Pinkertons
Pinkerton family today.
Allan pinkerton family tree
Pinkerton (detective agency)
American private law enforcement agency
"Pinkertons" redirects here. For other uses, see Pinkerton (disambiguation).
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private police |
| Founded | c. 1850; 175 years ago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Founder | Allan Pinkerton |
| Headquarters | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | Security management, risk management consulting, investigations, employment screening, protective services, security, crisis management, intelligence services |
| Parent | Securitas AB (1999–present) |
| Website | pinkerton.com |
Pinkerton is an American private investigation and security company established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooperAllan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co. and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
At the height of its power from the 1870s t