El Paso Police Department - 1901 - El Paso, Texas

The El Paso City Police Department - 1901. A few short years after this photo was taken, the El Paso PD would rapidly "modernize", issuing uniforms and other signatures of an urban police force. Unfortunately for many of its officers, the city and region they served was in some ways slower to become fully civilized, and gunfights would remain a common feature of law enforcement into the 1920s and 1930s.

Area: Central / Downtown

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The Six-Footers - 1914

President Taft's bodyguards, The Six-footers, who accompanied Taft on his visit to El Paso to meet President Diaz of Mexico.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Police Department

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El Paso Police Department - 1918

Left to right: Dr. J.A. Hardy, Sgt. J.D. Thompson, Capt. S.H. Veater, Capt. W.A. Simpson, Chief of Police C. E. Pollock, Inspector J.W. Reese, Capt. P.H. Phoenix, Sgt. J.F. Caplinger, Sgt. C.T. Smith Sitting in front of police headquarters 219 S. Campbell.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Police Department

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Charles E Pollock chief of police - 1918

Charles E Pollock chief of police 1918

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Police Department

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El Paso Police Traffic Officer Mike Snider - 1919

El Paso Police Traffic officer

Area: Central / Downtown

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Officers W. N.Glover & Jesus M. Perez - 1913

Officers W. N.Glover & Jesus M. Perez - 1913

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Police Department

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