Introduction
MPD 1800-1860
MPD 1861 - 1865
MPD 1866 - 1899
MPD 1900 - 1909
MPD 1910 - 1919
MPD 1920 - 1929
MPD 1930 - 1939
MPD 1940 - 1949
MPD 1950 - 1959
MPD 1960 - 1969
MPD 1970 - 1979
MPD 1980 - 1989
MPD 1990 - 1999
MPD 2000 - 2009
MPD 2010 -2014
MPD 2015 to 1018
MPD's  Afr. Amer
MPD Air Support
DC-Assassinations
MPD's Bicycle Unit
MPD's E.O.D. Unit
MPD Call Box's
MPD's  Chief's
MPD's C.D.U.
MPD Class Photos
MPD Communications
MPD's Current Fleet
MPD Current Patches
MPD's   Detectives
MPD's Facilities
MPD's Fallen Heroes
MPD Families
MPD Females
MPD Fraternal Org's
MPD  2017 &21 Inaug.
MPD Genealogy
MPD's  Group Photos
MPD Harbor Unit
MPD Hat Badges
MPD Homicide Units
MPD Inaug. Street Badge
MPD's Irish History
MPD K-9 Units
MPD Memorial 
MPD's Motorcycle Unit
MPD Mounted Unit
Who is Chuck Gallagher
MPD Novelty Patches
MPD Obsolete Badges 
MPD  Obsolete Patches
MPD's Past Fleet
MPD  Patrol Badges
MPD Police Academy
MPD Police Week
MPD Property Div...
MPD Rank Badges
MPD's Reserve Force
MPD Spec. Evt Badge
MPD's  S.O.D.
D.C. "The City"
MPD & The Presidents
MPD Trad. Badge
Site Acknowledgments
MPD District 1
MPD District 2
MPD District 3
MPD District 4
MPD District 5
MPD District 6
MPD District 7
Officer Sprinkle
John F. Parker
Strange Stories
Bad Day?

Korean War   -  Schools Segregation Banned in US by S.C.  -  Rosa Parks   -   Eisenhower uses Troops to Desegregate Schools  -  Alaska and Hawaii Become States 
1950 to 1959
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1950 - Officers arrest 14,151 persons for intoxication, an average of more then 100 per day. This caused the courts to be overwhelmed with cases and brought about a fundamental change in intoxication was handled. 
1952 - Police Lieutenant Todd Thoman conducted a covert operation within the department, wearing a body recorder 
as he talked to policeman and police officials about gambling  and protection money paid to officers. Several racketeers and policeman were arrested, including a Captain, who was later sent to prison for his role in the protection scheme, (MPD)  
1955 - " Soda Pops Stops Cops " read the headline that described an incident in which private George Day was struck and injured by a soda bottle thrown at him by an irate U.S. Postal employee as he wrote parking tickets on G place, Northeast. The suspect , who was later found guilty of assaulting a policeman, had also thrown a second bottle at a scout car, causing a dent. The incident and conviction allegedly led to the brief stoppage of delivery of the Chief's mail. 
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police
                             M.P.D.
                       1950  to  1959
Percy Legg below left and right,(also on the 40's page) is shown here
1957 Eisenhower - Truman Inauguration
Photo provided by the M.P.D.
Photo provided by the M.P.D.
Photos left and right provided by the M.P.D.
Photo provided by the M.P.D.
Photo provided by the M.P.D.
1950's Funeral
1957's Father and Son's of the M.P.D.
Permission to use this photo was provided by:  https://www.facebook.com/OldTimeDc
As posted on the D.C. Times facebook page:
Steve Kimbell writes, "Thought some of the former DC cops here might appreciate this - a photo of my grandfather in 1952 calmly explaining to a couple of kids the dangers of dynamite as they were about to toss it over the Calvert St. Bridge. Can you imagine the response this would have received today?"
1953's Streets of D.C.
CpG
P.O. Box 911
Foxborough, Ma.
 02035
M.P.D. officers Bill McKnight and Bob Long  in 1953 heading out for patrol...