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Burns Detective Agency  

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  • Following a path similar to Allan Pinkerton, William J. Burns and William Sheridan formed the Burns and Sheridan Detective Agency in 1909 after securing a contract with the American Bankers Association to provide protection to its 11,000 member banks. Sheridan left the company within a year, and the company changed its name to William Burns' National Detective Agency, generally shortened to Burns Detective Agency. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Burns Detective Agency]

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