Police Cars in front of the old 22 W. Broad St. HQ

This old photo is of 1950,s Police Cars parked in front of the old Headquarters building at 22 West Broad Street in Greenville, SC. The department was located here until all was moved to the Law Enforcement Center on McGee St. This building recently fell victim to the wrecking ball to make way for the new hotel-office complex that is being built.

GREENVILLE SC POLICE DEPARTMENT RESEARCH CONTINUES

We have placed a lot of emphasis on collection of material during the past year and now we have started the task of publishing our data to this website. Join us on this site from time to time and checkout the new posts, and be sure to make comments and add to the articles.

We welcome any information related to the GPD and its history. If you were a part of any investigation, inquiry, or case feel free to contribute. The more information we have the more interesting the read.

Thanks to everyone who have made contributions this year and we look forward to all of you being a part of this project as we continue to capture the history of the Greenville Police Department.

CDB

CITY MANAGER SETS BENEFITS MEETING

A letter dated May 19th, 2008 was sent to retirees of the City of Greenville, South Carolina to inform them of a meeting set for June 11th, 2008. According to the letter signed by City Manager James M. Bourey it is a Important Notice Regarding Your Retiree Benefits. It sets the meeting time at 3:00PM with the location being at the Carolina First Center. The letter also states changes will be made and that we will learn more at the meeting.

There is mention of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, the CPI, rise in costs, and the impact of the liability, all of which reeks of political rhetoric and smoke-screening. I encourage everyone to read your letter closely and come to the meeting prepared to ask questions, input your thoughts, and take detailed notes.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING AND MUCH IS AT STAKE, so please don't take it lightly.

Information on this meeting was posted in the June Retired Law Enforcement Officers Newsletter.

Greenville News/Piedmont Race a 70's Photo

OFFICER A. B. HUNT KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

Motorcycle Officer A.B. Hunt May 1, 1932, Age 31, 2 years service
Officer Hunt was killed in shoot out with five bandits in the 700 block of Buncombe Street at the Triangle Service Station. Officer Hunt (in uniform) accompanied two detectives to investigate two suspicious subjects who were in a taxi. (There had been armed robberies in the area involving hijacked taxis.) As the officers approached the taxi the subjects began firing. As the officers gained control of the subjects three accomplices drove up in another vehicle and fired on the officers with a full automatic weapon. One subject approached Officer Hunt and shot him twice with a pistol, killing him instantly. The remaining detectives were out of ammunition and were unable to return fire as the five subjects escaped. Four of the five suspects were later captured, but only one shooter was convicted and given a life sentence.

CHIEF HAMMOND RETURNS TO GREENVILLE

Chief (of Detectives) Hammond decided to return to the area of his birth, he is a native of Pickens County-in 1920 and Feb. 20 of that year he entered police service here. He spent three years with the New York police force and he had been a Texas Ranger for three years. He had also resigned his commission in the Air Corps after World War I.

"Popularity means success. If the law abiding citizens all have a good word for a police department and its individual member, half the battle is won because the moral force exerted through goodwill is invaluable." Greenville News, June 26, 1962, pg 18b

CHIEF P. P. OAKES

Chief P. P. Oakes 1956-1968