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Click here for larger image Sergeant Al Ortenzo (L) and Sergeant Bob Smith (R) (1978)    
Click here for larger image Ft. Lauderdale Cops vs. Miami Dolphins charity basketball game in Stranahan High gym. On the bench: Ptlm. Carl Borino (later Jail Cdr. Borino) is the guy leaning out ifo #4. Directly behind Borino is Ptlm. (later Major) Norm Botsford. #4 is Ptlm. Al Wharton. (1969-1974). Photo courtesy of Ed Dempsey. Click here for larger image Ft. Lauderdale Cops vs. Miami Dolphins charity basketball game in Stranahan High gym. (1969-1974). Photo courtesy of Ed Dempsey.
Click here for larger image Charles "Smokie" Stover, one of the original class of Police Aides at FLPD. (1969-1974). Photo courtesy of Ed Dempsey. Click here for larger image Holding the old time complaint card (computer punchcard era) is Police Aide Ed Dempsey. (1969-1974). Photo courtesy of Ed Dempsey.
Click here for larger image Patrolman George Heckner in one of the old phone positions. (1969-1974). Photo courtesy of Ed Dempsey. Click here for larger image Police Aide Bob Lumsden, making one of the many nightly repairs required by the old lightbeam activated track that carried complaint cards from the call-takers to the Sgt.'s position at the front of the room. Bob was later president of the AFSCME union and was killed by his estranged wife in the Broward County Courthouse. (1969-1974). Photo courtesy of Ed Dempsey.
Click here for larger image Jan 1980, outside Lockhart stadium after Motor Officers Horace Schmahl (seated) and Bob Lamberti finished escorting the Minnesota Vikings to this location for a daily pre Super Bowl practice    
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 Barbara Welsh McLellan
Our FIRST female police officer		 Click for larger photo L to R: Dave Comstock, Dennis Walker (kneeling), Tom Duffey (on motor), Barbara Welsh McLellan, Ed Vogelsang (kneeling), Jamie Hedla
Click to view larger photograph   Click to view larger photograph Patrolman Owen Day
Click to view larger photograph Sergeant Bill Brady Click to view larger photograph Ron Hammond
Click to view larger photograph Don Tipton Click to view larger photograph L to R: Larry Calhoun and Ronald Hammond using Identi-Kit. Ron started what we now call Forensics.
Click to view larger photograph   Click to view larger photograph L to R: Doug Keller, Rocky Marciano, Jack Sherlock
Click to view larger photograph Meter Checkers L to R: Jane Headla, Sally Faloon, Jean Powers, Noami Fink, Betty Smith Click to view larger photograph  
Click to view larger photograph L to R: Nellie Flynn, Walter Ilyankoff, Beth Eck, Albert Franco, Sergeant Ken Paulson, Herb Grounds, Billie Lane, Lou Karmazan, Wilson Click to view larger photograph Courtesy: City Publicity Department - Gene Hyde Assoc. Inc.
Click to view larger photograph Larry "Hutch" Hutchinson and Sergteant Fred Dietrich Click to view larger photograph Ryan Runnerstrom
Click to view larger photograph   Click to view larger photograph Detective Douglas Evans (1963 - 1987)
Click to view larger photograph Officers Leon Williams and Phil Cameron (1975) Click to view larger photograph Radio consoles
Click to view larger photograph   Click to view larger photograph Circa 1935 - 1939
Click to view larger photograph L to R: ?, George Tanner, Dwight Johnson, Jim Matson, Carl Locklar Click to view larger photograph Mary Clemons, Records Bureau
Click to view larger photograph Radio Consoles Click to view larger photograph Courtesy of Edith Wrains Gill
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Click to view larger photograph Accident Click to view larger photograph Motor Unit 1968

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