Heroes Roll Call: Patrol Officer David J. Fahey, Jr., #2453
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of Cleveland’s fallen officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch. While assigned to the First Neighborhood Police District…
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Heroes Roll Call: Our January Heroes
The Cleveland Police Museum in honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversaries of their End of Watch. These officers made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting…
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Heroes Roll Call: Patrol Officer Hilary S. Cudnik, Sr., #1939
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch.
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Heroes Roll Call: Edward Claybrooks, #248
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch.
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Heroes Roll Call: Chester Burmeister, #1281
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch.
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Eliot Ness’s “Save a Life for Christmas” campaign
When Eliot Ness became Cleveland’s Public Safety Director, Cleveland had the highest traffic fatality rate in the country. Ness developed a four-pronged approach to address this sad safety record: creation…
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Heroes Roll Call: Lieutenant Edward G. Lentz, #14
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch. On December 9, 1957, while on supervisory patrol…
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Heroes Roll Call: Captain Jerome C. Poelking, #28
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch.
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The First Mr. Jingeling
Did you know that the very first Mr. Jingeling was a Cleveland Police Officer? Seems that back in the day, many of the department stores in downtown Cleveland used Police…
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Our December Heroes
The Cleveland Police Museum in honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversaries of their End of Watch. These officers made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting…
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A Day in the Life of a 1920s Patrolman
A Cleveland patrolman in the 1920s walked his beat for eight hours a day, carrying most of the equipment he needed to keep the neighborhood safe and to catch criminals.…
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Heroes Roll Call: Patrolman Roy W. Buckner, Jr., #319
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversaries of their End of Watch.
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Torso Murders: Identifying the Victims
The Cleveland Police efforts to identify each of the thirteen victims of the Torso Murderer of Kingsbury Run were extensive. At the crime scene, police collected evidence and photographed the…
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Heroes Roll Call: Patrolman Frank Humr, #587
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch.
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Heroes Roll Call: Patrol Officer Ernest C. Holbert, #402
The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to share the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch. The armed driver fired a shot, striking Officer…
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