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“It was like him to try to protect others at the expense of his own life. He spent his life trying to help others. When he joined the force, he saw the chance to really contribute to society and spent 15 years giving his best.” It was late Saturday night, March 11, 1962, when Denver […]

On Sunday evening, January 12, 1958, Don Seick and his wife Eloine were out for a drive after visiting a few friends. They had left their six children, ages six years to two months old, at home in the care of her brother, Dan Gonzales. Gonzales said later he saw his brother-in-law put on his

First-Hand Accounts Humanize Officers and Help to Tell Personal Histories The Denver Police Museum houses many significant artifacts with rich histories essential to our mission of building a bridge between the community and the Denver Police Department through storytelling. Along with artifacts, our collection is also made up of a small but mighty collection of

By Bill Finch Originally from Germany, the George Benner family left Russia and immigrated to the United States just after the turn of the 20th century. In 1907 they arrived in Weld County and settled near Grover; four years later they moved to another tiny crossroads of a town, Keota, which was located some 50

In 1972, Carole C. Hogue was a primary plaintiff, joined by two other courageous women who filed a lawsuit against the City and County of Denver, Denver Civil Service Commission, and Denver Police Department for discriminatory hiring practices. In 1972, the first Black female officer joined the Denver Police Department. Her name is Carole C.

It was a malevolent irony that after Bill Smith survived a year-long combat tour in Vietnam and was awarded the Silver Star, the Marine Corps third-highest medal for gallantry, he returned home to Denver and became a police officer only to lose his life when he walked into a North Denver bar for what he

DENVER POLICE MUSEUM UNVEILS COMMEMORATIVE BADGE AND HOSTS SERIES OF SPECIAL EVENTS December 19, 2019, officially marks the 160th anniversary of the founding of the Denver Police Department. In recognition of this momentous milestone, the Denver Police Museum organized a series of special events and activities throughout the year to commemorate this historical occasion. On