BADGE COLLECTOR: NEWARK POLICE CONVERTIBLE

Sunday, November 18, 2012

NEWARK POLICE CONVERTIBLE - COOL RIDE

Rank has its' privileges for sure. This Captain not only has a Chauffeur, but the car is a convertible.

Of course this picture was taken a long long time ago - Jan. 2, 1921. I think the present day guys use armored vehicles - with roofs!

The picture included Newark Police Commissioner Brennan discussing a traffic concern with Traffic Division Captain McRell. The driver was Officer Harry Marsley.

While not a badge this picture is a nice part of my collection, and well worth sharing here with other collectors.

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ORIGIN OF MY COLLECTION

1967 was the year of the Newark Riots. My Dad was a Newark Detective near the end of his career; and I was just beginning a career as a Probation Officer. Shortly after the riots my Dad gave me a couple of badges he acquired over the years. They sat around in a desk drawer for a couple of years. Eventually I put them on a shelf - never knowing that this was the beginning of my collection. My father died in 1974 leaving me his retirement detective shield. The word "Retired" had been put in the number panel. He didn't like that and knocked it off. He had the original number put back, but this was absolutely "no work of art." None the less I am proud to have it. It stands today "under glass" in my den along with other items from Newark and other NJ communities. I have been "The" Badge Collector ever since (50+ years).

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