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![Burnaby's Municipal police force, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5701_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby's Municipal police force
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3198
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph 34 x 49 cm (sight) in matt 49 x 64 cm in frame 60 x 75 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Burnaby Municipal Police force. Ten men are dressed in uniform and two men are dressed in suits. The group is standing in an unidentified area outside with trees on either side and behind.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph 34 x 49 cm (sight) in matt 49 x 64 cm in frame 60 x 75 cm
- Material Details
- photograph in grey matt in oak wood frame with inside gold border with glass
- corrugat- ed cardboard backing held in place by glazier's points; remnants of paper backing around outer edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Burnaby Municipal Police force. Ten men are dressed in uniform and two men are dressed in suits. The group is standing in an unidentified area outside with trees on either side and behind.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Police Officers
- Names
- Burnaby Municipal Police
- Accession Code
- BV985.5701.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [192-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Burnaby's Municipal police force, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5701_0001_001.jpg)
shoulder badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.42
- Description
- Burnaby Municipal Police shoulder bar for jacket. Cast in one piece in metal. Letters are connected by integral bars. Secured by mounting posts and cotter pin.
- Object History
- Jacket shoulder bars issued to Constable George Jeffery. George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District by foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery than worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Marks/Labels
- "B M P", letters on cross bars
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