Wagons/Trucks
1920s
1920's MDC Police Ambulance at the Revere Beach District Station. (Photo source: . Used with permission.)
1950s
195x MDC Police Ambulance at the Revere Beach District Station's garage. (Photo courtesy of . Used with permission.)
M.D.C. Police Underwater Recovery Unit and their truck during the early 1960's. (Photo source: Larry Fitzpatrick and Comm of MA Archives.)
1960s
At the Massachusetts General Hospital in 196x. During this time period, the M.D.C. wagons had a different color scheme than the cruisers. (Photo courtesy of Sergeant Paul Joyce, Boston Police Department. Used with permission.)
1970s
MDC Patrolman and Chevy Suburban at South Boston.
The Charles River Lower Basin District Wagon and the old two bay garage. Behind it the familiar M.D.C. Central Services green and yellow pick up truck. (Photo by: John Antonelli. Used with permission.)
A Metropolitan Police Wagon, a 197x GMC Truck in an a parade. (Photo used with permission.)
1980s
The M.D.C. Police Command Bus, probably an old MTA (Mass Bay Transit Authority) bus parked at the Lower Basin District in 198x.(Photo used with permission.)
The Charles River Lower Basin District Wagon, #40, at the Basin in new "Metro Police" blue, white and silver colors in the late 1980's. (Photo used with permission.)
Metro Police Command bus at the Boston Marathon, Chestnut Hill, MA in 1991. (Photo source, personal collection.)
Metro Police Supply Unit Van at the Lower Basin in the 1980s. (Photo source: John Antonelli. Used with permission.)
A 19xx assigned to the Lower Basin Division. Normally assigned to the General Patrol Route, these trucks often labored to push disabled motor vehicles to keep busy traffic areas clear like the Central Artery and Storrow Drive in Boston. (Photo source: John Antonelli. Used with permission.)
Metro Police Mounted Unit at the Boston Marathon in 1991. (Photo source: personal collection.)