448 | How the History of the New York Police Department Reveals the Essential Problems with Policing w/Matthew Guariglia

Public Defenseless · Feb 24, 2026 · 1h 2m

Today, Hunter spoke with Matthew Guariglia, a historian, scholar, and author of the book Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York. In it, Matthew walks the read through the early history of the New York Police Department. By learning this history, the hope is that people understand what some of the essential characteristics of American policing are. Hopefully by understanding the essential characteristics, people can fully understand how and why police operate they way they do.

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Matthew Guariglia, Historian, Scholar, Author, Police and the Empire…