Dallas Police Department Museum

Keeping it light on this Day in Dallas Police history. 1951 New radio room opened in City Hall. Moving from the world war era radio room at WRR Fair Park office.

Ray Hawkins, officer who handcuffed Oswald, dies He was known for his good nature during his 29 years with the Dallas Police Department.

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Gayle Tippit is the oldest living retiree of the Dallas Police Department, a well deserved article in the Advocate Magazine

Meet Tip, the other Officer Tippit - Lake Highlands Dallas Police Officer G.M. “Tip” Tippit, a Lake Highlands resident, was off duty on Nov. 22, 1963. As tragic events — the assassinations of...

Click here to support Boy/Girl Scouting Patches by Roderick Janich The Dallas Police Museum located on the 2nd floor of Police headquarters has more than a hundred years of stories, artifacts, photos and equipment. We believe the museum gives the public a better understanding of the sociological history of Dallas, Texas and deepes the meaningful work the men an...

New in the Dallas Police Museum image archive. May 27, 1984 two Dallas Police Officers were injured while at the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Frederick Gray drove on to the scene, provided aid to the injured officers and help control the scene so not further accidents occur. The family of Mr. Gray shared the certificate and the image of Mr. Gray receiving his commendation from then Chief of Police Billy Prince.

October 26, 1979 the Dallas Police Department launched an intense investigation of the disappearance of a 7 year old Dallas girl. After an exhaustive investigation in Dallas, the remains of this young girl were found in Van Zandt County in December 1979.

New Images for the archives of the Dallas Police Museum. The Dallas Police Canine Unit was established in 1961, Selton Norman #1244 was a trailblazer in the canine unit. Norman helped establish and train Dallas Police canines. In the first image Rebel and Norman are seen searching the Whiterock spillway. The second is Norman and Rebel poising for a camera. Then the lighter side of Rebel, in a wagon, love the look on Rebel in the wagon. The images of the bad guys are from a "hook" book. Hooks is a term for of course the bad guys police encounter or have encountered on the streets. Before computers in the cars officers carried "hook" books to remind them of bad guy/girl encounters on the street. THANK YOU TO THE NORMAN FAMILY FOR SHARING THESE IMAGES.

September 15, 1910 the Dallas Police Department enter the auto car age. Replacing the horse drawn patrol wagon.

A long standing tradition of the Dallas Police Department of wearing hats, even inside the patrol car eased September 13, 1968. So only outside the squad cars must the uniform patrol officers wear a hat.

On this day in Dallas Police history, September 12,1982 the loss of long time Dallas area lawman Hugh Hartson.

In 1978 Hazeltine Company started testing with the Dallas Police Department an Automated Vehicle Monitoring system. Early GPS, this helped the dispatchers locate the closest patrol vehicle to a call. This system was to not acurate and abandoned, groundbreaking but maybe to advanced for it's time.