In the beginning of the Republic, there were no police.
That is probably one of the most asinine statements about our government that I have ever seen. You really don't want to repeat it to any law-abiding citizen. Here's why:
Every child born to man possesses an original nature of sinfulness, and is naturally not "good," but is a born criminal.
To suppress that criminal tendency there has always been a need for law, a commandment, a proscription for keeping the peace.
Wherever there has been law, there has been a need for administration and enforcement of obedience to the law.
The enforcement of the law has always demanded a police function.
Every one of our thirteen original colonies formulated a system of laws, administered by an executive magistrate, and enforced by his subordinates, sheriffs and constables.
You would do well to improve your education by finding and absorbing a description of these offices, and committing it to memory:
The word "sheriff" is a contraction of the term "shire reeve". The term, from the Old English scīrgerefa, designated a royal official responsible for keeping the peace (a "reeve") throughout a shire or county or parish on behalf of the king.[1] The term was preserved in England notwithstanding the Norman Conquest. From the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, the term spread to several other regions, at an early point to Scotland, latterly to Ireland and to the United States.
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police.
In the establishment of the Pilgrim "Plimouth Colonie" who was Myles Standish?
In the community of Puritans, what was a Church warden, anf what were "stocks"? Warden (click here)
If the Church Warden caught any person truant from church services without illness or permissible excuse, the truant was pilloried and the truant's ear was nailed to the wood.
In the Virginia Colony, who was John Smith?
In the United States Navy ships, who were the United States Marines?
In our legislatures, who is the Sergeant-At-Arms, and what is his function?
. . . ad nauseum . . .