Biography of Allan Pinkerton
Biography of Allan Pinkerton
Mona London
CJS/250 Introduction Security
05/26/2013
In this paper, we will examine the life of Allan Pinkerton. We will examine how his history with law enforcement influenced the major events that involve the Pinkerton Detective Agency during his life. The last topic of discussion will cover the impact of the agencies innovations on law enforcement and the private security industry. Allan Pinkerton was born August 25, 1819 in Glasgow, Scotland. He began working at an early age as a cooper and very active in the Chartist movement during these years as well. When the Chartist movement was at a slow down, Pinkerton immigrated to the United States. (Biography Allan Pinkerton’s Detective Agency: PBS, (2009). Pinkerton settled based his new roots in Chicago around 1842. And at that time, he decided to join the law enforcement agency. During his law enforcement career, he was promoted to Deputy Sherriff. While in office, he organized a force of detectives. Who focused on the capture of thieves, who were stealing railway property and this was how his organization developed as; The Pinkerton Nation Detective Agency in 1852. (Clifford, (2004).
Some major events that occurred during Pinkerton’s detective years were; in 1961 Pinkerton was investigating the Confederates sabotage of a railroad in Maryland, which had planned on assassinating the then President-elect, Abraham Lincoln on his way to the inauguration in Washington, D.C. (National Park Service: U.S. Department of the Interior: Allan Pinkerton, (2013). Pinkerton convinced Lincoln to revise his plans and saved the Presidents life and supervised the successful journey to Washington for the Presidents Inauguration.
Pinkerton was also asked by a friend, General George B. McClellan to help gather information on the enemy for Union, and was dubbed as; “Secret Service”, until he was dismissed in 1862. (Clifford, (2004). He then began to focus back on engaging all his labor into his
Mona London
CJS/250 Introduction Security
05/26/2013
In this paper, we will examine the life of Allan Pinkerton. We will examine how his history with law enforcement influenced the major events that involve the Pinkerton Detective Agency during his life. The last topic of discussion will cover the impact of the agencies innovations on law enforcement and the private security industry. Allan Pinkerton was born August 25, 1819 in Glasgow, Scotland. He began working at an early age as a cooper and very active in the Chartist movement during these years as well. When the Chartist movement was at a slow down, Pinkerton immigrated to the United States. (Biography Allan Pinkerton’s Detective Agency: PBS, (2009). Pinkerton settled based his new roots in Chicago around 1842. And at that time, he decided to join the law enforcement agency. During his law enforcement career, he was promoted to Deputy Sherriff. While in office, he organized a force of detectives. Who focused on the capture of thieves, who were stealing railway property and this was how his organization developed as; The Pinkerton Nation Detective Agency in 1852. (Clifford, (2004).
Some major events that occurred during Pinkerton’s detective years were; in 1961 Pinkerton was investigating the Confederates sabotage of a railroad in Maryland, which had planned on assassinating the then President-elect, Abraham Lincoln on his way to the inauguration in Washington, D.C. (National Park Service: U.S. Department of the Interior: Allan Pinkerton, (2013). Pinkerton convinced Lincoln to revise his plans and saved the Presidents life and supervised the successful journey to Washington for the Presidents Inauguration.
Pinkerton was also asked by a friend, General George B. McClellan to help gather information on the enemy for Union, and was dubbed as; “Secret Service”, until he was dismissed in 1862. (Clifford, (2004). He then began to focus back on engaging all his labor into his