Prior to two-way radios being installed in the police cars, officers of LCPD relied upon a red blinking signal light atop the Hotel Herndon located at Main Street & Griggs Avenue. The officer was required to telephone in to the police station if the light was blinking. This indicated that there was a call for service somewhere in the city. When this officer notification system was employed, the population of Las Cruces was about 13,500 inhabitants.
LCPD Officers - 1954.
Municipal Building - City Hall circa 1954. The Las Cruces Police Department is at the left center of the photo. Located at the current location of today's City Hall.
1964 LCPD Officers
1961 Traffic Crash
Click on the image above to view the 1951 street map
of Las Cruces.
of Las Cruces.
Det. Bratton and Ofr. Rubio with discovered military ordnance - 1964
Investigation of an automobile crash at the intersection of Idaho Avenue & El Paseo Road - 1961.
Left: Motor scooter crash on Mesquite Street near Hadley Avenue. Right: Vehicle collision at Solano Drive and Colorado Avenue.
1962
1962
