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Solvay police department – 1914
Standing: Michael Sullivan, Chauncey Eldred, Michael Welch, George Loosemore, Joseph Barnell and Jake Hildenbrand.
Seated: Judge William H. Bowers and Police Chief Harry Hunt.
 
Solvay police department – 1938
Top: Thomas J. Brock, chief; Peter P. Dadey; John F. Murphy; John W. Brown; Daniel F. Mathews, police justice.
Middle: William F. (Bill) Major, Basil Valletta, Noe L. Colotti, Mathew Scanlon, Clyde Salisbury.
Bottom: Michael Welch, James Demperio, Francis I. Bome, Edward F. Kurtz.

Bill Major and Basil Valletta would each become chief of the department.

 
Solvay police department – 1957
Top: Joseph M. Szczech, Raymond H. Osada, Peter P. Dadey and James F. Demperio.
3rd row: William F. Muldoon, Edward A. Venturini, Albert C. Spagnoletti, Guido Ghezzi, Francis I. Bome.
2nd row: John F. Murphy, John W. Brown, Clyde N. Salisbury, William F. Major.
Front: Basil Valetta, chief; Donald N. Salvetti, police justice.

Sgt. John Brown at the Village Hall Police Station switchboard.

Officer William Muldoon instructs Mrs. Robert Sands on the use of one of the 44 telephones that were placed on poles throughout the village.

 
Solvay fire department – 1902
Standing: Pat Noland, Charles Crippen, Charles O'Neill, John W. Major
Seated: Fred Hollard, Bill Coseo, Bill Rogers, Fred Darrow, Oran Swift
 
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