[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.
Date: 199X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 199X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 196X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 198X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 195X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 199X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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).
Date: 20uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 196X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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)
Date: 197X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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."
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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).
Date: 20uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1965?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1965?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: October 30, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Mayor Tom Vandergriff presenting Detective LeRoy Carmichael an award]

Photograph of Arlington Mayor Tom Vandergriff presenting Detective LeRoy Carmichael an Officer of the Year award. A photographer stands behind the mayor taking the shot. Date unknown.
Date: 1950~/1960~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Commissioner Joe Elder and Fire Chief Mike Thompson, 1948, "Clean Up Now" campaign, date on photo]

Photograph of Arlington Police Commissioner Joe Elder (kneeling) and Fire Chief Mike Thompson beside a 1940s Ford police car that has a large decal promoting the "Clean Up Now" campaign on the side of the back door.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Chief A.B. "Ott" Cribbs, portrait]

Photograph of Arlington Police Chief Arthur B. "Ott" Cribbs as a younger man. He was Arlington’s longest serving police chief of 37 years (from 1934-1971) and the current law enforcement complex bears his name.
Date: 1923/1963~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History