Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Studying police history is important because it can help to identify persistent police problems.
2. Studying police history is of little value to modern police as the problems of the past are different from the problems the police face today.
3. In Colonial America, groups of men who were charged with protecting the town from fires and suspicious persons were called the posse.
4. Slave patrols were groups of slaves tasked with providing security services for southern plantations.
5. The Texas Rangers were originally formed as a militia to defend citizens against Indians.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4.False
5. True

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