THE HISTORY & LEGACY OF THE
RALEIGH POLICE DEPARTMENT
Photos of the Raleigh Police Department
An early photo of the Raleigh Police Department, taken in 1923. Chief A. E. Glenn is in the front row, in the black brimmed hat and bowtie.
This photo, printed in the local newspaper to advertise the "Police Frolic," had the names of the officers printed with it. They were:
(front row, l-r) Sgt. T. A. Arnold, Sgt. G. R. Glover, Sgt. J. L. Caviness, Capt. N. Warren, Chief J. Winder Bryan, Commissioner of Public Safety E. G. Birdsong.
(second row) J. C. Clamblee, W. J. Horton, L. M. Garris, M. H. Harris, A. O. Bundy, W. L. Wells, J. R. Banks, C. I. Johnson, L. H. Woodall, L. H. McGee, G. A. Privette, J. G. Nichols, E. J. Glover
(third row) B. M. Spence, J. S. Currin, Desk Sgt. W. P. Jones, J. O. Hagwood, Z. L. Lloyd, Desk Sgt R. D. Riggan, L. I. Collins, R. R. Hargrove, C. W. Edwards, T. B. Alderson, H. M. Kelly, Traffic Officer G. H. Peebles, TTraffic Officer Joe Lowe, Traffic Officer O. B. Moffitt, Traffic Officer W. E. Magnum
(fourth row) A. L. Bailey, L. C. Thompson, W. A. Gattis, H. L. Peebles, Capt. J. A. Gargis, Capt. of Detectives R. M. Saunders, R. E. Bennet, A. W. Perry, R. E. Danielly, W. H. Banks, Supt. Identification Bureau L. C. Chalmers, Desk Sgt. C. E. Lundy Jr.
Two officers, J. A. Bailey and W. K. Pearce, were not present.
This photo, taken in the 1930s, shows how much the department had grown in ten years.
This department photo was taken in the summer of 1948, showing the officers in their white summer hats.
They are:
(first row, l-r) J. H. Hayes, A. J. Pavlovsky, O. C. Jordan, I. C. Massey, J. M. Kelly, Edna Earle Godwin, Rosa Dell More, Capt. N. Warren, Roxi B. Hoagland, Catherine Hay, L. L. Collins, T. G. Taylor, Donnie Gay, J. L. Hicks
(second row) W. G. Maddrey, R. L. Randolph, L. C. Thompson, Jack Dorsett, C. W. Edwards, J. H. Bowers J. B. Upchurch, A. C. Broughton, O. L. Wilkerson, F. I. Denton, A. G. Lorbacher, W. W. Snakenburg, E. D. Cozat, C. W. Sapp, F. W. Pollard
(third row) C. H. Hunnicutt, H. H. Horton, J. A. Bailey, J. A. Hopkins, R. L. Battle, C. M. Satterfield, E. E. Perry, H. T. Bailey, J. R. Moore, B. S. Tesh, V. B. Spence, J. R. Smith, H. L. Peebles, G. A. Privette
(fourth row) R. E. Goodwin, Joseph Winters, W. T. Thomas, C. G. Bullard, R. L. Liles, W. H. Wood, J. G. Nichols, J. B. Farmer, N. E. Cannady, H. W. Hunnicutt, John Baker
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