I know I’m in trouble when the young man suddenly springs from the waiting room couch and leaps toward me, grabbing for my holstered Colt .38 revolver. My ability to subdue him without either of us getting hurt is not a certainty. This struggle is going to be all-out...
Officer Spencer Roberts joined the Metropolitan Police Department on July 27, 1903, and was assigned to the 7th Precinct (Georgetown). He was then transferred to the 9th Precinct (525 9th Street, N.E.) in 1904. There, on December 23, 1904, on a snowy night, Officer...
A Series of Washington Post articles compiled by retired Detective Sergeant Dave Richardson, tell the stories of two MPD officers, soon to be detectives and their heroics in a 1963 shootout. There is also a list of promotions from the 1960s with many familiar...
SOME INCIDENTS IN THE CAREER OF DONALD E. BLAKE DON SERVED AT #14 IN UNIFORM AND TACT, S.O.D. TACT, #14 AS DETECTIVE, K-9 AS A SERGEANT, 15 YEARS AT ROBBERY SQUAD AS SERGEANT, AND LIEUTENANT AT THE INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. DON AND ANOTHER OFFICER RECEIVED THE SILVER...
The Great B&O Train Robbery Posted by Dave Tabler | July 18, 2013 “The Great Train Robbery” of the B&O railroad made headlines worldwide on March 10, 1949. The event was reminiscent of Wild West days, and it seized the...
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