Cleveland Police Museum

	Progressive Era 1903-1929
1903	Frederick Kohler-Police Chief; Was called " the best police chief of the best governed city" by President Roosevelt Corner policemen placed at cities busiest corners
1904	Fingerprinting system started
1906	Cleveland street names were changed to a number system. First juvenile detention home in the city opened
1910	Police department acquired it's first motorcycles
1911	Cleveland's first mounted unit was organized
1912	Municipal Court was organized
1913	Automobiles used for first time as patrol cars
1919	The line-up room was designed and installed
1925	G.E. had installed a string of automatic lights along Euclid Avenue controlled by men in a signal tower. Formation of the Police Woman's Bureau
1926	New Central Station on Payne Ave. opened
1929	Cleveland Police Radio station was established