HISTORY
PAST PATROL CARS
This photo of a Spearfish Police Patrol Car was taken in December of 1964. Our patrol cars were black with a white roof. This photo was taken before it was marked. The only markings besides the red light was the word "POLICE" on the doors of the cars.
This 1965 Spearfish Police car was one of the first in our department to have a red rotating light attached to the roof. The police department received it's first in-car radar unit in September 1963. We also had our first PA system install in a patrol car in July of 1965.
In the late 1970's early 1980's the Spearfish Police Department had white patrol cars with only a design of our patch on the door. In the 1980s at the request of the mayor the Spearfish added red and blue stripes to the sides of the cars. The words Police and Dial 911 were also added sometime during this period. |
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Patrol Cars during 1970s and 1980s
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Patrol Cars during the early 1990s
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In 1997 the Spearfish Police Department went with a change in the markings of our patrol car. Officer Boyd Dean designed the new look for our cars and in 1997 we won a design contest with Law and Order Magazine.
The latest change in our design occurred in May of 2002. The only change was the color of the stripes and lettering. The cars went from brown and tan to blue and silver. |
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Patrol Car Group Photos
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