How did detectives come to be known as private eyes?

The name is derived from the logo for Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, an eye with the slogan, “We Never Sleep.”

As the fame of the agency (founded in 1850) spread, criminals talked about their fear of “private eyes,” as opposed to the public eyes of the police.

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