Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police
M.P.D.
1861 to 1865
Civil War Begins - Today's Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police are Created - Homestead Act - President Lincoln Assassinated -
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1861 was probably one of the most active and structure building year for the city of Washington. The country was on edge with the start of our Civil War and no one really knew who could be trusted. With so many sympothisers to the south on the current group of Policeman Washington decided it was time to revamp their police. With the stroke of a pen on August ___ by President Lincoln today's District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department was born.
M.P.D.'s First Police Chief William Webb
Possibly the first Officer for the M.P.D. at the start their were no uniforms issued. It took several months for the issue of a uniform
Another nice photo of an early M.P.D. Officer
One of D.C.'s first officers from their 1861 reforming is L.B. Anderson shown here in several views. The drawing was done by a local newspaper in the late 1800's. The photo below is one of Private Anderson and another member of the M.P.D. in the early 1900's. Private Anderson was the longest living original member of the 1861 group.
This member of the M.P.D. is __ Crook. Crook was assigned to the White House to protect several Presidents including President Lincoln. Crook was not on duty the night Lincoln was shot but was one of Lincoln's favorites. Crook has written several pieces on his feelings towards that night and the M.P.D.
Ford theate where President Lincoln was shot. Attached and to the right where the "X" is, is the STAR SALOON where Lincolns M.P.D. bodyguard John Parker is believed to have been when Lincoln was shot
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1861 to 1865
1862 - The first accident (negligent) discharge occurred in the Second Precinct (Georgetown), when patrolman Levi Boose dropped his service pistol and shot patrolman William Andrews, seriously wounding him, (MPD).
1862 - Officer John Leach, the first Metropolitan Policeman to die after the organization of the new force, was stabbed to death in Marble Alley (site of the east wing of the National Gallery), in a dispute over a young lady on November 30th 1862. (M.P.D.)
BlackSheep Productions 2009
FORD'S THEATRE
The STAR Saloon
The first women executed by the United States Government, Mary Surratt, was hanged on the grounds of the old arsenal (present day Fort McNair), for participating in the conspiracy of President Lincoln's assassination. She is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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