Dayton, Ohio PD - 1931
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:50 am
This photo is a real treasure. I may have posted it years past but here it is again.
Thought to be from late 1931. A few members of the Dayton PD with quite an arsenal! Two Thompson SMG's, a Remington Model 11 shotgun, all flanked by two Model 8's. Apparently the Cadillac was customized with the intent to be a pursuit car after bank robbers. Mods said to include "bullet proof" glass, heavy front bumper, a radiator shield, and multiple gun racks on the interior. I believe John Dillinger was arrested a couple years later by the Dayton PD and who knows if these men, those guns, and that car were part of the arrest?! Cool history.
Thought to be from late 1931. A few members of the Dayton PD with quite an arsenal! Two Thompson SMG's, a Remington Model 11 shotgun, all flanked by two Model 8's. Apparently the Cadillac was customized with the intent to be a pursuit car after bank robbers. Mods said to include "bullet proof" glass, heavy front bumper, a radiator shield, and multiple gun racks on the interior. I believe John Dillinger was arrested a couple years later by the Dayton PD and who knows if these men, those guns, and that car were part of the arrest?! Cool history.