Editing Covington, Kentucky (section)

==Infrastructure==
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===Transportation===
[[U.S. Route 25 in Kentucky|U.S. Route 25]], [[Interstate 71 in Kentucky|Interstate 71]] and [[Interstate 75 in Kentucky|Interstate 75]] serve downtown Covington.

Bus transit is served by the [[Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky]] (TANK).<ref>[http://www.tankbus.org/routes-schedules/destinations.aspx TANK Destinations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330211038/http://www.tankbus.org/routes-schedules/destinations.aspx |date=March 30, 2013 }} Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky. Retrieved March 11, 2013.</ref>

Covington Union Station served Chesapeake and Ohio and Louisville and Nashville passenger trains into the 1960s. The final train making stops at the station was the L&N's ''[[Pan-American (train)|Pan-American]]'' (Cincinnati-New Orleans) in 1971. The L&N's ''[[Humming Bird (train)|Humming Bird]]'' (Cincinnati- Memphis and New Orleans) also served the station. C&O trains included the ''[[Fast Flying Virginian]],'' ''[[George Washington (train)|George Washington]]'' and ''[[Sportsman (train)|Sportsman]].'' The C&O dropped Union Station from its trains' itineraries in 1966.

Covington is served by [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]] (CVG), which is the largest airport in the state. The airport is one of [[DHL Aviation]]'s three superhubs, serving destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, making it the seventh-busiest airport in the U.S. based on cargo operations.<ref>https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy17-cargo-airports.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> CVG also serves as a [[focus city]] for [[Allegiant Air]] and is the airlines largest O&D airport. The airport additionally serves as an operating base for [[Delta Air Lines]] subsidiary [[Endeavor Air]] and as a maintenance base for [[American Airlines]] subsidiary [[PSA Airlines]].

===Law enforcement===
In 1817, the Town of Covington created the position "Captain of Patrol," and assigned two "Patrollers" under his supervision.  The patrol area included the Town and eight miles of surrounding territory.  In 1833 the first full time Town Marshall was appointed.  An act of the Kentucky General Assembly in 1834 incorporated Covington as a city, and in 1842, the City of Covington appointed its first "Police Commissioner."  Covington City Ordinance created the “Voluntary Night Watch" in 1843, which consisted of seventy-one reputable persons invested with police authority.  In 1856 a regular citizen's police force was established.<ref>''https://www.covingtonky.gov/government/departments/police-department/about History of Department''</ref>  The department is staffed by 114 sworn officers, each assigned to one of 4 bureaus.  There are substations, and a central headquarters.<ref>'https://www.covingtonky.gov/government/departments/police-department/connect-with-us Location and Contact Information''</ref> The department maintains accreditation through the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police as well as the [[Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies]].<ref>''https://kypolicechiefs.org/accreditation/law-enforcement-accreditation-program/accredited-agencies/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327161336/https://kypolicechiefs.org/accreditation/law-enforcement-accreditation-program/accredited-agencies/ |date=2019-03-27 }} Accredited Law Enforcement Agencies''</ref>

===Fire protection===
The Covington Fire Department was created on June 30, 1864.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Covington, KY > Government > Departments > Fire |url=https://www.covingtonky.gov/government/departments/fire |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=www.covingtonky.gov}}</ref> Since 1918, the Covington Fire Department has been represented by Covington Professional Firefighters Local 38, a member union of the [[International Association of Firefighters]]. Covington FD was a charter member of the IAFF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iafflocal38.org/about.htm|title=IAFF LOCAL 38 FIREFIGHTERS, COVINGTON, KY|website=www.iafflocal38.org|access-date=2020-04-24|archive-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831013559/http://iafflocal38.org/about.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>