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Toledo Police Museum
Open every Saturday from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. Free Admission.
In 1867, Ohio legislature passed the Metropolitan Police Law which required a full time paid police force for the City of Toledo. At 8 AM on April 27, 1867, the "MP's" as they were respectfully called by the public, took charge of policing the City of Toledo.
Photo Collection: Toledo Police Vehicles
 2000 Ford Police Interceptor |  Police and 2 motorized patrol wagons, early 1900s |  2004 speed van |
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 1937 Ford Wagons. "Black Mariahs" |  2006 Ford Police Interceptor |  SWAT smaller wagon, photo taken in 2007 |
 Ray Kurdys and Glen Smith, Scout 6 |  1922 Reo's and Indian Motorcycles |  1970 Plymouth Fury - stuck! |
 2013 Ford suv with new design |  1901 Photo in front of the East Toledo building where police patrol wagons and horses were kept. Patrolman is Lewis Barger. |  1921 Marmon Model 34b Speedsters, manned by a uniform driver and three plain clothes officers armed with rifles & shotguns (later machine-guns). Uniformed officers not pictured here. |
 1930 Willys Whippet C101 Wagon |  1933 Ford with future chief Officer Ray Allen and Major Charles Roth |  1936 Ford Accident Prevention Bureau vehicle. |
 1937 Ford Sedan Delivery Wagon |  Hospital emergency room entrance,1950s. |  2011 Ford Police Interceptor |
 Safety car 1935 |  1992 Chevy Caprice |  1948 Ford Sedan Delivery Wagon parked in Safety Building barn. |
 1947 or 48 Ford Business Coupe |  2008 Charger |  2001 Chevy Impala |
 1946 Ford Accident Investigation Bureau vehicle |  1950 Ford Deluxe. Police were preparing new fleet to battle "hot-rodders" and other motoring law breakers. Powered by 110-horsepower motors, the cars were capable of reaching speeds between 110 and 115 mph and had "exceedingly rapid pick up." |  1950's police car on Safety Building ramp. |
 2013 Fords with new design |  1950s wagon |  2009 Brand new wagon getting prepped for delivery. |
 1954 International Wagon |  1957 Ford Custom |  68 Ford |
 1962 Ford Galaxie, awaiting a speeder |  1963 Ford Custom getting city seal put on vehicle door. |  1963 van |
 1987 Chevy Caprice |  1914 Willys Wagon & 1915 Willys S81 Car |  1991 Chevy Caprice |
 1965 Ford Custom |  SWAT wagon, photo taken in 2007 |  1930 Willys Wagon |
 1968 Ford Custom |  74 Dodge School Safety vehicle |  1970 Plymouth Fury with directional arrows. |
 1998 Ford Police Interceptor. Merry Christmas? |  1983 Chevy Malibu, car 203 in "rat alley." |  1973 Dodge Polara, parked in "the hole'" presently where 1 Government Center sits. |
 1974 Plymouth Gran Fury |  95 Ford |  1976 & 1977 police vehicles parked in "the hole" with backdrop of Common Pleas Court. |
 Marmon speed car and Indian motorcyle. |  1977 & 1978 Plymouth Furys parked in "the hole." |  1977 Dodge Royal Monaco |
 1978 Plymouth with trunk equipment |  81 Chevy |  87 Wagon |
 87 Wagon with new design. |  1982 & 1984 Plymouth Reliant K cars. |  1983 Chevy Malibu |
 1984 Plymouth Fury |  1988 Plymouth Fury, with Elaine Higgins "the bag lady." |  1989 Ford Crown Victoria |
 1989 Ford Crown Victoria's at the muni gas station -named "204" after it's old telephone extension. |  Detective vehicles - Plymouth Reliants, 1983. |  91 Chevy |
 Officers near police emergency vehicle, 1914 Peerless |  Copy naming officers in the 1914 Peerless photo and giving history. |
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