Saturday, February 8, 2014

Flint Photos: Buick Plant Security in the Fifties







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10 comments:

  1. Vandal (and the Felons)February 8, 2014 at 10:37 AM

    Hill Street Blues, Hawaii 5-0, C.H.I.P.S., Adam-12, Cop Rock, SWAT, got nothing on Buick City PD. Haeger, Hicks, Champion, Peck and Raymond. Those were some hardened coppers.

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  2. Longway LTDFebruary 8, 2014 at 2:12 PM

    White people all look the same

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  3. Jerry @ RickFebruary 9, 2014 at 10:58 AM

    Oh My GAWD. Those bowties! Did Buick only hire retired Flint coppers. The dashing officer Peck looks like he could put a good beating on ya, but c'mon... Haeger? Hicks? Raymond? Champion? The average age of the BPD appears to be 75.

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    1. AnonymousJune 6, 2014 at 1:28 AM

      Henry C Hicks was my father. He was 61 at the time the pic was taken. He retired in 1962. He was never a police officer. The only time they carried weapons and only for a short time was during World War Two.

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    2. Gordon YoungJune 6, 2014 at 7:39 AM

      Thanks for filling us in on your father, Henry Hicks. I really loved these photos. Such a different era for Flint and the country.

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    3. AnonymousJune 7, 2014 at 12:01 AM

      It was a different area completely. I was raised on West 4th Ave and Flint was a very safe city. I walked everywhere I needed to go. Also everyone who wanted a job had one. This Blog brings back so many memories. Thanks H C Hicks Jr

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    4. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2022 at 12:12 PM

      I just found and joined this page. My dad worked as plant security from the mid fifties til the mid 80’s

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2014 at 11:37 AM

    Well, at least these pictures are labeled, and we don't need to research who they are, at least by name. Anyone know whether hey had revolvers or semiautomatics hidden in those bulky uniforms? Wouldn't want to mess with them, young or old, for that reason.

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  5. Quinn Tupple-OttFebruary 12, 2014 at 7:02 AM

    Are these coppers quintuplets?

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2014 at 9:53 AM

    My husband was plant security at AC for 20 years. No, they were not armed. One of Buick's plant security was found shot to death at the oak park booth :-(

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