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The Museum was founded in 2011 and strives to discover and document the 100-year legacy of United States Probation and Pretrial Services through the preservation and display of our symbols and tools.

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Poster titled ‘United States Probation and Pretrial: The Badges Behind the Bench’ displaying various US law enforcement badges.

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U.S. Office of Justice Police badge with a gold eagle at the top, a blue circular background, and a gold emblem in the center featuring an eagle and Latin inscription.

Badges

Embroidered patch of the United States Probation and Parole Service emblem, featuring an eagle with outstretched wings, stars, and red and white stripes, encircled by blue text.

Patches

A badge with 'U.S. Department of Justice' and 'U.S. Attorney' inscribed, attached to an old, worn black leather case. Inside the case is a certification document for Joseph C. Lewis, dated January 1, 1938, with a black-and-white photograph of a man wearing a hat.

Credentials

Round badge with a shield and two crossed swords, encircled by the words "United States Courts" and "Armed Response Team."

Coins

Green suitcase decorated with various travel stickers, including ones from Scottsdale Arizona, Denver Colorado, Charleston South Carolina, Detroit Michigan, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Tucson Arizona, and others.

Museum on the road

U.S. Probation Officer badge from the District of New York with a depiction of the Statue of Liberty at the top.

Pins

An authorized parking permit card issued by the U.S. Courts with a gold seal and blue stamp, signed by a chief judge, on aged paper that reads 'Authorized Parking U.S. Courts'.

Misc. Probation & Pretrial

A US probation officer badge celebrating 75 years, with inscriptions of 'U.S.', 'United States Probation', '1940-2015', and 'United States District Court', featuring an eagle at the top, and a golden badge symbol in the center.

75th Anniversary badge

Fallen Staff - Thomas Gahl

Fallen officer staff probation parole pretrial federal Charles G. Venz End of Watch Tuesday, October 2, 1979 U.S.

Fallen Staff - Charles G. Venz

A commemorative badge celebrating 35 years of U.S. Courts pretrial services from 1982 to 2017, featuring an eagle with outstretched wings and the U.S. shield.

35th Anniversary badge

Fallen Staff - Joseph Masterson (Matt) Delozier

Gold U.S. Courts badge with an eagle at the top and the words "United States Courts" and "Judge."

U.S. Court

Sign for Court Security Officer of the United States Marshals Service, featuring the official emblem of the Department of Justice.

CSO

Gold police badge with blue lettering reading 'Sergeant Police Supreme Court U.S.' and an embossed eagle emblem in the center.

SCOTUS

Poster titled 'United States Probation and Pretrial: The Badges Behind the Bench' displaying various U.S. police and law enforcement badges arranged in rows.

U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons officer badge

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Fallen Staff - Marie F. Curtis

Bureau of Prisons

An emblem featuring an eagle with outstretched wings above a shield. The shield contains the text "U.S. ATTORNEY S.D.N.Y." and is decorated with stars and red and white vertical stripes.

U.S. Attorney