| Buffalo Police Then and Now Police Badges |
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| Contributed By Bill Conwall, Assistant Chief of Detectives (Retired), Buffalo Police Department |
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| Buffalo Police Then and Now Police Badges |
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| Contributed By Bill Conwall, Assistant Chief of Detectives (Retired), Buffalo Police Department |
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Niagara Frontier Police
In the 1860s an Act of the State Legislature created the Niagara Frontier Police District, which encompassed Buffalo and Tonawanda in Erie County and Wheatfield in Niagara County. Six to eight constables comprised the early membership of the Buffalo Police Department around the late 1830s. It was not until 1855 that the first police chief was appointed. Officers first received uniforms in the 1860s. During this period the State Legislature created the Niagara Frontier Police District, which encompassed Buffalo and Tonawanda in Erie County and Wheatfield in Niagara County. This new organization included a board of commissioners, a superintendent, captains, detectives, and over one hundred patrolmen. In 1870 the district was divided and the City of Buffalo has been served by a single police district ever since. |
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| The Pan-American Exposition Buffalo, NY 1901, Buffalo Police Badge | |
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Upon his retirement in 1947 Inspector Thomas W. Ryan was presented with the badges he wore throughout his career. Thomas W. Ryan was Erie County Sheriff in 1969 |
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| Honorary retirement membership cards were given to Erie Club members. | |
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Erie Club lapel pin |
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| Erie Club badge mold | |
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| THE BUFFALO POLICE SHALL CONSIST OF RANK AS FOLLOWS (from Department Rules and Regulations 1946) |
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| Commissioner of Police Deputy Commissioner of Police Inspectors Chief of Detectives (detail) Captains - Chief Desk Lieutenant Assistant Chief of Detectives (detail) Lieutenants - Ass't Chief Desk Lieutenants Property and Chief Clerk Assistant Property and Chief Clerk Desk Lieutenants Detective Sergeants (detail) Detectives (detail) Photographer Patrolman Policewomen Matrons Surgeons |
Clerk to Commissioner Chief of Identification Bureau Chief Radio Operator Assistant Chief Radio Operator Superintendent Police Signal System Supervisor of Vehicles Assistant Supervisor of Vehicles Boss Maintenance man Bookkeeper Stenographer Clerk Telephone Operators 1st Engineer Operating Engineer Engineering Draftsman Storekeeper Radio Operators Radio Repairman |
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| To See Pete's Collection Click Here |
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