The first Police Radio system in Arizona
The Phoenix Police Department communications section came into being in November 28, 1932 when our department established the first police radio system in the state of Arizona. Previously, a bright light with an attached horn had been placed on a tower on top of...
An interview with Seth Scott Allen – Badge #301
August 15, 2008 Conducted by Dannette Turner Seth Allen became an Officer in 1956. He was 25 years old, married, and moved to Phoenix from Thatcher, Arizona. When he joined the Phoenix Police Department he lived at 723 N 28th...
NLEOMF Set to Open Doors to National Law Enforcement Museum
“The Museum’s core mission is to introduce visitors to the proud history and many facets of American law enforcement in an experience you won’t find anywhere else.”
Arizona Highway Patrol / Department of Public Safety Heritage Museum
The Board of Directors of the Arizona Highway Patrol / Department of Public Safety Heritage Museum are proud to announce the Museum has been provided floor space within the headquarters building of the Department of Public Safety and will be opening its doors to any and all who would like to enjoy the history of the Department. We envision the grand opening of the museum to be during the spring of 2019.
Every photograph has a story…
Editors Note: Sometimes we come across a historic photograph with no background information. By all appearances of the snapshot in time, the event was quite remarkable yet lost in time. The following is one such story. It is a story of one convict, Phoenix Police...
No Legend for a Modern Gunslinger
by William Overend(Reprinted from The Arizona Republic, Sunday Jan 28, 1973) Sometimes he thinks about it out on a trail ride, what it would have been like to have been a marshal in the Old West. He wonders just how fast the old gunslingers really were. “You can’t...
Community Improvement Committees in Early Phoenix
Community Policing in modern day Phoenix and elsewhere is a partnership of the police and the community working together to prevent crime and maintain order. Early day Phoenix had its own version of Community Policing or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Well meaning...
The Only Regret
By Timothy Moore I met with retired Lieutenant Blaine Thompson as he was seated at his small cubicle in the newly formed Laboratory Enhancement Team of the Phoenix Police Department. He was previously in the departments in the Callback Unit of the Communications...
The Moore Legacy: In His Father’s Footsteps
by Jeannette Reed and Diane Vaughn Andrew Jackson “Johnny” Moore is another of Arizona’s infamous lawmen or “Peace Warriors.” Johnny Moore is one of the few true romantic figures that link our wild west past with the staid and law abiding present....
Albert Whipple and the Good Old Days
By Commander Manny Davila Have you ever wondered what police work was like in the “old days”? Today’s most veteran officers can talk about their “old days” and policing in the early to mid 1970’s. Recently I had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of what Phoenix and...