Chicago Police

First established in 1855, the Chicago Police began with a volunteer fireman as their first chief. They were horribly understaffed and publicly known to be corrupt.¹ Many policemen at the time were controlled by precinct politicians - made to leave gamblers and prostitutes alone as long as they paid for “protection."²

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Footnotes

1. Miller, Donald. City of the Century - The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. Pg. 136

2. # Miller, 137