Police and Other Law Enforcement
Bill Cosby, on the Right Side of the Law
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 15, 2022 -
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Category: Hygiene, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Advertising, Children, 1970s, Comedians
Glove Taser
The patent is here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 01, 2022 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Sadism, Cruelty, Punishment, and Torture, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #537
Police brutality!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 11, 2022 -
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Category: Hygiene, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Advertising, 1930s
Sergeant Sunshine
Scott French, The Complete Guide to the Street Drug Game (1976):
He served six months in jail, and subsequently became a plumber.
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 22, 2022 -
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Category: Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco, Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1960s
The 1000-Mile Courtroom
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 25, 2022 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Law, Money, Outrageous Excess, Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1950s, Cars
The Ordinances of Lancaster, South Carolina, 1903
We've all seen those features that dig up "Crazy Laws Still on the Books." But how did such ordinances ever first get established? By big and small towns trying to regulate every human behavior they could think of.Here are a few choice samples from a randomly chosen place!
Source: The Lancaster News (Lancaster, South Carolina) 16 May 1903
No public marble playing
No annoying churchgoers
No hookers
No tramps, cardsharps or fortune tellers
No dirks or slingshots
No outward-opening gates
Must ring bicycle bell
No piles of public poop
No bad oysters
To their credit, the officials imposed lots of rules on the cops as well. These are just a few.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 19, 2022 -
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Category: Government, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Regionalism, 1900s
Hog Farm Commune: Woodstock Security
What a trip!
No sound until about 0.33 mark.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 09, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Parades and Festivals, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s
High Spirits
A unique defense.Source: Daily News (New York, New York) 08 Mar 1943, Mon Page 219
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 17, 2021 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Religion, Mental Health and Insanity
Puppet Officer Brendan O’Smarty
1993: Under pressure from his superiors to stop carrying his ventriloquist dummy with him while on patrol, San Francisco Police Officer Bob Geary decided to take the matter to the voters. He formed the "Committee to Save Puppet Officer Brendan O'Smarty" and succeeded in putting the issue on the ballot.The voters decided by a narrow margin of 51% to 49% to allow him to continue patrolling with Brendan O'Smarty.
This turns out not to be the first puppet officer we've posted about. Just a few months ago, Paul posted about puppet officer Jerry McSafety. I wonder how many more puppet officers there are?
More info: wikipedia, alchetron
Geary with Puppet Officer Brendan O'Smarty
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 18, 2021 -
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement, Puppets and Automatons, 1990s
2 A.M. in the Subway
Some daring female leg action here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 06, 2021 -
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Category: Mass Transit, Movies, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Public Indecency, Twentieth Century
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