Military Police (MP) Town Patrol - The Big Picture 

Legend has it, those two Miltary Policemen are still on patrol to this day.

My father was a Sgt. in the Military Police in the Army in London, England in 1943 to 45. He always enjoyed talking about his war years and I loved to listen. He passed away with a heart attack in 1971 and I think of him everyday. He is missed terribly still. RIP dear POP

"Well, if you're going to stay here, you better police up that uniform! And fix up your sleeves, too! And how many eyebrows were you issued?"

My Dad was an MP in the ARMY in the early 1950s...stationed in Germany. So neat to watch these classic films.

I worked part time as a bouncer / doorman at Nightclubs. One night there were heaps of soldiers on the streets and I was approached by an MP. He gave me his name and phone number and asked me to call them if we had any issues with their boys. I only had to drop his name and the soldiers would instantly back off. They knew that they were being watched but some were a bit shocked that even nightclub bouncers were working with the MPs.

I was an MP from 1965 to 1991. I commanded a division MP company (502d MP Co), the Army Crime Lab, and worked in the CID Command for many years, Stateside and in what was West Germany (Frankfurt District and 2nd Region). We had great Soldiers and Warrant Officers. They were top notch "on the road" and in the field; from the Tet operation in Saigon, South Vietnam to West Berlin, before the 'Wall came down. I salute eveyone who carried the MP MOS.

I dated a state patrolman who once pulled over an AWOL soldier, drunk as a skunk, in a stolen Jeep. He was butt naked driving up rt. 11 back to Ft. Drum. All the more bizarre since it was -15 F.

This was filmed in downtown Augusta, GA in/on Broad Street and Green Street. The Imperial theater is in the background of one scene and is still standing in Augusta today. The Augusta Chronicle newspaper office (three doors down from the theater and a four story building with 5 sets of three window groups on each of the upper three floors) is also captured in the same scene. Not surprising that it was filmed in Augusta since the MP school was located at Ft. Gordon and they used the Signal Corp film department (Signal Corp was and still is at Ft. Gordon) to produce the film. A relative of mine, who was in the MP school at Ft. Gordon circa 1965, told me, before I moved to Augusta, that Augusta was a nice town but they "rolled up the streets" at 6pm.

One of Bradford Dillman's first acting parts as one of the young MP's in 1955. In real life he was a Lieutenant in the USMC from 1951 to 1953.

My great uncle was an MP during WW2, he was the only survivor of 6 when a grenade was tossed into their tempory CP they set up in an abandoned building in France. My dad did 2 tours in Vietnam and never had any thing that came close.

I was a military policeman in the Illinois national guard 933 mp Co. 1970 to 1976. It was a rewarding experience. Proud of that uniform

Thanks for this. Dad was nearly 30 when WW2 started. At 6ft 3 the Army thought he'd make a good MP stateside. All he said was it was rough, this from a man who would later serve in the invasion of Germany as a demolition specialist with the Combat Engineers.

I was born in 1949 and my father used to watch this show on weekend mornings. He was an MP during WW2.

1977 to 1990, US Army Military Police. The only thing that I saw anything close to this was in MP School.

1964 I was a 2LT at Fort Gordon going through the Signal Officer Basic Course. Four of us were goung out a side gate in my car to Augusta. A very young MP trainee required our class A pass. I was prior service and an MP for a while. I tried to explain officers do not carry passes, but the young trainee did not believe me. I had him call the Sergeant of the guard on his phone. I spoke to the NCO telling him whom we were. I had the trainee read our IDA cards and then he talked to thesergeant or rather the sergeant talked to the trainee. We went on to town.,the trainee learned something.,

An interesting film for training Military Policemen and the public about their duties. I enjoyed the look into society in what I guess was the 1950s. Things looked a little different when I entered the USAF in the late 1960's... Thank goodness for the AP's who oversaw base security while I was in Vietnam fixing airborne electronics :)

This was my grandfather’s era as an MP when stationed at Ft. Richardson during the Korean War, bar fights between the Army and AF were typical in Anchorage.

1950s Augusta - It's 11:30PM and most soldiers are heading to the bus station to get back to camp 2015 Augusta - It's 11:30PM and most soldiers are heading to the next bar

The Army dispensed with Town Patrols, AWOL Apprehension centers, off-road MP stations, etc.decades ago. Legally it still could, but there was little need after the draft ended. The Army changed from having to accept whatever riff-raff the draft boards sent it, to being able to pick and choose its people.

I remember watching this series Sunday morning before church

MP at Fort Hood Texas, 1966 and 1967. Town patrol in Killeen and Temple Texas. Occasionally worked with civilian police in those towns. Loved the work, became a man in the process. If you make a derogatory comment, you offend me and the service I performed for my country. I was tremendously proud of my service and of my uniform.

So needed today in 2021 Bay area California...Chicago...NYC

The year was 1962, I was a 4yr old little boy raised in the Yesler Terrace Housing Projects in Seattle Wa. From the greater Seattle Tacoma area, to Bremerton and Everett, the entire Puget Sound region was extremely busy with military activity due to WW2, to Korea and Vietnam. There were several military bases: FT. Lewis, FT. Lawton, Mchord Air Force, Paine Field Air National Guard, Bremerton Naval Ship yard and Standpoint Naval Air Station. The entire area was swarming with GI's which meant the situation required a strong presence of Military Police etc..I recall seeing a 4 door black sedan with gold BOLD letters "Armed forces, Military Police", they would cruise throughout the housing projects looking for GI's who had overstayed their weekend pass. Just a little too much fun. That particular time left a lasting impact on the Puget Sound region, a LOT of babies were born, I know because I'm one of those babies. Ft Lewis was then home of the 4th Infantry division and it was my Dad's first duty station, he came into Seattle on a weekend pass and met both my Mother and Grandmother at a local night club. They got married shortly thereafter and as they say, everything else is history.

19:12 many people have said this before, but you can confirm this was shot in augusta by the brief glimpse of the highway signs on the right and i gotta love how both the desk sergeant and the reckless driver were staff sergeants, that truly is the rank they give you when you’re too incompetent to be useful but just enough of a fuckup to need constant supervision

Rockstar Games should made a game about to being an MP in cold war, but a bit better story than LA Noire.

Patrol MP from 1970 to 76.. Man I hated those cross shoulder suicide straps! When breaking up fights at the nco club or elsewhere, people would / could get a hold of it and toss you around and get you off balance... That's why we called it a suicide strap. Same thing with the weapon lanyard for your 45 Cal plus it would get caught up on the car door handle as you were getting out... It got a few unwanted laughs... I could say a lot about my 6 six years of being an MP but I won't. Some things are better left unsaid. It was a time in my life that the worse thing I had to do was to fight with some young GI (like myself) that had come in for R&R from the bush to unwind. Some crazy shit that was... Now I will say that my partner never sat next to me that close while on patrol! I could be telling a different kind of story here if he had :) Alfa Alfa Golf 311 - Unit 6 clear

Enjoyed the video. A bit before my time. I was drafted 1971 and served in the 140th MP Bn (Fort Gordon) then onto Co A, 728th MP BN (Seoul - Buyeoung/Sinchon) then Co C, MP Bn (Pusan - Texas Street patrol and occasionally to ChinHae (Green Street) to watch 500 pound bombs being off loaded from ships.

I'm originally from Augusta and was with the 140th MP at Gordon from 67-68 at Clark Hill Rec Area on boat and beach patrol and then again in 72-73 as Desk Sgt/Patrol Supervisor.

The Big Picture...remember watching these on TV as a child.

i grew up in a little town near stuittgart germany and we had a us base here and i can tell you man when there was some trouble in a club or bar and the mp went in they cleaned everything up for good those where some hard mf always swinging their sticks till there was no resistance left ^^

Warm, fuzzy presentation. Not the MP's I remember. The part I didn't see but was there in my day contains the description "Firm!". The way it was, the way it was needed.

My dad was a first sgt in the 1960s and 70s. I remember the middle of the night phone calls he used to get from the Air Force military police to come get one of the men in his squadron out of jail.

Predates my town patrol days but still interesting "training film" !

That one MP @ the 18 min mark is Bradford Dillman from the Clint Eastwood movie "The Enforcer"

It always so cool how everyone's demeanor, manurisms, and speech-patterns (back then...) are like that of the original Batman! 😂 Why did we ever stop that???

I think I would have liked to be an MP.

Boyo!....does this bring back memories of being an MP!....WOW!

I was stationed in Augsburg, Germany in the 24th Infantry Division. It was around 1965 and 1967. I would volunteer for "courtesy patrol" for the heck of it. Had no gun or power of arrest. Our job was similar to the MP's. Bar to bar to maintain the peace and help solders in need. I enjoyed it. The event I remember most was going into a "black male only bar" White females were allowed. When I walked in the place went quiet. As a Army musician I had many very good friends that were black. I even loaned them money without interest. Anyway after a few seconds of whispering among the black fellows one of them shouted "come on in man" and all went back to normal. It made my day. Those black folks were some of the nicest people I have ever known. against

The difference back then versus now in regards to uniforms. You don't wear your cover indoors, and YOU NEVER have your hands in your pockets like the one Soldier @ 7:33

My Dad was a MP after the Korean War

I thought MY shifts were long in 545th MPs, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood! These dudes are doing Day/Swing/Mid all at once! Ooooo-Frickin-Ra!

There is a nco at 21:00 who is going loose a stripe or 2 .

My grandfather Samuel Lobrano was a MP at the Hanford Nuclear Facility Washinton State during WW2. (Atom Bomb Project)

Wow grabe takot sila sa M.P💪disiplina talaga ang importante lalo na sa mga Pulis✌🏼❤️salute America 🇵🇭🙏🇺🇸

No they didn't let my man walk around with those eyebrows @12:27

WWII and Korea,the same unit the 187th PIR(Airborne) Rakassans as my dad was in and the 1st Cav.They had a mutual understanding.So dad did not get arrested because the other MPs in the MSGT's unit had antagonized the situation.Dad looked after his soldiers as he looked after his sons.God bless dad.But I hated those brown jump boots!!!They friggin hurt!!!

For its time when this was made this is a pretty cool film

Oh, man just crazy, bloody crazy, all what we need now is a milage pass if the radius exceeds 150. Thats all. Its for sgli purposes. Now we go to houston and pother places just be sure to be there the next morning or on monday.

It looks like actor Bradford Dillman playing one of he MPs

That part about the guys starting shit with each other and stopping after the MP's showed up, they got backwards. That's WHY they would have done it, because they knew the MP's were nearby and would break it up.

MP , town patrol, Anchorage, Alaska, 1970-71.

My great grandfather was a military policeman he had a lot of stories

I was about 10-11yrs old and visiting my dad at the fire station one night. The police station was behind the FD. This Navy car came wheeling through the parking lot and I wanted to see what was happening. Another firefighter fresh back from Vietnam tells me to stand back and dont look. They were SPs going to the city PD to pick up a sailor that went "over the hill". All I remember the firefighter saying they were probably going to Virginia with this guy.

My Dad was an MP in Korea during the war.

Khakis and bloused boots. Awesome!

I am waiting for Wally and the Beav to pop out.

A young Bradford Dillman is one of the MPs.

Augusta, GA, 1955, I remember it well, but I was only 3 at the time. My father was stationed at then Camp Gordon- now Fort Gordon. One of my earliest memories is of a “pot” helmet that had been ran over by some tracked vehicle.

First thing you do as an M.P. at an accident scene is ensure the soldier is wearing his uniform correctly. FIRMLY.

That one with the handgun watched too many mafia movies.

Soldier - you better straighten out that gig line before you're in Leavenworth , making big rocks into small pebbles. And I'm telling you this " FIRMLY. " 😂😂😂😂😂

8:07 ...I agree. Pretty Sure that is Bradford Dillman (The Enforcer; Sudden Impact, Escape from Planet Apes)...he played in so many movies and TV.

Virginia Beach Police still had joint patrols with the Naviy in the late '90s also if they had a sailor involved in a minor scrape they'd call the navy and they'd take care of them.

Fascinating.

Most proactive MP's I've ever seen

Excellent!

This should have been the LA noire dlc

a couple of mp, s saved my ass in germany in 1977 . i got drunk and rolled a dumptruck . my co ordered a substance test . the mp's ( a guy and girl about my age ) were days from ets ' ing . they said that he doesnt have that authority , only they do . they refused the substance test . i alone wasnt responsible for that incident . the german local govt got us plastered and our lieutenant permitted it until things went bad . i was 18 yrs old .

13:31 - to the green youngster who stayed home too long and feared he would be shot at sunrise. I love these old films.

Ah! I remember that face of that guy standing at the door of the "seedy bar" at 8:something to 8:35 but I can't put my finger on him.

The good ole days of the ready night stick.

I was born in the wrong Era to be in the Army. (And to be a part of society.) 2021-Present. I would have loved nothing more than to be in the Army during the Cold war Era.

12:31 THEM FUCKIN' BROWS BRO

My grandfather served as an M.P. in the 234th during WW2 stationed to guard allied supreme headquarters. He told one story where he was patrolling the streets of Frankfurt when a few Jewish boys who survived the Holocaust came up telling him they found an SS officer hiding in a hotel. My Grandpa followed them to the hotel and found the officer hiding under a bed and arrested him. Best part of the story was that the two boys were in the back of the jeep with the officer guarding him and when they asked my grandpa if they could rough the Nazi up a lil. He simply replied "I see nothing, I hear nothing". He passed away when I was three unfortunately, but I always do read his memoirs when I can.

This was filmed in Augusta, GA. Wish I knew the year.....

the navy stuck me on brig chaser detail(prisoner escort).yee haa!

That was the problem with not allowing personnel out in civvies, asking for trouble

9:18 "notice how each man has been trained to hold the flashlight away from their body in case that somebody aims at them" can somebody please explain to me why they are trained to hold them AWAY from their body? does the thugs aim for the flashlight or above it?

Pool tables are Up-Stairs… and downstairs too

They don’t make MP’s like this anymore

Andy Taylor and Barney Fife. The early years

MP wonderful!!!!

When I was a mp I got a lot of experience in the backdoor but there were a few times I was ambushed from behind 😉 Thanks boys for all the fun you seamen really know how to show a guy a good time.

When my brother was at Camp Pendelton MPs brought in a guy who went AWOL... during Nam.

Good Stuff..

my grandfather was an MP for the canadians in the korean war

Damn, back when I’d join the army as soon as I can. Now it’s all weird

I have a pic of my grandfather in the Philippines wearing a np band but was in the navy and wasn’t an mp . Did he just slap one on ? Seems off someone help plz Ps . The band was on the right arm sleeve too , but I think some old cameras would print a mirrors picture ??

I love MPs!

Hmmm, I'm thinking they would have just a tad more of a light touch with a Major than this 25:33

This was made when America Was Great. The Greyhound Bus station and bus, the pay phones, the cars, cafes, bars, and clubs. It’s all gone now.

later the actors playing MP in th lead roll 6:38 were popular on TV in the 1960-70s, Bradford Dillman is on the left, but who is the one on the right?

I was a USAF cop for 20+ years. Those clubs were a real joke. They were made of poplar wood. Extremely light and easy to break. In fact, they were DESIGNED to break if you hit someone with them. I never had to hit anyone, but I knew that they were designed to be junk.

17:54 locates firearm, sets it on ground behind suspect... how times have changed

Good.

The times they change a lot

This is the neverending shift! LOL

I wonder what location is at 16:50? Bet its changed a lot since 1954.

🔦Flashlight held so he can get out his weapon with his other hand.

Give me a break, I seen this old film with my old man in the early 50's. Now I'm 71 and a veteran. You guys better get your shit together and update these ancient training films.