Police: Timeline

1848   Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state [i] tha ... 

 rule is put-down by a government police for

1856   British Country and Borough Police Act extends London police model to all of England England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ... 

 and Wales Wales

Wales is one of four constituent parts [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ... 

1871   Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

 forms its own police force based on French model.

1910   New York New York City

[i] in the [[United States]... 

 socialite Dorothy Arnold disappears. Her family does not notify the police until six weeks later, after their own investigations fail to produce any results.

1919   July 31 — Strike of policemen in London and Liverpool for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers. Over 2,000 strikers are dismissed.

1942   Holocaust: On order from the Vichy France Vichy France

Vichy France, or the Vichy regime was the de facto French [i] government of 1940-1944 durin ... 

 government headed by Pierre Laval Pierre Laval

Pierre Laval was a French politician and four times Prime Minister of France [i], the final time being u ... 

, French police officers round-up 13,000-20,000 Jew Jew

Jews are followers of Judaism [i] or, more generally, members of the Jewish people , an ethno [i] ... 

s and imprison them in the Winter Velodrome.

1989   Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is arrested in Beverly Hills, California after slapping a motorcycle police officer.