Detective Bureau

Detective Bureau

The inventor of the modern detective story is Edgar Allan Poe. He created the character of Detective C. Auguste Dupin, a reclusive genius who solved crimes using logical reasoning and analysis. Poe’s stories influenced later writers, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created Sherlock Holmes, probably the most famous detective of all time. Poe did this long before the New York Police Department formed the country's first detective squad in 1857. Baltimore's first mention of detectives came in 1863, during the Civil War.

Vincent Downorowicz aka Vincent Davis

Click Above Pic to Read about the Arrest of
Vincent Downorowicz aka Vincent Davis for Robbery

This is the UNOFFICIAL History Site of the Baltimore Police Department. It depicts the history of the department as was originally conceived of, and told by Retired Officer, William M. Hackley. Sadly Officer Hackley passed away on 15 March 2012 leaving his site to Ret. Det. Kenny Driscoll. It took a month or so to take full responsibility for the site and its content. The thoughts and use of certain items, terms, sounds, and implications are not necessarily those that would be agreed upon by the Baltimore Police Department, as an official Governmental Agency. Likewise, we do not seek their permission or approval to post the things we post, and as such, nothing in these pages should be held against them.

The intent of this site is more than just to tell our history, to have everyone remember our Injured, and Fallen Heroes, those who in the performance of their duties were called upon to make the Ultimate Sacrifice.

So as you surf these pages, you will see the Baltimore Police Department from its infancy, showing the crude methods of policing in the 1700's, through to the 1800's and become the modern highly efficient department that it has become today.

Enjoy the site for what it is, a rendition of the proud history of one of this country’s finest Police Departments, one for which those of us who have worked it, are proud of, and honored to have served. The many men and women that still proudly serve, and those that someday will serve.

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