The Louisville Metro Police Department began operations on January 6, 2003. It was formed by the merger of the Jefferson County Police Department and the Louisville Division of Police. The chief of police is appointed by the Mayor of Louisville Metro. In 2008, Louisville recorded 79 murders. In 2018 there were 81 homicides, and 92 in 2019.
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The Louisville Metro Police Department began operations on January 6, 2003. It was formed by the merger of the Jefferson County Police Department and the Louisville Division of Police. The chief of police is appointed by the Mayor of Louisville Metro. In a 2005 survey, Morgan Quitno ranked Louisville as the seventh-safest large city in the United States. In 2008, Louisville recorded 79 murders. In 2018 there were 81 homicides, and 92 in 2019. The Louisville Metro Area’s overall violent crime rate was 412. 6 per 100,000 residents in 2005. The Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metro Area, which is part of Louisville’s Combined Statistical Area, was the 17th- Safest Metro in the U.S. Kentucky has the 5th-lowest crime rate out of the 50 states. Louisville has recently been featured on the television show The First 48. The show follows LMPD’s homicide unit while they try to solve murders. The rank structure of LMPD is as follows: Although it is not currently used, the rank of captain remains in the department standard operating procedures. The department’s origins lie in two police departments dating back to the 1800s, the Jefferson county Police Department and the LMPD. The LMPD was created in 1806 with the appointment of five \”watchmen\” by the town’s trustees.
In 1821, a captain of the watch was appointed, directly responsible for crime prevention and the apprehension of criminals. In 1830, after the city government switched to a mayor-council arrangement, the position of captain was replaced by an elected \”Marshall.\” In 1851, the mayor was put directly over the police. The next year, the police force was reorganized in the image of modern police departments in the East, with the watchmen being called “policemen.” The department was given county-wide jurisdiction in 1891. Three Cadillacs were purchased in November 1908 to address the problem of lawbreakers making the getaways in the 20th century, but would see a revival in 1993 as they served as an alternative to motor vehicles. In 1993, the department purchased three mounted police bicycles to serve with mounted police to make the wane wane in 20th Century, but they would serve as an effective alternative to carriages in the 21st century, as they made the lawbreakers more difficult to get away from. In 1998, the Louisville Police Department was given a new name: the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department. In 2000, it was given the nickname “Louisville’s Police Department” by the city council. In 2002, it became known as “LMPD’.
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