What present-day law enforcement branch was Hamilton instrumental in conceiving?

"A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of the laws," Hamilton wrote in Federalist Paper #12 in 1787. As Treasury Secretary, Hamilton took steps to secure all governmental revenue streams, even going so far as to establishing a coast guard to prevent smugglers from pillaging ships along America's shores. The future United States Coast Guard was called the Revenue Cutter Service under Hamilton.

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