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Briefly (2-3 sentences) describe the creation/history of policing in the United States .

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The history of policing can be traced back to the days of slavery in colonial America. In the South, where slavery was central to the economy, slave patrols, responsible for capturing runaway slaves and returning them to their masters, was the first unofficial police in America.

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