Pinkerton[note 1] is an American private investigation agency and security company 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 National Detective Agency, American independent police force founded in 1850 by Allen Pinkerton.
The organization became famous when Allan Pinkerton claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln, who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War.
Around this time, Pinkerton amassed the world’s largest collection of mugshots and also built a first-of-its-kind criminal database. Meanwhile, Allan Pinkerton made the company famous by writing a series of hit true crime novels based on his agents’ daring exploits.
A breakdown of the controversial history of The Pinkerton National Detective Agency, from its origins to today.
In the deep, shadowy depths of American history, few organizations have captured the public imagination, stirring up fear and apprehension, quite like the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
Pinkerton is an American private investigation agency and security company 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.
In 1850, he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co, and finally Pinkerton National Detective Agency, still in existence today as Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations, a subsidiary of Securitas AB.