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Publications about the history of law enforcement departments, including departmental histories, badges and more. A history of service to the commonwealth, 1905 to the present philip m. History of our badge in 1873, the police badge was designed and officially adopted by the city of pittsburgh. Pennsylvania state police corrections officer badge wallet. Welcome to the pittsburg police departments website. Collectible obsolete us police badges for sale ebay. The story of jim simone, americas most decorated cop true crime history sberna, robert on. May 22, 2014 the pennsylvania state police psp is the state police force of pennsylvania, responsible for statewide law enforcement.
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