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Dane County Highway Police Squad Cars
March 19, 1940
Four Dane County Highway Police Ford squad cars, with one officer standing next to each car.
Dane County Highway Police Squad Cars
March 19, 1940
Four Dane County Highway Police Ford squad cars with one officer standing next to each car.
Dane County Traffic Police
May 26, 1934
Dane County traffic officers standing next to new Ford V8 automobiles and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Crashed Automobile
July 31, 1948
Crashed automobile on tow truck, with traffic officer, Russell Klitzman, and deputy sheriff, Eldon Johnson, viewing the car.
Suburban Police Officers
October 13, 1948
Town of Madison constable John Rieder, and "Bonnie," his 2-year-old Pomeranian dog, leaning out of squad car during patrol of the town.
First Radar Police Cars in State
1940
Two men are standing near a car, with the man on the right wearing a police uniform. A wired device is sitting on the hood of the car and both men are looking at it. Caption reads: "First police ra...
