The Metropolitan Police Department trained and supervised a group of sworn officers who were assigned to manage the dangerous railway and streetcar crossings. Their uniform was similar to that of MPD but they were subsidized by the railroads to staff the many...
Lieutenant Dunigan Officer John A. Conrad Herbert L. Copeland shot and killed D.C. Police Lieutenant David T. Dunigan, Officer John A. Conrad, and Charles County Deputy Sheriff Lawrence McParland, on May 21,...
The DC Police Memorial & Museum is now accepting orders for its 2015 Christmas ornament, a replica of the famous Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken in 1957 by William C. Beall of the Washington Daily News. Mr. Beall named the photo – Faith and...
WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED MARCH 3, 1915, PAGE 3 GAWEN DEATH PUZZLES Report Says Bicycle Patrolman Who Fell Was Assaulted. POLICE MAKE INVESTIGATION Fail, However, to Find Any Evidence to Substantiate Rumor—Coroner Nevitt to Hold Inquest This Morning—Physicians...
Please join me and my colleagues from the Board of Directors in extending our thoughts and prayers to our law enforcement brothers and sisters in France and all other parts of the world involved in the investigation to track down all involved in this heinous attack on...
Here are some images that are rare but were part of the Harbor Branch sidebar in the 150th Anniversary History Book. The featured image is a photo of the original Harbor Precinct building before it was replaced with the shared police and fire harbor station. It was...
Another part of the photo collection purchased by the DC Police Memorial and Museum Project, were these two identification photos from the late 1880’s. These were the only two in the collection and are shown here front and back. There were more that are...
Chief Maurice Cullinane appears to be chatting with a citizen, while Assistant Chief Burtell Jefferson looks on. They are standing near Dupont Circle across from what is now a CVS, at P Street, N.W. ...
THE DEATH OF OFFICER EUGENE C. SMITH PARTIAL WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JANUARY 2, 1910, PAGE 16 SMITH’S FALL IS FATAL CROSSING POLICEMAN DIES OF A FRACTURED SKULL OTHERS HURT ON ICY WALKS. One death and a score or more injuries have resulted...
THIS STORY REPORTS THE 1909 SHOOTING DEATH OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. MATHEWS AT THE HANDS OF OFFICER JOHN W. COLLIER AT THE FIFTH PRECINCT STATION HOUSE. THE CRIMINAL TRIAL THAT RESULTED IN A COURTROOM FIST FIGHT BETWEEN THE OPPOSING ATTORNEY’S THAT THE DEFENDANT HELPED...
These photos cover some of the events in front of the mosque on Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. and U.S. Park Police with what was then referred to as the Executive Protective Branch; taking care of business on the South side and front of the White House. ...
THE DEATH OF OFFICER WILLIAM E. YETTON ON NOVEMBER 9, 1908. ALSO INCLUDED IS AN INCIDENT HE WAS INVOLVED IN DURING HIS EARLY CAREER. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JULY 16, 1897, PAGE 2 Prisoner’s Bite Proves Serious During a fight in Glick’s alley, July 5, Policeman...
These images were part of a collection of photos purchased by the D.C. Police Memorial and Museum Project and are part of the larger collection of photos and artifacts that will make up the Metropolitan Police Museum
THE STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF OFFICER JOHN JACOB SMITH ON JULY 4, 1904. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JULY 5, 1904, PAGE 2 SHOT BY CAVALRYMAN John J. Smith Probably Fatal Wounded SAMUEL YOUNG UNDER ARREST Unprovoked Attempt to Kill...
SLACK’S WOUND FATAL Death of the Policeman Who Was Stabbed by His Neighbor HAD PENETRATED A VITAL PART Story of the Prelude to the Affray Told by the Officer’s Wife WITH A TWELVE-INCH BUTCHERS KNIFE The Weapon Used by Charles H. Myers, Who Is Said to Have Had an Old...
Some pictures from the Metropolitan Police Museum Collection. This is from a batch labeled November, 1969 but are of an as yet unknown demonstration. One photo references the Justice Department. Please note the “DC-US Route 240” sign in the background....
OFFICER UEL M. (GALES) GAILE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JULY 19, 1933, PAGE 1 TRIO WOUNDED IN GUN BATTLE; ALL MAY DIE. NINTH STREET POOL PARLOR “SHOT UP;” POLICEMAN ENDS FUSILLADE. Three downtown Ninth street habitues, one of them an innocent bystander, were...
MURDER OF MPDC SERGEANT FRITZ PASSAU AND TWO MARYLAND CITIZENS IN 1899. (IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENTS CURRENT LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY LISTS PASSAU’S DEATH IN 1889. BOTH WASHINGTON POST ARTICLES ARE DATED 1899.) THE SUSPECTS BUNGLED...
OFFICER CONSTANTINE FELL OFF HIS BOAT. WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1891, PAGE 2. DROWNED AT INDIAN HEAD Officer Constantine Falls Overboard from the Police Patrol Boat Officer Adolphus C. Constantine, who has been connected with the police patrol boat...
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