By Priscilla Searles
A Look Back
The Orange Police Department headquarters being constructed in 1974. Photo courtesy of the Orange Historical Society.
This photograph shows the present Orange police headquarters building on Lambert Road under construction. Built in 1974, it is the third building to be occupied by the Orange Police Department.
The department was incorporated on July 1, 1939 with Carl Peterson serving as chief of police and Joseph Cummings as first assistant. The department was under the control and jurisdiction of the Board of Selectmen, who appointed all officers. It would be 1947 before the department began to grow with the appointment of six supernumeraries.
If you have a vintage photo of Orange and are willing to loan it to Town Historian Priscilla Searles, contact her at publisher@theorangetimes.com. All photos on loan will be scanned, with the scan becoming the property of the Orange Historical Society. Originals will be returned.