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Police Officer Training Program
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Rookie police officer Thomas McCarthy stands beside Police Inspector Philip Onkey. McCarthy is one of thirteen recruits receiving training in the Madison Police Department's 1953 training program.
September 16, 1953
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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