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| Capt. Joseph Robinson was selected by Col. John
C. Groome in 1905, to serve as one of the first four Troop Commanding Officers. |
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| In 1937, Col. Percy W. Foote Inspected the
Penna. Motor Police Trainees at the Training School. |
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Greensburg barracks. One of the first four
Pennsylvania State Police Troop Headquarters.
(circa 1905) |
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| Pennsylvania State Police march out of the
Philidelphia Eastern State Penitentiary after stopping a riot. (circa 1933) |
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Privates, Charles T. Smith, Henry Hilton, Homer
V. Chambers and George W. Haas were the first Pennsylvania State Constabulary recruits.
(circa 1905) |
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| In 1905, Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker signed
Senate Bill 278, an act creating the Department of State Police, the first of its kind in
the country. |
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If you have an unique Pennsylvania
State Police historical photo and would like to have it considered to be included in this
gallery, please send us a copy to PSP-Oral History. Also include a
brief synopsis of it's historical background of who, what, when and where. (note: Photograph copies will not be returned and
will be archived for future historical use.) |
