Taunton Police Department, Massachusetts

William E. Peck  

This is a photograph of Patrolman William E. Peck circa 1890. Peck was born in Norfolk, Massachusetts in September 1841. A veteran of the Civil War, he was appointed to the police department in 1883 and served to 1901. He died in 1911. 

Note the leather band on the helmet and the octagon badge. The Taunton Police Department wore this style badge until the early years of the 1900's.