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- Pinkerton is an American private investigation and security agency established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co. and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
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Pinkerton is an American private investigation and security agency established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co. and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
Mar 11, 2024 · Before the existence of the Secret Service and the FBI, the Pinkerton Detective Agency was America’s premier security and intelligence organization — until its reputation for violence and strikebreaking caused it to lose favor with the public.
- Morgan Dunn
From our roots serving as an intelligence agency during the Civil War, Pinkerton has continued to build an impressive track record establishing the first criminal database, being the first company to hire a female detective, and being a forerunner for the secret service.
Pinkerton National Detective Agency, American independent police force that was founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton (1819–84), former deputy sheriff of Cook county, Illinois. It originally specialized in railway theft cases, protecting trains and apprehending train robbers.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
We trace our roots back to 1850, when Allan Pinkerton founded Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency. During our rich history, we’ve created the forerunner to the U.S. Secret Service, hired America’s first woman detective, and have remained the industry leader in developing innovative security and risk management solutions for national and ...
It wasn’t long before the agency would come to be known by its infamous name – Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency. A multi-talented figure, Pinkerton was able to use his skills in espionage and connections in law enforcement to grow the agency and add to its clientele.
Allan Pinkerton (August 21, 1819 [ 1 ] – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish-American cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln.
