PEACE.
THE COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE STATE POLICE SHARED DUTIES IN POLICING THE
TOWN.
THE MODERN POLICE ERA FOR LISBON BEGAN IN 1946. THE PHOTO AT THE LEFT
SHOWS
POLICE OFFICER CHARLES HOLLAND DURING THE 1936 FLOOD.
ALBERT
"BUD" JUNKINS WAS JUST OUT OF THE U.S. ARMY AFTER SERVING AS A PROVOST
SERGEANT DURING WWII. ORIGINALLY FROM BUXTON, ME, HE SETTLED HERE IN
LISBON.
IN 1946 HE WAS ASKED TO FILL IN FOR JIM GAYNOR WHO WAS TAKING
SOME
TIME OFF. JIM NEVER RETURNED AND BUD BECAME THE CONSTABLE FOR THE TOWN.
HE USED HIS ARMY UNIFORM, DYED BLUE, AS HIS UNIFORM. THE POLICE CAR WAS
HIS OWN 1935 PONTIAC WHICH HAD "CONSTABLE" PLATES ON IT. THE PICTURE
HERE
SHOWS BUD AND THE POLICE CAR. BUD
CARRIED A .44 CAL REVOLVER. HE WAS NOT PROVIDED ANY AMMUNITION FROM THE
TOWN FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRAINING AND WAS GRATEFUL TO THE BRUNSWICK
NAVAL
AIR STATION SECURITY PERSONNEL WHO WOULD OCCASIONALLY DROP OFF AMMO FOR
HIM. THE
SECOND OFFICER HIRED WAS RICHARD COTA. THIS WAS IN 1955.
IN
1956, AS A RESULT OF THE VOTE AT TOWN MEETING, THE TOWN OF LISBON
PURCHASED
THE FIRST OFFICIAL LISBON POLICE CAR. ACCORDING TO NEWSPAPER REPORTS,
IT
WAS DELIVERED ON JUNE 15, 1956, AND WAS A 1956
PLYMOUTH WITH AN 8 CYLINDER ENGINE AND PRODUCED A WHOPPING 45
HORSEPOWER.
IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A MOBILE RADIO-TELEPHONE AND HAD A HEAVY DUTY
GENERATOR.
IN THE PHOTO, RICHARD COTA CHECKS OUT THE RADIO-TELEPHONE WHILE BUD
JUNKINS
LOOKS ON. BUD
WAS OFFICIALLY APPOINTED CHIEF OF POLICE IN 1961.
JOINING
THE FORCE IN EARLY 1961 WAS HERBERT "PETE" REED. PETE RECALLS BEING
PAID
$72.50 PER WEEK WHEN HE WAS HIRED. AT THIS POINT IN 1961, THERE WERE
FOUR
FULL TIME POLICE OFFICERS IN LISBON, CHIEF 
JUNKINS,
RICHARD COTA, HAROLD CHRISTIANSON, AND PETE. WHEN PETE WAS HIRED THE
TOWN
HAD JUST PURCHASED A 1961 FORD CRUISER. PETE AND THE OTHER OFFICERS
ATTENDED
A TWO WEEK "POLICE ACADEMY" IN PORTLAND IN 1961. THE PHOTO SHOWS PETE'S
CERTIFICATE FOR COMPLETING THE SCHOOL. THEY ALL WORE WHATEVER THEY
COULD
FOR UNIFORMS AND AFTER HEARING ALOT OF COMPLAINTS, THE TOWN MANAGER
SENT
THEM TO BOSTON TO BE FITTED FOR NEW UNIFORMS. THIS WAS IN 1964. PETE
LEFT
THE PD IN 1967. AT THE TIME, HE WAS MAKING $88.00 FOR A 48 HOUR WEEK.
CHIEF
JUNKINS WAS CHIEF UNTIL 1969 WHEN HE GOT DONE.
THE NEXT CHIEF WAS RONALD TURCOTTE, WHO WAS A LIEUTENANT WITH THE TOPSHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT. MANY IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE AT THE PD INCLUDING A COMPLETE DARKROOM, REFURBISHING THE TOWN OFFICE BASEMENT, AND EQUIPMENT UPGRADES. CHIEF TURCOTTE WAS REPLACED IN 1977 BY DAVID YOUNG, WHO HAD COME FROM MASSACHUSETTS. AFTER LEAVING IN 1979, CHIEF YOUNG WAS REPLACED BY SGT. DAVID BROOKS WHO HAD COME TO LISBON PD AS A PATROLMAN IN 1974. CHIEF BROOKS IS THE CURRENT CHIEF OF LISBON PD. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 13 SWORN OFFICERS, FIVE RESERVE OFFICERS, AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, AND FOUR DISPATCHERS.
EARLY
CRIME SCENE PHOTO EQUIPMENT cir.1957