Texas Lawman Badges

14k gold Ft. Worth Police presentation Captain badge to George Hale. Presentation on back “Boys of North Side
To Captain Hale 3-16-23 SKU8597

1st issue Houston Police shield #108. SKU4591

Fort Worth Record-Tel;egram October 22, 1925, Newspaper image of Captain Geo. Hale showing the new uniform of the Ft. Worth Police with his gold badge pinned over the left breast pocket.

Austin City Police star 133, hallmarked H. C. Liepsner & Co. K.C. Mo.
SKU 6233

San Antonio Motor Police shield No. 15.

In the tumultuous years following the Civil War, violence and lawlessness plagued the state of Texas, often overwhelming the ability of local law enforcement to maintain order. In response, Reconstruction-era governor Edmund J. Davis created a statewide police force that could be mobilized whenever and wherever local authorities were unable or unwilling to control lawlessness. During its three years (1870-1873) of existence, however, the Texas State Police was reviled as an arm of the Radical Republican party and widely condemned for being oppressive, arrogant, staffed with criminals and African Americans, and expensive to maintain, as well as for enforcing the new and unpopular laws that protected the rights of freed slaves.