Ogden (Utah). Ogden Police Department

The Police Department provides public safety services for Ogden, Utah. The Department began in 1855 with men under the direction of the Mayor. Captain Richard D. Sprague became the first Ogden City Marshal on May 31, 1857. The Ogden police were instructed among other things to try to curb the sale of whiskey, to clean the sidewalks, and to see that cattle did not roam at large through the streets during the night. Along with the completion of the railroad in the 1860s came a whole new list of things for the Ogden City Police to watch for on the streets such as: prostitution, drinking, drug-trade and gambling. By 1955, commercialized vice had been driven from open view on 25th Street and throughout the county. Today Ogden has a modern police force and participates in tactical teams throughout the region to fight narcotics and other crime.