Prince William County police to celebrate 40th anniversary

When the first Prince William County police officers hit the streets, they didn’t carry portable radios. Officers patrolling sleepy neighborhoods for signs of trouble sometimes had to rely on pay phones to stay in touch. And reports were handwritten on carbon paper.

That was 1970, the year the county launched a police force, with 42 officers and a $750,000 budget.

Today the department employs more than 700 people with a budget of $73 million. It has a scuba unit, a motorcycle unit and its own training academy.

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