"Toodles" Takes A Ride...

Almost 68 years ago, a dog named “Toodles” took his place in Tulsa police history.

Toodles was the first canine to ride in the new TPD “Paddy Wagon.” The patrol wagon, known as “Number 88,” came stylishly outfitted with bomb racks, a two-way radio, and a 100-horsepower engine. For the era, it was one of the most completely equipped pieces of police mobile equipment in Oklahoma.

Toodles was accompanying his master, and mistress of the night, near Main and Archer Streets. She was arrested for drunkenness.

Thus, Toodles was actually one of the first to experience the “plush” leather cushions in the back of the wagon, which seated 12—but had a “jamming capacity of 30.”

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Source: The Tulsa Tribune, July 22, 1940.