February 29, 2024
ANTIQUE OBSOLETE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CA PROBATION OFFICER POLICE BADGE FULL SIZE
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UP FOR AUCTION IS AN OBSOLETE OR VINTAGE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CA PROBATION OFFICER FULL SIZE POLICE BADGE. RARE BADGE. THE BADGE WAS PROBABLY GLUED ON LONG AFTER RETIREMENT. THE BADGE IS BRASS, WE HAVE NOT POLISHED IT WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD LEAVE THE ORIGINAL PATINA ON, IF WE POLISH IT IT WILL SHINE LIKE GOLD. WE ARE ASSUMING THE REASON IT HAS A NAME IS BECAUSE THERE WERE A VERY FEW OFFICERS WHEN THE DEPARTMENT WAS FORMED,MEASURES APPROX 3" INCHES ACROSSTHIS BADGE MEETS EBAY GUIDELINES AS BEING A HISTORICAL POLICE BADGE AND DOES NOT RESEMBLE A CURRENT POLICE BADGE WORN BY THAT DEPARTMENT. THIS ITEM IS BEING SOLD AS A COLLECTORS ITEM ONLY.A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT -The department was established in 1903 with the enactment of California's first probation laws. Captain Augustus C. Dodds was appointed as first Chief Probation Officer of Los Angeles County. [3] The first juvenile detention facility , now known as Central Juvenile Hall, was established on Eastlake Avenue in the City of Los Angeles in 1912. [3] Also in 1912, the new Los Angeles County Charter made the county probation officer a county administrative officer and brought all Department employees under the merit system . [3] The El Retiro School for Girls was established in Sylmar in 1919. [3] By 1920, the department had 27 deputy probation officers, handling 1,893
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