests in the United States?
When the Washington, D.C., police force was formed in 1861, which of the following was NOT one of the requirements for incoming officers?
To soften the image of officers in Madison, Wis., in the 1970s, the police chief tried all but one of these strategies. Which one?
What did the Boston Police Department do to address rising racial tension and violence in the 1970s?