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Pinkerton (detective agency)
Pinkerton
, founded as the
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
, is a private
security guard
and detective agency established in the
United States
by
Allan Pinkerton
in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of
Securitas AB
. Pinkerton became famous when he 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
. Pinkerton's agents performed services ranging from security guarding to
private military contracting
work. Pinkerton was the largest
private law enforcement organization
in the world at the height of its power.
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