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LAKELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT COLLECTION (P2000), 1895-1004
This series consists of photographs compiled from a variety of sources, including the Lakeland Police Department, to be used in a pictorial history of the department. Many of the photographs were in fact used in the 1994 publication, The Lakeland Police Department, 1885-1994: A Tradition of Excellence. Other photographs were considered for, but not used in the publication.

Included are photographs of automobile accidents, evidence, crime scene investigations, group photographs of the officers of the Lakeland Police Department, photographs of some of the buildings housing the Lakeland Police Department, photographs of officers in training, a photograph of "Sarge," the first dog in the canine division,(pictured above) and photographs of street scenes of Lakeland from the 1950's. Also included are photographs of the following town marshals and police chiefs: John Logan (town marshal, 1905-09), J. D. Tillis (city marshal, 1913-14) J. I. Perriman (police chief, @1921), Roy Hutchingson (police chief, 1933-51), Dewitt Sinclair, police chief, 1952-53), Leo Brooker (police chief, 1953-73), Herbert Straley (police chief, 1973-80), and Lawrence Crow, police chief, 1980-87).

The photographs are arranged alphabetically by name or subject and chronologically within folders.
Lakeland police dog, "Sarge"

SERIES II: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1895-1994
BOX FOLDER FOLDER TITLE DATES
3 1 Acree, Perry (accused of murdering 2 Lakeland police officers) 1932
   2 Automobile Accidents 1957-59
   3 Automobile Accidents 1960-61
   4 Automobile Accidents 1962-70 scattered, n.d.
   5 Brooker, Leo (police chief, 1953-73) @1930's-70's,n.d.
   6 Chiles, Lawton (student police chief) @1948
   7 Criminal Investigation Division Detectives 1950
   8 Crow, Lawrence (police chief, 1980-87) n.d.
   9 Evidence and Crime Scene Photos @1920's-80's, n.d.
   10 Groundbreaking, Lake Wire Police Headquarters 1961
   11 Harden, Officer Grant n.d.
   12 Hutchingson, Roy V. (police chief, 1933-1951) n.d.
   13 Lakeland Police Auxiliary @1940's
   14 Lakeland Police Department Basketball Team n.d.
   15 Lakeland Police Department Headquarters Buildings @1920's-90 scattered
4 16 Lakeland Police Officers (group photos) 1931-75 scattered
   17 Lakeland Police Officers (group photos) 1976-94 scattered, n.d.
   18 Lakeland Police Officers: Training n.d.
   19 Logan, John (City Marshall, 1905-08; Polk County Sheriff, 1909-24) 1907, n.d.
   20 Nelson, Gloria: Secretary to Chief Leo Brooker n.d.
   21 People, Unidentified 1895-1990 scattered, n.d.
   22 Perriman, J. I. (police chief) @1921
   23 Sangster, Officer, John H. @1960's
   24 "Sarge" (first dog in the Lakeland Police Department canine unit) 1980, n.d.
   25 Sinclair, DeWitt (police chief, 1952-53) n.d.
   26 Straley, Herbert (police chief, 1973-80) n.d.
   27 Street Scenes 1957-58, 1962, n.d.
   28 Swat Team 1978
   29 Tillis, J. D. (City Marshal, 1913-14) 1914, n.d.
   30 Miscellaneous n.d