Police and Other Law Enforcement
The Case of Officer Hallibrand
"Driving while dictating." The automobile texting problem of its era.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 19, 2016 -
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Category: Death, Motor Vehicles, Police and Other Law Enforcement, PSA's, 1950s
Honor system at police donut shop
The Index-Journal (Greenwood, South Carolina) - Aug 10, 1960
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — At the police headquarters coffee shop, the Police Relief Assn. reported in its monthly publication: "The honor system of paying for doughnuts and rolls accounted for a loss of only $15.64 during May."
Posted By: Alex - Mon Dec 21, 2015 -
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1960s
How to recognize abnormal people
In the late 1950s, Drs. Robert Matthews and Lloyd Rowland wrote a police training manual titled "How to Recognize and Handle Abnormal People," which was then distributed to sheriff and police departments throughout the U.S. The officers receiving it in the photo below look a little skeptical.Check out more scans from the book at Print magazine.
The Bloomington Pantagraph - May 2, 1958
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 29, 2015 -
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1950s
Scotland Yard Fashion Show
On September 14, 1967, Scotland Yard held a fashion show to display the new uniforms for policewomen. I suspect this is the ONLY fashion show Scotland Yard has ever held. The caption that ran in American papers read:"Scotland Yard, apparently bitten by the swinging London bug, holds fashion show here 9/14. Here, London policewomen display the new Norman Hartnell-designed uniforms. Although a far cry from the miniskirted scene stealers, the new ensembles do have shaped skirts."
Source for top image: Flickr
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 17, 2015 -
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Category: Fashion, Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #220
What product can this staged photo from 1969 possibly be advertising?
For the answer visit the original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 04, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Scarecar
Cardboard cutouts of police cars are being used in China to slow speeders down. The instant response is universal, see a police car, hit the brakes, even when you're not speeding if you are anything like me. A clever idea if they are moved around. Switching the cardboard and real patrol cars around would keep the public guessing and slowing down 'just in case'.
Posted By: patty - Sat Sep 15, 2012 -
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement
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