Arlington Bookshelf: Arlington County Police Department
The Arlington County Police Department started in 1940 with nine members. It was created in response to the growth of the County and the nationwide trend of formal police departments handling the law enforcement efforts in a community. In 2015, at the 75th Anniversary of the department, 361 sworn officers and 100 professional staff members served Arlington’s over 200,000 citizens. As introduced, this photographic history covers law enforcement from the early days of rumrunners to the present day, showing the…