1899–1932

    1919

    21:45

    The Stolen Car That Built The FBI

    For fifteen years the Bureau of Investigation could barely cross a state line. What changed that was not a crime wave but a narrow law about stolen cars.

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    1908

    20:41

    The Police Motorcycle: Killed by a Radio, Not a Faster Car

    The motorcycle arrived before the police car was practical and dominated pursuit work for decades. Then a box of vacuum tubes needed somewhere to sit.

    1908

    21:02

    7 Forgotten Police Cars That Built Modern American Policing

    Seven vehicles across forty-seven years turned American policing from a profession that walked into a motorised, radio-equipped institution. None are remembered.

    The First Police Car in America

    1899

    12:57

    The First Police Cars in America: 1899-1932

    America’s first police car ran on batteries, cost more than a house, and was thrown into a canal by a mob. What followed was thirty years of losing.