Match each important individual or federal agency in the history of policing in the left-hand column with the description of his key accomplishments in the right-hand column
A) Founder of London's first police force, the "Bow Street Runners"
B) The person who helped establish the study of criminal justice as an academic discipline
C) A progressive era reformer
D) The person whose criticisms of London policing led to the establishment of the first large-scale, organized police force
E) Main responsibility to protect the president
F) Target crimes committed via mail
G) Focused attention on apprehending counterfeiters
H) Tasked with investigating antitrust, land fraud, and similar matters
5) Henry Fielding
6) Sir Robert Peel
7) August Vollmer
8) Orlando Winfield "O.W." Wilson
9) U.S. Marshals
10) FBI
11) U.S. Postal Inspectors
12) Secret Service
Answers: 5) A 6) D 7) B 8) C 9) G 10) H 11) F 12) E
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