 The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer California State Militia company that assisted the existing County Sheriff in enforcing the law until disbanded in 1857.The Rangers were supplemented from 1853 by the Los Angeles Guards, a local volunteer California State Militia company that lasted until 1880  and by the Los Angeles City Guards (1855–1861).The first paid police force was created in 1869, when six officers were hired to serve under City Marshal William C. Warren.