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Photo From: Jerry Webb - Album: People Photos

Description: This is a picture of patrol officers in 1930 (Columbus Ohio PD). Notice the tommy guns - they didn't fool around! Uploaded: 1/12/2011 by Jerry Webb
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(6/23/2015) Harvey Goldman wrote: Jerry:

I notice that the officers are wearing boots and riding pants. Was that the standard uniform of the day then? If not, is it possible they were members of what was called the "flying squad" on local PDs? Today, they would be similar to SWAT, but in those days they were geared to chasing bank robbers and other automobile-borne criminals.

Harvey