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 […]
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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
Denver Police Museum Fallen Officer Project – Officer Jacob Benner Read More »
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,
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
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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
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As Women’s History Month ends, the Denver Police Department is honoring one of their own. Det. Gail Riddell was one of the first females to hit the streets here in
DPD Honoring ‘Naturally Good’ Trail Blazing Female Detective Read More »
Media coverage of the sign dedication from Sept 11, 2018 On Thursday, February 9, 1933, proprietor Henry Zelinger had a bad feeling about the nervous, little, “pasty-faced, middle-aged man,” who
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