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[APD community service van]

Photograph of an Arlington police department community service van as three photographs framed together in one 3-hole vertical frame. The top and bottom photographs are black & white and show the Ford van in bad condition. The middle photograph is color and shows the van to be painted blue with an Arlington Police decal on the back side pannel and the words "Sport Wagon" printed on the side doors.
Date: 1970/1980~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[APD patch. Unofficial APD patch that later became official patch with gold lettering and gold trim]

Photograph of an unofficial APD patch that later became official. Gold was ordered by mistake. The background is dark blue with gold outlining. "Arlington" is written in gold at the top and "Police" is in gold at the bottom. In the center of the patch Texas is in red with a gold star indicating Arlington and a gold circle indicating the metroplex. There are radio signals in light blue/silver branching from the star. The intent was to order a patch with red trim.
Date: 1970~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Officer Homer DeWolfe's motorcycle parked in Safety Town]

Photograph of Police Officer Homer DeWolfe's police motorcycle parked at the Six Flags Mall Safety Town. The motorcycle is a Harley Davidson Electra Glide and was nicknamed "Honey Harley." Established in about 1978, Safety Town was a model town on the parking lot of Six Flags Mall where parents could take their children to learn road safety on their bicycles.
Date: 1970/1980~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[APD officer running speed radar]

Photograph of an Arlington police officer in tan uniform standing in front of his patrol car checking for speeders on Division Street (near the Eastern Star Home). The speed radar monitor sits on the hood of his vehicle.
Date: 1970/1989~
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