Heroes Roll Call: Our August 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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Glenville, Cleveland’s Bloodiest Day, As Seen Through The Eyes of a 15 Year Old
On July 23rd, 1968 the Cleveland Division of Police suffered it’s bloodiest day. Three Cleveland Police Officers and one civilian “Good Samaritan” gave their lives protecting the residents of Cleveland.…
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WE MUST NEVER FORGET
On July 23rd, 1968, three Cleveland Police Officers and one civilian “Good Samaritan” gave their lives protecting the residents of Cleveland. Twelve other Officers and a Police Tow Truck Driver…
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National Police Week
Police officers and the community they served have honored fallen officers since the earliest days of official police departments in the United States but it wasn’t until 1962 that a…
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Third Central Station, 2001 Payne Avenue, 1926-1976
The Cleveland Police Department reached a milestone of sorts on April 26, 1926 when the new Central Police Station at 2001 Payne Avenue opened as the new Cleveland Police Department…
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The Silent Witness – The First Recorded Bank Robbery
On April 12, 1957, the world’s first hidden camera recording of a bank robbery happened right here in Cleveland. The Cleveland Division of Police devised, developed and installed the system…
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Auxillary Police Officer Jeanette Kyle
The community and the Cleveland Police Museum lost a dear friend and supporter in February. Jeanette Womack Kyle passed away on February 6, 2021 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Jeanette had been…
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Heroes Roll Call: Our March 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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Secretary of Police Charles S. Smith, Badge Number 6
Originally posted on 02 February 2021 @ 06:00
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Heroes Roll Call: Our February 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: 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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Cleveland Police Ambulance Service
The first emergency motor patrol wagon in Cleveland was purchased in May of 1911 and assigned to the 11th Precinct. It was an 80-horsepower, four cylinder Peerless fitted with a…
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Police Buildings: Sixth Precinct, 3333 E. 55th, ca 1882
As early as 1869, the patrolman of the Sixth Precinct reported to the Forest Street station house in the Third Precinct, since they did not have a station house of…
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Police Buildings: Fifth Precinct, 2559 East 79th, ca. 1896
Prior to the early 1880s, Cleveland’s Fifth Precinct covered the near west side. As early as 1873, the Fifth Precinct station house sat on a small lot on Barber Avenue,…
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Police Buildings: Fourth Precinct, 1888 E. 55th, ca. 1896
In January of 1883 the Cleveland Police Department went through a major reorganization, surpassed only by the enactment of the Metropolitan Police Act in 1866. Precinct boundaries and the numbering…
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