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.
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Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police
M.P.D.
1950 to 1959
