Reference Materials
These are various volumes that I own. A good percentage of them have photographs or rosters of police departments. If you are looking for particular information, please let me know and I will attempt to see if I have anything that can help.
MASSACHUSETTS
Agawam Police, (1950). Seventh Annual Entertainment and Ball.
Austin-Bertera, Phyllis, (2006). Badges of Honor: The History of the West Springfield Police Department.
Boston Police Department, (1915). Tenth Annual Report of the Police Commissioner of the City of Boston.
Boston Police Department, (1920). Fourteenth Annual Report of the Police Commissioner of the City of Boston.
Boston Police Department, (1921). Police Department of the City of Boston.
Boston Police Department, (1941). Rules and Regulations of the Police Department of the City of Boston.
Boston Police Relief Association, (1940). Annual Report, 1939.
Braintree Police Club, (1964). 39th Annual Ball.
Crowley, Charles E., (2001). A History of the Bristol County Jail and House of Correction.
Crowley, Charles E., (2004). A Pictorial History of Taunton.
Degou, David., (2009). Images of America: Cambridge Police Department.
DeSantis, Ronald J., (1999). Lawrence Police Department: Heroes Wear Blue.
DeSario, Frankie, (2007). Badge #1" True Stories from a Boston Cop.
Eldridge, Benjamin & Watts, William, (1896). Our Rival the Rascal.
Fairhaven Police Relief Association, (1948) 14th Annual Concert and Ball Souvenier Program.
Fenno, Henry, (ed.), (1895). Our Police. The Official History of the Police Department of the City of Lynn.
Fitchburg Police Department, (1908). Manual of the Police Department.
Framingham Civil Service School, (1961). Police Entrance.
Hanna, William J., and Crowley, Charles E., (1989). Just Yesterday: A Pictorial History of Taunton.
Hanna, William J., and Crowley, Charles E., (1992). Wish You Were Here - Taunton, Mass.
Hanna, William J., and Crowley, Charles E., (1994). Candles on the Green.
Harrison, Leonard V., (1934). Police Administration in Boston.
Haskins, George Lee, (1960). Law and Authority in Early Massachusetts.
Haverhill Police Relief Association, (1910) Concert and Ball Program.
Hess, John Y., (2009). Pictoral Memories of the Springfield Police Department.
Hull Police Department, (1958). Manual of the Hull Police Department.
Jorgensen, S.J., (1930). American Jiu-Jitsu.
Kasserman, David R., (1986). Fall River Outrage: Life, Murder and Justice in Early Industrial New England.
Kavanagh, Thomas, (1937). Minute Police Talks.
Lane, Roger (1967). Policing the City: Boston 1822-1885.
Lucas, Kenneth W. Jr., (2000). Boston Police.
Lynn Police Relief Association, (1947). Business Directory 1947.
Lynn Police Relief Association, (1948). Business Directory 1948.
Lynn Police Relief Association, (1951). Business Directory 1951.
Massachusetts Division of Civil Service, undated. A Manual for the Instruction of Applicants and for Promotional Examinations in Police Service of Cities, Towns, and Metropolitan District in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Division of Civil Service, undated. A Manual for the Instruction of Applicants for Examinations for the Police Services.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1928). Official Directory, 1927-1928.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1932). Official Directory, 1932-1933.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1933). Official Directory, 1933-1934.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1935). Official Directory, 1935-1936.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1936). Official Directory, 1936-1937.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1938). Official Directory, 1938.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1939). Official Directory, 1939.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1946). Official Directory, 1946.
Massachusetts Police Association, (1955). Official Directory, 1955.
Massachusetts State Guard, (1921). D of the Tenth.
Moran, David W., (1986). Trooper.
New England Associations of Chiefs of Police, (1947). Official Directory, 1947.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1925). Official Directory, 1925.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1927). Official Directory, 1927.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1938). Official Directory, 1938.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1940). Official Directory, 1940.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1942). Official Directory, 1942.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1943). Official Directory, 1943.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1944). Official Directory, 1944.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1946). Official Directory, 1946.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1947). Official Directory, 1947.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1951). Official Directory, 1951.
Police Square Club of Massachusetts, (1960). Official Directory, 1960.
Powers, William F., (1999). Enforcement Odyssey: Massachusetts State Police.
Powers, William F., (1979). French and Electric Blue: The Massachusetts State Police.
Quinn, Robert H., (1972). Massachusetts Law Enforcement Officers Handbook.
Russell, Francis, (1975). A City in Terror: 1919 The Boston Police Strike.
Sammarco, Anthony, and Buchanan, Paul (1997). Images of America: New Bedford.
Savage, Edward, (1865). Police Records and Recollections, 2nd Edition.
Savage, Edward, (1870). Police Organization. (Cambridge Police. A Listing of all officers, station, age, rank, badge number and date of appointment.)
Sawyer, Herbert M., (1900). The History of the Department of Police Services of Worcester, Mass, 1674-1900.
Sly, John F., (1930). Town Government in Massachusetts (1620-1930).
Springfield Police Relief Association, (1906). Police Department of Springfield, Mass.
State Police Association of Massachusetts, (1979). The Constabulary.
Storrow, James J., (1919). Report of the Citizen's Committee Appointed by Mayor Peters to Consider the Police Situation.
Tappan, G. Arthur, (1901). The Officers and the Men. The Stations within and without of the Boston Police. (PDF Copy)
Taunton Police Department, (1872). Annual Report of the City Marshal of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1871.
Taunton Police Department, (1875). Annual Report of the City Marshal of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1874.
Taunton Police Department, (1885). Annual Report of the City Marshal of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1884.
Taunton Police Department, (1889). Annual Report of the City Marshal of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1888.
Taunton Police Department, (1893). Annual Report of the Chief of Police of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1892.
Taunton Police Department, (1904). Annual Report of the Chief of Police of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1903.
Taunton Police Department, (1958). Annual Report of the Chief of Police of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1957.
Taunton Police Department, (1959). Annual Report of the Chief of Police of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1958.
Taunton Police Department, (1962). Annual Report of the Chief of Police of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1961.
Taunton Police Department, (1968). Annual Report of the Chief of Police of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1967.
Taunton Police Department, (1973). Annual Report of the Chief of Police of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1972.
Taunton Police Department, (1974). Annual Report of the Chief of Police of the City of Taunton, Mass. for 1973.
Taunton Police Department., (1949). Proposed Rules and Regulations.
Taunton Police Department., (1950). Rules and Regulations.
Taunton Police Department., (1983). 75th Annual Concert & Ball.
Taunton Police Mutual Benefit Association. (1992). Ball Program
Taunton Police Relief Association (1910). Second Annual Concert & Ball.
Taunton Police Relief Association (1936). 28th Annual Concert & Ball.
Wade, Rufus R., (1888). Annual Report of the Chief of the Massachusetts District Police 1887.
Wade, Rufus R., (1893). Annual Report of the Chief of the Massachusetts District Police 1892.
Wells, Donna M., (2003). Boston Police Department: Images of America.
Wermers, Bernard F., (1993). Massachusetts Police Badges.
Wilkinson, Alec, (1982). Midnights: A year with the Wellfleet Police.
Worcester Police Department, (1889). Rules and Regulations.
Worcester Police Department, (1942). Manuel of the Worcester Police Department.
CALIFORNIA
Sherrard, Raymond H., Bushey, Keith D., and Bushey, Jacob (1996). The Centurions' Shield.
CONNECTICUIT
Weaver, Thomas, (1901). History of the Hartford Police Department.
IOWA
Des Moines Police Burial Association (1999). Behind the Badge: Stories and Pictures from the DMPD.
LOUISIANA
Harris, Wesley L., (1984). Crimefighters: A Centennial History of the Ruston Police Dept. 1884-1984.
Rousey, Dennis C., (1996). Policing the Southern City: New Orleans 1805-1889.
MAINE
Bryant, Fred and Bryant, Debbie, (2000). Bangor's Finest.
MICHIGAN
Heyden, Patricia E., (1991). Behind the Badge: The History of the Lansing Police Department.
MISSOURI
Wagner, Allen E., (2008). Good Order and Safety: A History of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 1861-1906.
NEW YORK
Campbell, Helen, Knox, Thomas W. and Byrnes, Thomas, (1898). Darkness and Daylight; or Lights and Shadows of New York Life.
Floherty, John, (undated). Behind the Silver Shield.
LeFarge, Albert, ed., (2001). N.Y.P.D.: An Illustrated History.
Leyson, Burr, (1948), Fighting Crime.
New York City Police Foundation, (1995). A Pictorial History of the New York City Police Department.
Division of State Police, (1930). New York State Troopers Manual, 5th Edition, 1930
Syracuse Police Benevolent Association, (1957). Policeman's Ball.
Walling, George, (1888). Recollections of a New York Chief of Police.
Wheatly, Richard, (1887). "The New York Police Department", Harper's New Monthly Magazine, March 1887.
______, (1973), "The Police Departments of Staten Island", The Staten Island Historian, April-June 1973.
OHIO
Canton Police Department, (1961). A Greater Canton and your Police Department.
Connors, John J., (1973). Badges of Toledo and Lucas County Ohio.
Giauque, Florien, (1914). A Manual for Policemen, Costables and Marshals.
Norwalk Police Department, (1928). History of the Norwalk Police Department.
OREGON
O'hara, Ralph, Ed. (1982). Portland Police: Past and Present.
PENNSYLVANNIA
Faber, Elmer, (1933). Behind the Law: True Stories of the Pennsylvania State Police.
Sprogle, Howard, (1887). The Philadelphia Police.
RHODE ISLAND
Central Falls Police Relief Association, (1935). History of the Central Fall Police Department.
Mann, Henry, (1899) Our Police: A History of the Providence Force from the first watch to the latest appointee.
Providence County Deputy Sheriffs Association, (1919). Untitled.Powers, William F., (1975). Rhode Island State Police 1925-1975.
Providence County Deputy Sheriffs Association, (1919). Untitled.
TEXAS
Dallas County Sheriff's Department, (1982). Commemorative Edition 1846-1982.
Fuller, David, (1993). Gunfire on South Front: History of the Abilene Police Department 1881-1993.
Hardin, Steven, and Hook, Richard, (1991). The Texas Rangers.
Hatley, Allen G., (2002). Bringing the Law to Texas: Crime and Violence in Nineteenth Century Texas.
Houston Police Patrolmen's Union, (1983). Houston Police Department 1983.
WASHINGTON
Seattle Police Relief Association (1912). Eighteenth Annual Ball of the Seattle Police Relief Association.
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee Police Officers Club (1934). By-Laws of the Milwaukee Police Officers Club.
FEDERAL
Sherrard, Raymond H., Stumpf, George, (1995). Badges of the United States Marshals.
Lucas, Kenneth W. Sr., (1991). Federal Law Enforcement Badges.
CANADA
Higley, Dahn D., (1984). O.P.P. : The History of the Ontario Provincial Police Force.
Ross, David, May, Robin, and Hook, Richard, (1988). The Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1873-1987.
Swan, G.M., (1986). A Century of Service: The Vancouver Police 1886-1986.
Wallace, Gerald F., Higgins, William and McGahan, Peter, (1993). The Saint John Police Story, Volume 3: The Slader Years 1930-1941.
UNITED KINGDON
Anonymous. (1990). "The Police Station: Truncheons, Handcuffs and Whistles-Police Ephemera". In Times Past, Everyday Antiques in the Home, Part 93, Volume 7.
Bunker, John, (1988). From Rattle to Radio.
Clark, A.A., (1991). Police Uniform and Equipment.
Clark, Erland F., (1935). Truncheons.
Cramer, James, (1983). A History of the Police of Portsmouth.
Gould, Robert W., and Waldren, Michael J., (1986). London's Armed Police: 1829 to present.
Hewitt, William H., (1965). British Police Administration.
Mitton, Mervyn, (1985). The Policeman's Lot: Antique British Police Equipment.
Reith, Charles, (1952). The Blind Eye of History: A study of the origins of the present Police Era.
Reynolds, Elaine A., (1998). Before the Bobbies: The Night Watch and Police Reform in Metropolitan London, 1720-1830.
Weitzer, Ronald., (1995). Policing Under Fire: Ethnic Conflict and Police-Community Relations in Northern Island.
Wilkinson, V.L., (1995). Badges of Office: An Illustrated Guide to the Helmets and Badges of the British Police 1829 to 1989.
SOUTH AFRICA
Jewell, Rev. Jack, (1989). A History of the Durban City Police.
GENERAL REFERENCES
Anonymous, (Undated). N. Flayderman & Co. Catalog No. 87.
Anonymous, (June, 1921). The Policeman's News.
Bair, R.M., (1934). Manual of Police Revolver Instruction.
Baird, L. Lawrence, (1989). In Search of Badges.
Bondarenko, Mike R., (1984). A Collectors Guide to Police Memorabilia.
Braxmar, C. G. Co., (1912). Illustrated Catalogue of Fire and Police Department Badges. (Photocopy)
Casey, James C., (2008). Badges of America's Finest.
Darley. W.S., & Co., Undated. Police Supplies No. 166.
Darley. W.S., & Co., Undated. Police Equipment No. 180.
Dilworth, Donald, ed., (1977). Silent Witness: The Emergence of Scientific Criminal Investigations.
Dilworth, Donald, ed., (1976). The Blue and the Brass: American Policing 1890-1910.
Dodge, (1965). 1965 Dodge Polara Police Pursuit.
Dunshee, Kenneth H., (1939). Enjine!-Enjine!
Everson Ross Co., (1910). Badges of Fire & Police Departments. (Photocopy).
Everson Ross Co., (1966). Official Police Badges. Catalog No. 187.
Fechhimer Bros. Co., (1947). Uniforms Catalog No. 99.
Floherty, John J., (1936). Police!
Ford, (1999). 1999 Police Interceptor & Special Service Vehicles.
Forte, Matthew G., (1998). American Police Collectibles: Dark Lanterns Other Curious Devices.
Forte, Matthew G., (2000). American Police Collectibles: A Guide to Early Restraints, Clubs & Lanterns.
French, S. A. (1887). Illustrated Catalogue of Police Supplies. (Photocopy)
Genat, Robert, (1994). Modern Police Cars.
Genat, Robert, and Genat Robin, (1995). Harley-Davidson Police Motorcycles.
Gurka, Andrew G., (1995). Hot Stuff: Firefighting Collectibles.
Hedges, William B., and Baird, L. Lawrence, (1993). Badges: A Guide for the serious Collector.
Irvine & Jachen, Inc., (1952). Badge Catalog.
Johnson, David R., (1977). Policing the Urban Underworld: The Impact of Crime on the Development of the American Police, 1800-1887.
Marwyn Company, (1960). 1960 Police Equipment Catalog.
Midwest Fire and Safety Equipment Co., undated. Badges and Uniform Caps.
McCord, Monty, (1994). Cars of the State Police and Highway Patrol.
McCord, Monty, (1991). Police Cars: A Photographic History.
Monkkonen, Eric H. (1981). Policing in Urban America, 1860-1920.
Niederhoffer, Arthur, (1967). Behind the Shield: The Police in Urban Society.
Plymouth, (1968). The 1968 Plymouth Police Cars.
Reese, S. W. & Co., undated. Badges for Police and Fire Departments, Catalog 24.
Sanow, Edwin J., (1997). Chevrolet Police Cars.
Sanow, Edwin J., (1997). Ford Police Cars.
Sanow, Edwin J., (1996). Vintage Police Cars.
Sanow, Edwin J. and Bellah, John, (1994). Dodge, Plymouth & Chrysler Police Cars 1956-1978.
Sanow, Edwin J. and Bellah, John, (1996). Dodge, Plymouth & Chrysler Police Cars 1979-1984.
Sanow, Edwin J., and Post, James, (2001). Police Cars: Restoring, Collecting and showing America's finest Sedans.
SASO Co., (1960). Badge Catalog No. 108.
Shooters Supply Service, undated. Police Fire badges and accessories.
Smith, Bruce, (1940). Police Systems in the United States.
Spencer, S. M. Mfg. Co., (Undated). Badge Catalog No. 5 for Police and Fire Depts. (Photocopy)
Stephens Inc., (1981). Law Enforcement and Security Badges.
Virgines, George E., (1987). Badges of Law and Order.
Virgines, George E., (1997). Police Collectibles Pictorial Guide.
Virgines, George E., (1982). Police Relics. (Original Photographs contained in this book) (Fitchburg) (Unknown Captain)
Wilson, Christopher P., (2000). Cop Knowledge: Police Power and Cultural Narrative in Twentieth Century America.
Wilson, R.L., (1992). The Peacemakers: Arms and Adventure in the American West.
Young, Alfred J., (1979). "Police Memorabilia: The Lure of oldtime Cops' Gear." The Encyclopedia of Collectibles.