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[Arlington Police Deputy Chief Ken Burton, portrait 2002]
Photograph of a head and shoulder shot of Deputy Chief Ken Burton in uniform taken about 2002.
[Arlington Police Detective Ann Thompson's drawing of a child]
Photograph of a drawing done by Arlington Police Detective Ann Thompson that depicts a young boy putting on his parent's police hat and shoes. The boy is wearing a stripped shirt, shorts, and one mid thigh sock. He is seated on a flat surface with the police hat on his head and is attempting to tie a shoe on his left foot with his leg folded up and the knee against his chest. The other shoe is on it's side next to the shoe he is tying on and the other sock is lying under his left leg. The drawing appears to have been done in black pencil. The drawing was given to Police Chief Theron Bowman and the image was later used on office birthday cards.
[Arlington Police Museum. Chaplain Harold Elliott with display mannequins at the Harold K. Elliott Police Museum in Arlington]
Photograph of Chaplain Harold Elliott standing with three mannequins dressed in various police uniforms that are on display at the Arlington police museum. Also included in the grouping is a wall cabinet with memorabilia, a United States Flag pinned on the wall, and a framed collection of police patches.
[Arlington Police Officer Bill Taylor speaking over mobile radio, ca. 1965, view 1]
Photograph of Sgt. Bill Taylor, in tan uniform, standing inside the open door of a patrol car speaking on the mobile radio. 22A is printed on the side of the car. The car is parked in the back of the police station at 717 W. Main St. Police motorcycles are in the background.
[Arlington Police Officer Bill Taylor speaking over mobile radio, ca. 1965, view 2]
Photograph of Sgt. Bill Taylor, in tan uniform, standing inside the open door of a patrol car speaking on the mobile radio. 22A is printed on the side of the car. The car is parked in the back of the police station at 717 W. Main St. Police motorcycles are in the background.
[Arlington Police Officer Chip Oxendine with his parents]
Photograph of Police Officer Chip Oxendine talking to his parents at the dedication of the East Arlington Police Station on New York Avenue in 1996. His step-father, U.S. Representative Richard "Dick" Armey and his mother, Susan, had attended the ceremony. They are standing beside the windows inside the building and a City of Arlington flag appears to be flying outside. Officer Oxendine is in dark blue uniform.
[Arlington Police Officer Dee Anderson speaking in city council chamber room]
Photograph of Arlington Police Officer Dee Anderson standing at a podium speaking to an audience in the City Council Chamber room.
[Arlington Police Officer Dick Hill, SWAT team training in prone firing position]
Photograph of Officer Dick Hill, a SWAT team sniper, lying in the prone firing position with an M-16 rifle. He is on a grassy lawn with the street, a walkway, and tree trunk behind him.
[Arlington Police Officer Ed Watson's portrait, early 1980s]
Photograph of a head and shoulders portrait of Officer Ed Watson in the tan uniform. He served as a Deputy Chief under Chief Roy Ables.
[Arlington Police Officer Gary W. Shipp. Tactical and Special Operation Division Units]
Photograph of Officer Gary Shipp in a dress suit. Starting in 1972, Special Enforcement Officer Gary Shipp led in the development and operation of the APD's Tactical (SWAT) teams and later, in the mid 1980's, as a Lieutenant, the development and operation of the Special Operation Units.
[Arlington Police Officer Gary W. Shipp. Tactical and Special Operation Division Units, gray background]
Photograph of Officer Gary Shipp in a dress suit. Starting in 1972, Special Enforcement Officer Gary Shipp led in the development and operation of the APD's Tactical (SWAT) teams and later, in the mid 1980's, as a Lieutenant, the development and operation of the Special Operation Units.
[Arlington Police Officer James Evans Johnson, portrait]
Photograph of Officer James Evans Johnson dressed in a suit. Officer Johnson was killed in the line of duty by gunfire on November 23, 1930 while attempting to arrest a man for disturbing the peace.
[Arlington Police Officer Joseph T. Cushman, portrait]
Photograph of Corporal Joseph Thomas Cushman in dark blue uniform. Officer Cushman was killed in the line of duty by accidental gunfire on June 7, 2001 while performing training for a school shooting.
[Arlington Police Officer Joseph T. Cushman, rememberence]
Photograph of a collection of items placed on a table as a rememberence of Officer Joseph "Joey" T. Cushman. Officer Cushman was killed in the line of duty by accidental gunfire on April 7, 2001 while performing a school shooting training exercise at Ousley Junior High. Items include an 8x10 photograph in uniform, a 5x7 group photograph, two badges, and awards.
[Arlington Police Officer Keith Humphrey promoted to Sergeant]
Photograph of Officer Keith Humphrey being promoted to Sergeant. His wife is pinning his new badge onto his uniform and his daughter stands beside him watching the event.
[Arlington Police Officer Martha Willbanks, APD's first female officer]
Photograph of Officer Martha Willbanks standing with her arm on the driver's door of an Arlington Police cruiser. This is a close-in photo of Officer Willbanks taken in about 1999 with the background of the building and foliage distorted. Officer Willbanks was Arlington's first female officer (she was called the city's only armed secretary) and her dress uniform hangs in the police museum.
[Arlington Police Officer Ray Hosack Playing "Taps"]
Photograph of Police Officer Ray Hosack in Honor Guard uniform and Jonathan Spells (citizen volunteer) playing trumpets. They are standing on the side of a stage with a corner of the green curtain and the tip of a flag showing. Trumpets are usually played at funerals, awards ceremonies, and other official events.
[Arlington Police Officer Rex Gomillion playing "Taps"]
Photograph of Sgt. Rex Gomillion in Honor Guard uniform standing near a large building playing "Taps" on his trumpet. The event is at the State Peace Officer's Memorial in Austin. A newspaper photographer is standing slightly behind him taking his picture. People are standing behind them at the top of the stairs of the large building.
[Arlington Police Officer Teresa Ivy, APD's first African American woman officer]
Photograph of Police officer Teresa Ivy sitting at a desk with a telephone receiver to her ear. She is not in uniform.
[Arlington Police Officer Terry L. Lewis in uniform]
Photograph of Officer Terry L. Lewis in dark blue uniform taken in a living room sitting with a United States map in the background. Officer Lewis was killed in the line of duty by vehicular assault on October 9, 1992. He and Reserve Officer Jerry Crocker were killed when their patrol car was struck by a drunk driver.
[Arlington Police Officers, 1960s]
Photograph of police officers taken in the early 1960s. Four officers in tan uniform are sitting at a table and two officers in tan uniform are standing behind them. A plain clothes man in a checked shirt is standing with the two officers on the back row. Back row L-R: Clayton Jordon, James Carmichael, Henry Alder. Front row L-R: Gene Fuqua, Bill Taylor, Gerald Baker, and Robert Burke.
[Arlington police officers in casual clothes, ca 1980s]
Photograph of a group in an Arlington police training class in casual clothes arranged in two rows. The bottom row has five men sitting in chairs who have been partially identified as Jay Hayek on the far left, Morris Sanders second from the left, and Bill Tarpley second from the right. The top row has eleven men (one in uniform) and one woman standing behind them. From left to right they have been identified as Joe Gibson, Rick Eudy in the blue v-neck shirt, Jon Thorwald, Kevin Lewis, and Floyd Adams. The last man on the back row on the far right is Bill Griffith.
[Arlington Police Officers Jim Roberts, Noel Pryor, Bob Esley, and James Barfield, 1950s]
Photograph of Jim Roberts sitting at the dispatcher's desk in front of the radio console with [L to R] Dispatcher Noel Pryor, Relief Sgt. Bob Easley, and Dispatcher James Barfield standing behind him.
[Arlington Police Officers Tom LeNoir and Eddie Thompson speaking to Chaplain Harold Elliott]
Photograph of two police cars parked side-by-side with three uniformed men standing between them having a conversation. Officer Tom LeNoir (pointing) and Officer Eddie Thompson are leaning against the car on the left and Chaplain Harold Elliott is facing them and leaning against the car on the right.
[Arlington Police Station, 717 W. Main Street building entrance, 1964]
Photograph of the 717 W. Main St. Arlington Police Station. This station opened in 1964, having moved from the 401 W. Main St. location. The APD remained there until it moved into the new main station, the "Ott" Cribbs Public Safety Center in 1989. A vehicle is parked at the entrance of the building with a woman walking in front of it. A United States flag is flying behind the building.
[Arlington Police Station, 717 W. Main Street, groundbreaking ceremony, view 2]
Photograph of the ground breaking ceremony for the new police station at 717 W. Main Street on October 10, 1964. Photograph shows Assistant Police Chief Herman Perry, Commissioner J. Ball, Commissioner C. Brown, Commissioner W. Sutton, City Manager A. Rollins, Mayor Tom Vandergriff and Police Chief A.B. "Ott" Cribbs holding the shovel. The Police Department remained in this building until it moved to the new, three-story, Main Station on Division Street.
[Arlington Reserve Officers at the Regional Reserve Officers Training Academy, ca. 1970s]
Photograph of a group taken in the late 1970s at the Regional Reserve Officers Training Academy at the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). The back row is the Reserve Officers from Arlington. It was taken outdoors with a white building covered in ivy in the background. The group is arranged on the sidewalk with the bottom group kneeling off the curb.
[Derrel Vaughan]
Photograph of Derrel Vaughan in his military uniform.
[East Arlington Police Service Center dedication, Chaplain Harold Elliott speaking]
Photograph of the Arlington East Police Station dedication with Chaplain Harold Elliott speaking at a podium on a raised platform. Seated on the platform with him are seven other people, six men and a woman. Left to right are: Police Chief David Kunkle, Congressman Dick Armey, Assistant Police Chief Theron Bowman, Mayor Richard Green, U.S. House Rep. Martin Frost, Council Member Paula Hightower, and the Priest from St. Matthews Catholic Church. The brown skirted platform is outside with a parking lot, trees, and a building in the background. East Arlington Police Service Center is also referred to as the East Station.
[East Arlington Police Service Center dedication, Chief David Kunkle speaking]
Photograph of the Arlington East Police Station dedication with Police Chief David Kunkle speaking at a podium on a raised platform. Seated on the platform with him are six other people, five men and a woman. Left to right are: vacant chair for Chief Kunkle, Congressman Dick Armey, Assistant Police Chief Theron Bowman, Mayor Richard Green, U.S. House Rep. Martin Frost, Council Member Paula Hightower, and the Priest from St. Matthews Catholic Church. The brown skirted platform is outside with a parking lot, trees, and a building in the background. East Arlington Police Service Center is also referred to as the East Station.
[East Arlington Police Service Center front entrance]
Photograph of a front entrance view of the East Arlington Police Service Center at 200 New York Ave. The building opened in 1996. This view also includes two patrol cars and a police van. The National, State, and City flags are on a single pole next to the brick sign and are flying at half mast. East Arlington Police Service Center is also referred to as the East Station.
[Howard Vaughan, U. S. Navy Seabees]
Photograph of Howard Vaughan, of the U. S. Navy Seabees, in his military uniform.
[Image of a triangular folded U.S. Flag and seven shell casings]
Photograph of a triangular folded United States Flag with the field of stars showing and seven shell casings standing upright and placed in front of the flag. The seven shell casings represent a 21 gun salute honoring fallen officers. Three volleys from seven rifles constitute the 21 gun salute. The brass casings are then given to family members. (These shown are from practice rounds).
[Image of an APD helmet with face shield]
Photograph of a gold colored police helmet with a face shield. All APD officers were assigned helmets and shields during the 1960s student unrest demonstrations.
[Image of an early APD tactical shield, view 1]
Photograph of an early tactical shield that was used by the Arlington Police Department to defend the user. This tactical shield was a hand-held rectangular shaped sheet of metal with a thin eye slot hole for vision. The protective shield was most necessary in situations where law enforcement tactical team members had little or no cover.
[Image of an early APD tactical shield, view 2]
Photograph of an early tactical shield that was used by the Arlington Police Department to defend the user. This tactical shield was a hand-held rectangular shaped sheet of metal with a thin eye slot hole for vision. The protective shield was most necessary in situations where law enforcement tactical team members had little or no cover.
[Image of an old hard drive used by the APD Communications Division, ca. 1970s?]
Photograph of an old hard drive from a computer system used by the APD Communications Division, ca. 1970s. It was later replaced with a computer chip. (years of service to be determined)
[Image of APD ceremonial scissors]
Photograph of ceremonial scissors used to cut the ribbon at the opening of the East, West, South Stations, and Heroes Park. The scissors are fairly large in gold-like metal and are lying on red fabric. East Station opened in 1996, West Station opened in 2003, South Station opened in 2008, and Heroes Park was dedicated in 2007.
[Image of APD's first hand-held radio]
Photograph of the first Arlington Police Department hand-held radio (years of service to be determined). The name on the unit is "GE Master."
[Image of Arlington Police Officer Howard Vaughn's brass whistle]
Photograph of a brass whistle used by Officer Howard Vaughn beginning in 1950.
[Image of seven shell casings]
Photograph of a close-up of seven shell casings. The seven shell casings represent a 21 gun salute honoring fallen officers. Three volleys from seven rifles constitute the 21 gun salute. The brass casings are then given to family members. (These shown are from practice rounds).
[Jack Vaughan in Honolulu]
Photograph of Jack Vaughan in his military uniform, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
[Matuu Valley, Samoa]
Photograph of five soldiers standing on the steps to a cabin in Matuu Valley, Samoa. They are identified as Dove, Lanier, Jack Vaughan, White, and Jackson.
[Ott Cribbs Public Safety Building front entrance, 1989]
Photograph of A.B. "Ott" Cribbs Public Safety Center at the corner of Cooper & Division Streets in 1989. The three-story facility is accompanied by a jail with 98-inmate capacity. It cost $8.9 million to construct the 88,000 square foot building. It is also known as the [New] Main Station or North Station.
[Police Training Center firing range]
Photograph of the back view of a man conducting firearms practice at the indoor firing range of the Arlington Police Training Center. He is wearing over the head earmuffs for ear protection.
[Raymond Vaughan]
Photograph of Raymond Vaughan, of the U. S. Navy Seabees, in his military uniform.
[Raymond Vaughan, U. S. Navy]
Photograph of Raymond Vaughan, of the U. S. Navy Seabees, in his military uniform.
[Texas State Highway Patrolmen testing first breathalizer on Chief Cribbs, view 1]
Photograph of Chief Ott Cribbs laying on a table. Two Texas DPS officers are testing the Drunkometer on him. One officer is holding a tube close to his nose and the other officer is beside him bending over reading a portable monitor.
[Texas State Highway Patrolmen testing first breathalizer on Chief Cribbs, view 2]
Photograph of Chief Ott Cribbs laying on a table. Two Texas DPS officers are testing the Drunkometer on him. One officer is holding a tube close to his nose and the other officer is beside him bending over reading a portable monitor.
[West Arlington Police Service Center building entrance]
Photograph of the front entrance of the West Arlington Police Service Center located at 2060 W. Green Oaks Boulevard, Arlington, Texas. The building was dedicated December 19, 2003. Also shown are three flying flags: United States Flag, Texas Flag, and the City of Arlington Flag. West Arlington Police Service Center is also referred to as the West Station.
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