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Fingerprint Identification

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:10
Fingerprint Identification

While researching Marshal Farnan of the Baltimore Police Department we came across a 1907 newspaper report that would indicate Baltimore's Police Department was the first in the United States to use fingerprinting to catalog criminals in our country officially. The 1907 article went on to report the following; "In line with this tendency in the ancient trade is the fingerprint method of identification, invented by E. R. Henry, of Scotland Yard, London.

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Baltimore Police Timeline

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:08
Baltimore Police Timeline

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Tips for using our Timeline, the fasted way to find any historical fact about our agency, is by opening the tab associated with the area of the department you are researching, open that TAB hit Ctr F then type in the keyword(s) for your search and let it find it in the timeline. You could also use the new search engine in the upper right-hand corner of any page on this site. If you can't find answers, write us we'll help find it for you, or research it and add it to the site This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Officer Michael Dunn

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:08
Officer Michael Dunn

It did the job! April 7, 1979   Officer Michael Dunn When a Police Officer gets shot in the line of duty all of us are saddened. Recuperation from gunshot wounds is a long, slow and often painful process. There are occasions, however, when such an incident has a brighter than expected ending. Officer Michael P. Dunn of the Southern District was shot three times during what began as a traffic violation stop on April 7, 1979.

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The First Women Officers

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:08
The First Women Officers

The First Women Officers - Mary S. Harvey, and Margaret B. Eagleston - 19 June 1912 - The first Women Officer was hired under the title of Policewomen was Mary S. Harvey, EOD of June 19, 1912 her hiring was followed by that of Margaret B. Eagleston July 22, 1912

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Baltimore Police Buttons Chronology

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:08
Baltimore Police Buttons Chronology

Baltimore Police Buttons Chronology - Before 1857 the police force in Baltimore like most other American cities did not wear a standardized uniform or buttons.  Thus, the buttons of the Baltimore police during this time were probably the civilian examples worn by the officers.

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Historians

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:08
Historians

It would be easy to think that the police officer is a figure who has existed since the beginning of civilization. That’s the idea on display in the proclamation from President John F. Kennedy on the dedication of the week of May 15 as “National Police Week,” in which he noted that law-enforcement officers had been protecting Americans since the nation’s birth. Baltimore police has an interesting history, we have had plenty o Historians, but the three listed below started compiling information since about 2002. We will add other names as time permits.

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Policewoman Elizabeth Faber

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:06
Policewoman Elizabeth Faber

17 October 1914 Policewoman Elizabeth Faber was shot down on the west end of the Edmondson Avenue bridge by a black male on the bridge as she and her partner (Patrolman George W. Popp) attempted to effect his arrest. The suspect quickly turned and opened fire on the pair, little hope was entertained by doctors at Franklin Square Hospital for Officer Faber’s survival. At 4 A. M. her recovery chances seemed even less possible. She was shot by a pickpocket along with her partner Patrolman George W. Popp, of the Northwest police district. Officer Pop was also severely wounded he is at the hospital but his chances for recovery were listed as good. Mrs. Faber was shot through one of her lungs and Patrolman Popp has a wound in the side and another in the thigh. At midnight the deposition of the policewoman was taken by Justice Schirm and will be used in case of her death.- making her the first Woman Officer to be shot in the line of duty... She would nearly die as a result of her injuries, and by this time a year later in 1915, she would resign her post as a Baltimore Policewoman.

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Parking Meter

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:06
Parking Meter

A Meter Maid unit began on 8 May of 1961 with 10 Meter Maids and a Sergeant. Prior to that on 1 November 1958, The Baltimore Police department Traffic Enforcement unit enforced parking meter violations. The first Meters went up on North Ave. after 48 days the meters had made a profit of a little more than $29K. $29K in 1958 would be around $275,000.00 in 2019

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