I'm assuming he's talking about early law enforcement as a precursor to modern policing. Slave patrols were often publically funded. Some localities were organized a bit more like the Pinkertons who also took bounties by tracking escaped slaves across state borders.
I'm assuming he's talking about early law enforcement as a precursor to modern policing. Slave patrols were often publically funded. Some localities were organized a bit more like the Pinkertons who also took bounties by tracking escaped slaves across state borders.