 |
Town Marashall William A. Ricketts, affectionately
known as Big Bill, was a one-person police force from 1896 to 1903,
when the Ames population was 2,400. Ricketts spent his time corralling
brawlers, chastising bootleggers, and nabbing thieves. (Farwell
T. Brown Photographic Archive)
|
This 1921 view of the Municipal Building shows
an Ames policeman
on a motorcycle equipped with a sidecar.
(Farwell T. Brown Photographic
Archive)
Police Chief Bill Cure points at the new patrol car the Ames Police Department acquired around 1930. Jack Goosman checks out the view from the driver's seat as Owen Cox looks on. The stop light on the fender flashed as the patrol car approached a traffic offender. - New patrol cars of 1958 -
(photo courtesy of Becky Fehring)
Harold Green, Donald Risewick, ?? Briley, Harry Finch
May, 1955
Jay Ferguson, 1957
(back to About Ames)