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"In fact, we're going to focus on the evolution of the police uniform, the original power dressing. Well, unless you count the military and royal regalia and religious robes. So let's move on. The earliest US Police uniforms were influenced by the London Metropolitan Police, which predated our New York City Police Department by a good 15 years or so. So the New York Police Department issued its first uniforms in 191854 and it was a fetching look."