1950s police uniform

Pre 1948 uniform and car insignia.

Mayor William Hartsfield and Police Chief Herbert Jenkins, both white, stood before Atlanta’s first eight African American police officers as they prepared for active duty. Hartsfield gave a rallying speech, warning that though 95 percent of the white cops didn’t want them, they were here to do what Jackie Robinson had done for baseball the year before.

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THIS year marks the 100th anniversary of women in policing and events are taking place locally next month to mark the milestone.

Sheriff 1950

As the new Met chief calls for a return to the tried and trusted methods of the Sixties, new photographs have been unearthed showing the force during the last decade of the beat bobby.

Police community support officers and fully-fledged police officers have been banned from patrolling the streets on mountain bikes amid health and safety fears. They have been told they now must pass a cycling proficiency test before they can get on their cycles

New Jersey State Police (NJSP) in what looks like the 1960s