William T. Yates sent in this photo of Private Leola King of the Traffic Branch. News reports indicate that she was later injured after being struck by a passing truck. There are later records of Private King when she was assigned to the Women’s Bureau under...
This new book provides intimate details of some of the most tumultuous events in the city and in the Police Department’s history. A great read with lots of familiar names. S Street Rising is more than a memoir; it’s a portrait of a city in crisis. It’s the...
Here is a sampling of patches that were recently turned over to the Metropolitan Police memorial and Museum from Commercial Emblem. The proprietors of that business supported MPD and HEROES, Inc. for many years. , Canine Corps
Bill Sullivan provided these pieces of his father, Charles F. Sullivan’s police career; with a news report and photos from a chase in which the police radio help coordinate the capture of the suspects. Unfortunately, there was a mishap with a 2nd Precinct Scout...
In 1949 a B&O passenger train was hijacked in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and 147 passengers were robbed at gunpoint and some pistol whipped by two armed teenage suspects. They managed to force the engineer to place the train on a siding and once...
This series of photographs are part of a collection that was acquired by the DC Police Memorial and Museum Project. Several of the photos were labeled “Demonstration at the Justice Dept.” In the featured image, a sergeant is holding up a broken piece of a...
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