Hope this makes it easier to find what's new on
the site. Comments are welcome.
NEED PICTURES OF BADGES ETC. PICTURES OF
PERSONNEL IN UNIFORM ESPECIALLY DESIRED!!!!
02-08-11
LACoFD
Added a link and pictures of Los Angeles County Fire badges.
Go to the LaCountyFireMuseum.com.
Miscellaneous
Obtained a Los Angeles City Public Works Police badge.
Any information as to its value would be appreciated.
I do not collect LA City badges and would like to trade
this badge for Los Angeles County badge(s).
First good offer gets it.
07-02-11
Auxiliary Badges, Early Badges
The Sheriffs' Department is in the process of creating a
presentation showing the History Behind The Badge. I have
taken several pages from this presentation and placed them on
the website. The majority of information and pictures originated
with this website. The presentation has been done in a very
professional and creative way and is worth looking at.
When it is finalized, it will be available to see on this website.
I have taken the page on the Mounted Posse and the Sheriffs'
Boys Band. Others will be added as I find time.
Comments are appreciated at: mike@badgehistory.com
Other County Badges
Obtained a nice Councilman, Rolling Hills Estates, and an old
Lifeguard Lieutenant bear top.
First Woman Deputy
Added some pictures of women in uniform from
years ago.
I'm going to change this button to: Female Deputies.
Sheriff's Explorers
Added a new button. I will be adding information and
more pictures as it comes available.
Entire Site
Combined some pages to place all information and photos
regarding female deputies on one page with its own button.
I'm starting a tribute to female deputies and need some input
from the ladies of pictures and information.
Explorers
Added a whole new link to the history of the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Explorers.
This program has provided an excellent stepping stone towards a
career in law enforcement and preparing our youth for
a better future.
Most of the pictures and information comes from the collection
of Darrell Klasey who became an explorer in 1969. His
collection of paperwork and pictures chronicles the steps he had
to take to become an Explorer and his early experiences at
the Norwalk Station.
Junior Deputies
During research I discovered a magazine article pertaining to the
Junior Deputy program under Sheriff Biscailuz.
This article dates from May 1940.
Miscellaneous
I have come by a source for the window star decals used by the
Department in the 1950's. I have included a picture of a star and
a couple pictures extracted from the TV series Code-3 which
played for awhile around 1956. These pictures show the stars
placed on the rearmost windows of '55 or '56 Fords. The
Department cooperated in the making of this series and all the
deputy uniforms and vehicles are as they were in use by the
Department.
If interested in the stars, email me and I'll make you a deal!
These procedes will go towards supporting this website and
maybe help aquire something new for my display.
Old Photos
Courtesy of longtime police historian and police vehicle
collector, F. Iverson, I was able to copy some pictures of LAPD
Officer Voy Kay Apt. Apt befriended Mickey Cohen and
established a longtime relationship with him. I was able to copy
some letters written by Cohen while in Federal Prison in Illinois,
to Apt who was retired by this time. Nothing too exciting but to
handle letters actually written by the infamous Mickey Cohen
was quite a treat. The link to the letters and pictures of Officer
Apt is under the pictures of Cohen on the "Old Photos" page.
Badges 1933 - 1948
Found and scanned an interesting article from a May 1940
Popular Science Magazine. Some nice pictures of early uniforms
and some interesting reading.
Aero Squadron
Found an article regarding the early days of the Aero Squadron.
Popular Science Magazine article and pictures.
Wanted
Added a new button. Wanted. Here I will list
particular items I'm presently looking for. Either through
purchase or trade I hope to acquire these items.
Badge History
The complete Sheriff's Department History presentation has
been posted at the top of this page. Some great new material
and alot of my material included.
Note that while the Department has never acknowledged my
website, but it has no problem with using much of my material.
Old Photos
Added a Sheriff's Department presentation showing an overview
of the Pitchess Detention Center, aka Wayside Honor Rancho.
Old Photos
Added some old photos at bottom of Page Two.
Aero Squadron
Pictures of a cap piece and badge at bottom of page.
Other County Badges
Added pictures of several badges and hat pieces on a new
Page Two. Courtesy of generosity of the webmaster of the
excellent website: PatchBook.com.
Early Badges Page Two
Received a CD loaded with pictures of the collection of
an Oregon collector. I have posted the LASD badges from his
collection on a new page. Early Badges page two.