1. The ATF
   The NSA
2. The DEA
   The FBI

When the Federal Bureau of Investigation was founded in 1908, it was seen as an inter-state border patrol. Initially called the Bureau of Investigation, it would be 1935 before the "Federal" was added.

1. Kansas City
   San Francisco
2. New York
   Boston

New York established the first modern, full-time police force in 1845. New York modeled its police after London, England's law enforcement officers.

1. Texas
   Oregon
2. Missouri
   Mississippi

The Texas state legislature formally created the Texas Rangers in 1835. Through the late 1830s, the Texas Rangers would greatly lessen the reach and violence of Comanche raids on settlers.

1. Maine
   Virginia
2. Montana
   Alaska

The official badge of the Alaska State Police features a golden bear at the top, and an image representative of Alaska in the middle. There are about 300 Alaska State Troopers currently.

1. Chicago
   San Jose
2. Atlantic City
   Baltimore

Atlantic City has the highest number of police officers per capita, with almost 71 officers per 10,000 civilians. Atlantic City's current population is about 38,000 people.

1. George Tenet
   James Comey
2. J. Edgar Hoover
   Robert Mueller

J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director from 1924 to 1972, was responsible for modernizing the Bureau. Among his changes, Hoover founded a scientific crime lab, a forerunner of today's CSIs.

1. 20,000
   7,500
2. 15,000
   12,000

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there are about 12,000 local police departments in the U.S. That figure is based on data collected between 1992 and 2008.

1. New York
   Virginia
2. Texas
   California

California has the most police officers of any state in America. New York is the state with the second highest number of police officers.

1. Beretta
   Winchester
2. Smith and Wesson
   Glock

Glocks are the most popular brand of handgun with American police departments. The Glock 22 is regarded as the most popular model among cops.

1. Chicago
   St. Louis
2. Los Angeles
   Washington, D.C.

St. Louis currently has the highest homicide rate among American cities, according to FBI data. Baltimore, Maryland, has the second highest total.

1. 76
   41
2. 78
   53

According to FBI statistics, 53 police officers had been killed feloniously by December 18, 2018. That's ten more than at the same time in 2017.

1. Petty larceny
   Arson
2. Human trafficking
   Grand theft auto

Human trafficking "involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some kind of labor or commercial sex act," according to the Department of Homeland Security. Fairfax County, VA, was one of the first police departments in America to have a task force specifically assigned to human trafficking.

1. San Francisco
   Baltimore
2. Cleveland
   Seattle

San Francisco cop Bob Geary's "partner" was his dummy named Brendan O'Smarty. Officers Geary and O'Smarty both retired in 2000.

1. 1932
   1968
2. 1982
   2001

911 was first used as an emergency number in 1968. The first town to officially use 911 was Haleyville, Alabama.

1. The Hoover Dam
   The Four Corners Monument
2. The Lincoln Memorial
   The USS Constitution

The Hoover Dam actually had its own police department until 2017. The National Park Service now patrols the area.

1. Territory
   Jurisdiction
2. Officer's rights
   Restricted area/restricted activities

Jurisdiction is the word for the area, activities or laws for which a law enforcement official is responsible. In some states, there are laws that allow a police officer to make arrests outside their geographic jurisdiction in case of emergency.

1. 1,000,000
   500,000
2. 900,000
   250,000

The United States currently has around 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers. Roughly .002% of the American population is police officers.

1. The Navajo Rangers
   The Hopi Rangers
2. The Yakima SWAT
   The Yavapai Bureau of Investigation

The Navajo Rangers are tasked, among other crimes, with responding to claims that entail paranormal occurrences. These range from hauntings to coins suddenly appearing out of midair.

1. Only police departments can use shotguns and rifles.
   Only sheriff's departments have horseback officers.
2. Police departments have better access to new vehicles.
   Sheriffs are often elected; police chiefs are often not.

While not all sheriffs are elected, far more sheriffs are elected than police chiefs, who often get their jobs by appointment. Another frequent difference is that a sheriff's jurisdiction is more often county-level than a police officer's.

1. Tulsa, Oklahoma
   Leavenworth, Kansas
2. Sacramento, California
   St. Louis, Missouri

Leavenworth, Kansas' police insignia features a covered wagon and a pioneer homestead. It also features the sun rising over the landscape in the background.

1. Chicago Police
   Illinois Bureau of Investigation
2. Drug Enforcement Agency
   Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI raided Rod Blagojevich's home, and arrested him, in December 2008. Blagojevich was charged with multiple crimes, including fraud, and trying to sell Barack Obama's recently vacated Senate seat.

1. Dropnet
   Net
2. Fishnet
   Dragnet

A dragnet is a thought-out attempt to apprehend a criminal. The word originates with the net used by fishers to trawl for fish.

1. Law
   Criminology
2. Penology
   Forensic psychology

Criminology is the study of crime. Criminology is a broad discipline that looks at crime from multiple angles.

1. Amanda Nwadeke
   Carl Koroniewska
2. Ronil Singh
   Deepu Adyanthaya

Officer Ronil Singh was killed by an illegal immigrant at a routine traffic stop on Dec. 26, 2018. His suspected killer, suspected gang member Gustavo Arriaga, was arrested days later.

1. Dallas
   Houston
2. Baton Rouge
   Phoenix

In July of 2016, Micah Johnson killed five Dallas police officers in cold blood. After Dallas Chief of Police David Brown called for people to join the police in response, the Dallas PD saw roughly 40 applications a day come in over the next week and a half.

1. 13,000
   17,000
2. 23,000
   5,000

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 23,000 fewer police officers in America in 2016 than 2013. That brings the BJS's count of sworn police officers down to about 701,000.

1. Department of Justice
   Department of Energy
2. The Joint Chiefs of Staff
   Department of the Treasury

Secret Service agents are actually employees of the Department of the Treasury. While they're best known for protecting the president, they were founded to combat counterfeiting.

1. The Green Berets
   The CIA
2. The Department of Justice
   The Department of Homeland Security

In 2003, the Secret Service switched from their prior department, to Homeland Security. Secret Service agents at the New York office were some of the first people to help evacuees and survivors after the 9/11 attacks.

1. 13.3%
   20.2%
2. 11.9%
   19.4%

According to the survey, 13.3% of police officers are women. The raw number was 98,738 women in total.

1. 25%
   13%
2. 17%
   9%

13% of police officers are black, according to the Deloitte/Collective Learning study. The largest racial group is white, at 79%, and the third largest group is people whose backgrounds include two or more races.

1. 29%
   37%
2. 66%
   48%

According to 2010 data, 48% of police officers have a bachelor's degree. Some police departments will offer several thousand dollars more to an officer if they have a B.A. or B.S.

1. Human-size quadcopter drone
   Gyroplane
2. One-man submarine
   Specially outfitted RV

The Somerset, KY police office owns an M-24 Orion gyrocopter. The gyrocopter gives Somerset police a valuable vantage point, especially in searching remote parts of the rural, mountainous terrain.

1. Small nets
   Plastic shrapnel
2. Beanbags
   Wooden balls

Some police departments also use beanbag rounds in shotguns, as a non-lethal weapon. Beanbag rounds can be fired from a 12-gauge shotgun, and are lighter than many other non-lethal projectiles.

1. Eliot Ness
   Jack Hayes
2. Nick Serpico
   Carlos Hathcock

Eliot Ness was a real-life Treasury Department agent during the Prohibition era. After Ness's team, the Untouchables, helped take down Al Capone, he was a reformer in Cleveland's police department.

1. Havanese
   Afghan hound
2. German shepherd
   Cavachon

German shepherds are frequently used by police departments. Other popular breeds include Belgian Malinois, Labrador retrievers, and golden retrievers.