Sunday, May 19, 2013
From staff reports
Photographer Joe Pelletier, whose sons, Robert and Scott, are in the photo, is a former officer who was in the last photo taken of the Portland Police Department 14 years ago. His wife, Brenda, is by his side assisting him.
Photographer and former police officer Joe Pelletier gets the attention of the officers of the Portland Police Department as he takes a portrait in front of City Hall in Portland on Sunday. To his right is his wife and assistant, Brenda Pelletier.
Photos by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
To stay true to the earlier photo, officers wore gloves and their day uniforms rather than dress blues.
Department historian Lt. Robert Doherty organized the photo to recreate one taken on the City Hall steps in 1933, one in which his great-grandfather appeared.
Lt. Bob Ridge's grandfather also appeared in the 1933 photo.
Chief Michael Sauschuck addressed the roughly 142 officers, telling them of the importance to remember the heritage of the department and its mission.
The recreation attempted to be as accurate as the 1933 photo with officers wearing gloves and their day uniforms instead of their dress blues.
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Police group shot photographed in 1933. |
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Portland police group shot from the 1990s. |
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