The podcast miniseries Behind the Police does a better job with the details, but policing in the US came out of two places: in the north, it came out of protect

The podcast miniseries Behind the Police does a better job with the details, but policing in the US came out of two places: in the north, it came out of protecting the assets of businesses. In the south it was the same thing, but those assets were…people. Either way, policing came from the need for those with money to protect their “property”.