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Samuel Hamilton

On October 7, 1897, Capt. Samuel T. Hamilton was elected Marshal of Police to succeed Marshal Jacob Frey. Marshal Hamilton was a veteran officer of the Civil War and a man of indisputable courage and integrity.

For many years following the great civil conflict he had served on the Western frontier and took part in the unremitting campaigns against the Sioux and other Indian tribes that were constantly waging war upon the settlers and pioneers as they pushed their way toward the setting sun, building towns and railroads and trying to conquer the wilderness and its natural dwellers.

In the Sioux campaign of 1876, when Gen. George A. Custer and his command, outnumbered ten to one by the Indians in the valley of the Little Big Horn were annihilated, Captain Hamilton and his troop rode day and night in a vain effort to re-enforce Custer and his sorely pressed men.

It was on June 26, 1876, the 7th United States Cavalry rode and fought to their deaths, and on the 27 of the same month, just 1 day after the Battle at Little Big Horn, the reinforcements arrived, exhausted from their terrific ride across the country. Captain Hamilton and his troops fought through the rest of the campaign, which resulted in Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the great Indian war chief, being driven across and into the Canadian frontier.

Marshal Hamilton brought to his office pronounced ideas of a semi-military discipline for the police, (what is called today a paramilitary organization) and it may be said that many of the military forms which were adopted under his administration have been of great service to the Department in the matter of the individual carriage and conduct of the members when on the street.

Ex-Marshal Hamilton, after ceasing his connection with the Police Department, was raised to the rank of Major in the United States Army and granted a pension commensurate with that rank. Accustomed to an active life, he requested the War Department to give him employment, and he was assigned to take charge of the army recruiting district, with headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., where he died in 1906.

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Gen. George A. Custer - Little Big Horn -  26 June 1876 - Crazy Horse & Sitting Bull

On 12 July 1897, the active connection of Marshal Jacob Frey with the Police Department ceased. On 7 October 1897, Capt. Samuel T. Hamilton was elected Marshal of Police to succeed Marshal Frey. Marshal Hamilton was a veteran officer of the Civil War and a man of indisputable courage and integrity. For many years following the great civil conflict he had served on the Western frontier and took part in the unremitting campaigns against the Sioux and other Indian tribes, who were constantly waging war upon the settlers and pioneers as they pushed their way toward the setting sun, building towns and railroads and trying to conquer the wilderness and its natural dwellers. In the Sioux campaign of 1876, when Gen. George A. Custer and his gallant command, outnumbered ten to one by the Indians in the valley of the Little Big Horn, were annihilated, Captain Hamilton and his troop rode day and night in a vain effort to re-enforce Custer and his sorely pressed men. It was on 26 June 1876, the Seventh United States Cavalry rode and fought to their deaths, and on 27 June, the day following, the reinforcements arrived, exhausted from their terrific ride across the country. Captain Hamilton and his troop fought through the rest of the campaign, which resulted in Sitting Bull, the great Indian war chief, being driven across the Canadian frontier. Marshal Hamilton brought to his office pronounced ideas of a semi-military discipline for the police, and it may be said that many of the military forms which were adopted under his administration have been of great service to the Department in the matter of the individual carriage and conduct of the members when on the street. Ex-Marshal Hamilton, after ceasing his connection with the Police Department, was raised to the rank of Major in the United States Army and granted a pension commensurate with that rank.

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MARSHAL THOMAS F. FARNAN

Marshal Thomas F. Farnan, the present head of the Baltimore Police Department, has rounded out forty years' continuous service as a policeman. Looking back on the splendid record made by this ideal chief of a police force that is considered one of, if not the best, in the country, one is impressed with the belief that Thomas F. Farnan was born to be a policemen and that he was particularly destined to fill the responsible position he now occupies. Entering the police service on April 30, 1867, Marshal Farnan step by step climbed the ladder of promotion until, on August 8, 1902, he reached the summit and by the unanimous vote of the Board of Police Commissioners, Messrs. George M. Upshur, John T. Morris and Edward H. Fowler, was appointed Marshal of Police, to succeed Marshal S. T. Hamilton, whose commission had expired seven months before that date. From the time that Marshal Hamilton's commission expired until the date of his final promotion Deputy Marshal Farnan was to all practical purposes the Marshal of Police of the city, for he exercised all the functions of that office.

Not only this humble volume but the future histories of Baltimore City will give Thomas F. Farnan a prominent place in their pages. During his administration the great fire of February 7, 1904, swept Baltimore's great business district, laying in ruins over 70 blocks of the commercial section of the city. From the time the first alarm was sounded until three months afterward Marshal Farnan was practically on duty day and night. Now, and in after years, Baltimoreans can appreciate what the head of the Police Department did for the protection of the lives and property during those days that tried men's souls. By day and night, the Marshal of Police was seemingly tireless. Walking and riding over the city, whom he had stationed at dangerous points, guarding with the faithfulness of a watch dog the great trust imposed upon him, losing sleep and rest without a murmur, Thomas F. Farnan stands out against the lurid light of the flames and smoke a truly heroic figure. Lest the reader should think that this tribute is overdrawn, the writer can truthfully say that he is acquainted with his subject from the closest and most personal kind of observation. For many days and many nights he was thrown constantly with the Marshal, watched his untiring efforts for the protection of the public, made the rounds with him over smoking and blistering ruins and day by day saw more threads of white silvering the head of the man who was throwing his whole body, thought, soul and action into accomplishing the great task which fate had thrown upon him. It was no uncommon thing in the four weeks following the fire for the Marshal to enter his private office, sit down at his desk and then fall asleep from utter physical exhaustion. It was at those times that his office force and those whom duty had gathered around him moved softly and talked in whispers, grateful that the Marshal was able to snatch even a "cat nap." In their hearts they would wish that the district call bells would not ring and that the telephones for the moment would be silent. It is a picture that comes before the writer with wonderful distinctness, the greying hair, the strong face, furrowed from thought and loss of rest, the exhausted pose, as with head resting on his hand, he leaned on the desk under the full glare of the electric light. Then would come the jangling call of a station house bell, or some subordinate officer would telephone in for directions. The call would hardly sound through the room than the Marshal would be on his feet to answer it personally, for in those days he exercised a personal direction of details that was truly amazing. The work accomplished by the Marshal during and after the fire extended a reputation that was becoming national, and when he attended the convention of the National Police Chiefs in the June following, the heads of every police force in the country, represented at that notable gathering, crowded around him and congratulated him on the manner in which he had protected his city and people during their great trial by fire. Thomas F. Farnan was born in Baltimore on March 15, 1846. After a few years in the public schools his parents sent him to Calvert Hall, but scholastic affairs were not much to his liking. He wanted to earn his own living, and finally, seeing that he was determined, his parents allowed him to get a position as errand boy in a music store. When he was 18 years old Thomas F. Farnan was apprenticed to a carpenter, and later he became a millwright.

On April 30, 1867, he received his commission as a policeman and was assigned to the Southern District. On February 1, 1870, he was promoted to the grade of sergeant, and a year later was made lieutenant of the Southern District. It was while serving in this position that the future Marshal began showing the police ability which has forced him steadily upward in his profession. On October 15, 1885, Lieutenant Farnan was promoted as captain of the Southern District, but he only remained in that district one day, and on October 16 was placed in command of the Central District, which was then, as it is now, the most important district in the city. When Deputy Marshal Lannan's post became vacant in 1893, Captain Farnan became Deputy Marshal under Marshal Jacob Frey. From that period until August 8, 1902, Deputy Marshal Farnan ably and efficiently acted as assistant to the Marshal, and at many times was acting Marshal of the city. A few days before Deputy Marshal Farnan received his appointment to the highest office in the Department the Commissioners had elected Police Magistrate J. McKenney White to the position. Justice White did not qualify nor receive his commission, as, convinced that he did not have the qualifications to make him a successful Marshal of Police, he informed the Commissioners by telegraph that he could not serve.

It was significant of the feeling of the entire Department that when the Marshal received his appointment and the members of the force wished to testify their appreciation of his final promotion that they sent him a huge floral ladder, the rungs of which were lettered. The first rung was inscribed "Patrolman," while the highest rung bore the inscription "Marshal of Police."

If Thomas F. Farnan has made a good chief of police, his record as a patrolman, sergeant, lieutenant and captain shows equally as well. One of his first cases was that of George Moore, alias Woods, a notorious thief and desperate character. Capt. Wallace Clayton, of the schooner Pringy, docked at Bowley’s Wharf, was assaulted and robbed one night and the thieves cut out one of his eyes. The assault and robbery aroused a great deal of indignation, and though the thieves left no clue behind, Patrolman Farnan worked assiduously on the case for nearly a year, struck a trail finally and arrested Woods. The suspect denied the crime, but Captain Clayton positively identified him as one of his assailants, and, with the evidence collected by the young officer who had been on his track, Moore, alias Woods, was convicted and sent to the Maryland Penitentiary for fifteen years. One night when the Marshal was a sergeant, he met a man who was deaf and dumb. The man, who was a giant in stature and muscle, had committed an assault. Sergeant Farnan placed him under arrest, but the subject suddenly wheeled about, caught the Sergeant's arm and threw him over his shoulder as though he was a sack of potatoes.

With both his hands held by the giant, the sergeant was at his mercy. Without apparent effort the man climbed up the stairs of a house in the neighborhood until he reached the attic, Sergeant Farnan found himself face to face with three other men whom he knew to be men of desperate character. Realizing his position, the sergeant told the three men that if they did not assist him in arresting the deaf and dumb subject, he would hound every one of them if he got away alive. The men knew Sergeant Farnan and felt they had better take sides with him. Throwing themselves on their former companion, they grappled with him while Sergeant Farnan tried to snap the nippers around his wrists. Struggling, the five men pitched down the steep stairway together. The struggle on the staircase was more than its crumbling, ramshackle supports could stand, and it gave way. The mass of humanity, of which the sergeant was a part, rolled out on the sidewalk, and the sergeant, as he struggled, managed to rap on the sidewalk with his espantoon. Other policemen responded, and it took eight of them to land the man in the Southern Station. Guilford alley, at that time one of the worst localities in South Baltimore, was a portion of Patrolman Farnan's post, and the first night he spent in that neighborhood he made sixteen arrests. There were no patrol wagons in those days, and the young officer was obliged to literally fight and drag his prisoners to the station. One of the most eventful periods of the Marshal's life was during the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad riots of 1877, when he was a lieutenant in the Southern District, under command of Captain Delanty. Lieutenant Farnan was placed on guard at Camden Station with a force of but three men. When the Fifth Regiment arrived at Camden Station the mob threw stones at the soldiers and Lieutenant Farnan saw one of the mob leaders hurl a large paving stone. At once he seized the man and put him under arrest, although his fellow officers begged him not to try and get his prisoner through the crowd. "I have arrested him and will take him to the station," said the lieutenant, and started with his prisoner. The mob made a rush for him. Women called from the windows overlooking the scene and begged the young officer to take refuge indoors and save himself from being wounded or killed. Shouted at and threatened by the mob, Lieutenant Farnan kept his head, but as the crowd pressed around him, he realized that he must impress them with his determination. Drawing his pistol, he pressed it against the head of his prisoner. "You men," he cried to the mob, "if this man is a friend of yours, you had better keep back." Then turning to his prisoner, he told him if he did not tell the mob that he was willing to go to the station he would blow his brains out. Thoroughly frightened, the man told the crowd he was perfectly willing to go with his captor. The crowd withdrew and Lieutenant Farnan was the only policeman who got through the mob with a prisoner. During the forty years he has been in the police service Marshal Farnan has received only one reprimand, and that came from an old Irish woman during the Cathedral Centenary. The Marshal had a large force of police on hand to see that the crowd was kept orderly and did not infringe upon the space set apart for the Church, State and municipal dignitaries. One little group stood in a place that was especially reserved, and the Marshal walked over to them and politely requested them to move forward. "Oh, go on, Tommy Farnan, and don't get smart with those who knew you when you was a boy. We've got as much right here as you have," exclaimed the old lady. "That's right," replied the Marshal, "but if you'll walk over here with me, I'll show you where you can see everything and not be in the way," and he conducted the little party of sightseers to a point of sightseeing vantage. "You always were a good boy, Tommy," said the old lady, and the Marshal smiled under his gray moustache as she continued, " I 'm sorry I spoke cross to you, and don't let it worry you, darlin." So, the Marshal smiled at his first reprimand and its quick withdrawal. Incidentally, and in connection with the Cathedral Centenary, it may be remarked that Cardinal Gibbons is a personal friend and admirer of Baltimore's Marshal of Police. Only a short time ago the distinguished Churchman said: "In these days, when the press is full of articles regarding the acceptance of bribes by public officials and the wrong conduct of those who have been commissioned to high offices of public trust, there has never been the slightest hint of stigma cast upon Thomas F. Farnan, the head of the Baltimore Police Department. He is a splendid and efficient official and his work and memory should in future days be remembered and honored by his fellow citizens." Marshal Farnan is a practical policeman and not a mere man of theory. He believes in a strict order of police discipline, but he has no fads and frills. He asks, demands, that his subordinates do their full duty, and if they are lax, negligent or disobedient, he quickly brings them to book. The policeman who makes a mistake or is guilty of an indiscretion, and admits it to his chief, finds a willing and kindly listener, a critical one, perhaps, but one who knows from long experience the difficulties, temptations and trials of those who wear the blue uniform and brass buttons. To such the Marshal is a kindly adviser. To Police Headquarters come many complaints against officers. Sometimes these complaints are well founded and at other times they emanate from political sources or from individuals who are incensed because subordinate members of the Department insist upon them obeying the laws. When complaints are received the Marshal makes a full investigation before reporting them to the Board of Commissioners. If the complaint is justified, the policeman is haled before the Board and asked to explain his conduct. If the Marshal finds that the complaints are not justified, or are laid because of politics or other interests, he is quick to discover their true meaning. Every man in the Department knows that its head will always support him as long as he does his duty and conducts himself as "an officer and a gentleman." The Marshal generally knows how to properly judge a policeman, for one learns many things in an experience of forty years on the police force of a large city. Forty years' experience as a policeman has made the Marshal very astute, a little doubtful of human nature, but has never hardened him. He is grim and stern enough with the professional criminal, but to the youth, or unfortunate, who has committed his first crime and has fallen into the hands of the police, he is always kindly, though absolutely rigid in carrying out the law. "Many criminals do wrong by choice," said the Marshal recently, "but there are some who are almost forced into a criminal life, because of their surroundings and other circumstances. I believe in treating all of them fairly and justly. The days when prisoners could be treated brutally by the officials who had them in charge have passed, and it is well they have, for it shows that the world is becoming really civilized and less brutal. I believe in police officers taking their prisoners 'in' at any cost. Once a policeman takes a man into custody, he should never let him go until he lands him in the station. If in doing this he is obliged to use his espantoon, or even his revolver, I believe he is justified, but he should never pull, haul or roughly handle a prisoner simply because he is an officer and wears the police badge of authority. In these days, I am glad to say, people recognize the law and its officers and there are but few cases of men resisting arrest and being clubbed for their resistance." In his domestic life the Marshal sets an example to the members of the force he directs and to Baltimoreans in general. His home—and it is a home in every sense of the word—is on Lombard street, near Fremont. Rid, if even for a short time, of the cares of office, he makes for his own fireside with the rapidity of a carrier pigeon seeking its loft, for awaiting him is the wife and mother who has been his domestic mainstay and companion for nearly 40 years. Then, in the soothing atmosphere that arises from his own hearthstone, the Marshal is no longer the grim chief of police, but the affectionate husband, the thoughtful head of the family, the father—yes, and grandfather, for the third generation of Farnan’s gather around him, climb on his shoulders and toy with the gilded badge that is an insignia of honor the Police Department or who is at all familiar with the force and its methods of operating and working. That he has been able to accomplish so much is due in a large measure to the fact that in all questions relating to the police or to the protection of the public from accidents and the attacks of criminals or evilly disposed persons the Deputy Marshal and Marshal Farnan, his chief, work in perfect unison. Not only are the Marshal and his Deputy close official associates, but they are very warm personal friends. Each appears to know instinctively the ideas of the other and to agree with them and this creates a harmony of action and effect that cannot but be of benefit to the whole Department and to the interests of life and property that it safeguards. Deputy Marshal Manning has inaugurated and put into effect several new ideas in connection with his work at Police Headquarters. He takes a great interest in statistics in matters that relate to the Police Department and the public. During the past year he has put into operation a system by which the records of all murders, suicides and accidents, fatal and otherwise, are tabulated and are monthly given to the public through the medium of the daily newspapers. The duties of Deputy Marshal Manning are manifold. In case of the sickness or absence from the city of the Marshal he exercises full command over the force. He must attend the Marshal's office and assist the Marshal by attending to such parts of his duties as the latter may designate. When his services are not required for the performance of such duties, he must inspect the members of the force on duty in the streets and he must daily visit as many of the station houses as practicable. He must repair in person to all serious or extensive fires in the City of Baltimore and to all riotous and tumultuous assemblages, and, if the Marshal is not present, take charge of the police and act as the Marshal. The Deputy Marshal has, under the direction of the Marshal, supervision over the police patrol boat, its officers and crews, and must see that proper care is taken of the vessel, its machinery and equipment. Connected with these specific duties there are thousands of details that are quickly grasped and disposed of by the second in command of the force.

The Deputy Marshal is comparatively a young man, and it required him just a little over 20 years to work his way to the highest position in the Police Department under the civil service, for the Marshal is  appointed for a term of four years by the Police Board.

The Deputy's parents, Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Jeannette Manning, were Scotch-Irish. They lived in Seneca county, New York, where the Deputy first saw the light of day. He was born on October 1, 1855. When a youngster he attended the Catholic schools of the parishes in which he lived. When he was 12 years old his mother moved to Baltimore, and for two more years James Manning attended school here. Although he worked, he attended night school. Later he took a course at Eaton & Burnett's Business College. At the age of 15 he began to learn goldbeating, and his relatives thought he would continue to pound away in the little shop for the rest of his life. Despite the fact that the present Deputy Marshal looks and is the picture of health, he was not so fortunate in his younger days. He gave up goldbeating and went to work as a clerk for Messrs. Tyson & Bro., grain merchants. But this, too, disagreed with him and his health became so bad that Mr. Manning got up every morning and took long walks for exercise, lack of which caused his trouble. He put in his application for a place on the police force and said that if he had been subjected to such a rigid examination then as the men are now, he would probably have been rejected. One day in April 1882, he was notified of his appointment, and that night he reported at the Western Police Station for duty. Captain Lepson, then at the Western, took a liking to the young officer. After he had been on the force some time the Captain wanted him to become turnkey. He pointed out that the duties would not be hard, that his clothes would not cost so much, and that he would not be exposed to such rough weather. His friends told young Manning he was little short of crazy for not accepting the position, but Patrolman Manning wished to elevate himself, and he realized that he could only climb the ladder by getting good cases. It was not long before he displayed marked ability. Though he had made many arrests, the first very important case that came his way occurred in November 1887, when he arrested James Johnson, a burglar. Johnson was regarded as a dangerous man, because he was always heavily armed, and his peculiar specialty was robbing houses while the occupants were asleep. He expected to be shot at if caught in the act, so he went prepared to give battle. One morning two houses on Saratoga street were robbed, and a long Newmarket overcoat was among the things stolen. A few hours after the report was made at the police station Patrolman Manning went to a pawnshop to warn the broker about the stolen articles. As he was entering the place, he saw Johnson pawning an overcoat. While he did not know the man, he felt that the coat was the one for which he was looking. Johnson, in the meantime, had gotten out the door, but he was overtaken. When searched at the station house sufficient evidence was found in the suspect's pockets to connect him with eleven cases of burglary. He was sent to the Maryland Penitentiary for nine years. On February 6 of the following year Manning arrested Frank Sullivan and Ned Spurrier, charged with assaulting and robbing Mr. Jacob Eakle, of Hagerstown. Patrolman Manning was on day duty at the time and was notified one afternoon that an old man from the country had been beaten and robbed on his post in broad daylight. Being young and energetic, the patrolman felt that he must get the case, or his superiors would think the grass was growing under his feet. He hurried to Pratt and Penn streets, where the holdup took place, and saw the old man, with blood streaming down his face from the blows of his assailants. Then he felt a slight tug at his coat sleeve. He turned and saw a small boy, who led him aside. The youngster said he had seen the robbery and had just passed the highwaymen on Fremont street. With his diminutive assistant, Manning ran to Fremont street, where the youngster pointed out two men. Realizing that the men would run if they had the opportunity, Patrolman Manning ran as lightly as possible and burst between the men. Before they had recovered from the shock of the collision a strong hand clutched both of their collars. At the patrol box Sullivan became unruly.

He twisted Patrolman Manning's thumb back until he dislocated it, but the officer did not release his hold. Though the agony was intense, he did not say a word in complaint, as no one in the crowd would at first aid him. When it seemed that Sullivan would surely get away the prisoner became crazed. He kicked at the crowd and acted so that he came near being mobbed. When the men were searched at the police station Mr. Eakle's watch was taken from Sullivan. Then the young patrolman was given the position of telephone man in the police station, and this valuable experience has stood him in great stead. On March 31, 1888, he was promoted to sergeant, and on August 21, 1891, he was again promoted. It was while a round sergeant that the Deputy waged a war on gambling houses and violators of the liquor law. One of the best raids he ever made was upon a gambling joint in the Western District which had a cigar store front. The store was closed about 9 o'clock every night, and the players used the second floor. Two complaints had been made about the place, both persons declaring they had been fleeced. Early one morning, when all the players had left the building, Round Sergeant Manning and the present Lieutenant Poulton talked the matter over. Manning said he wanted to get into the house to "get the lay of the land," so he climbed the back fence and, with the aid of a ladder, crawled through a second-story window. He made his investigations and looked for the best point to attack, and found it in the kitchen, which, he discovered, was not used. Everything in the room was covered with dust, and the windows and shutters were bolted. The bolts were slid, and the shutters unlatched. Two or three nights later the cigar store was closed, but the lights in the second story were so bright that the "Rounder" knew there was a big game on. He got his squad of raiders and climbed the back fence. Having removed their shoes, the policemen crept into the kitchen, after one of the men had climbed through the kitchen window.

Round Sergeant Manning knew where the game was, so he started to crawl toward it in the darkness. Suddenly he became aware that a sentry stood on the landing above him. "We've got to run for it," he shouted to Poulton, and they reached the sentry's side and clutched him by the throat before he could say a word. The man was too surprised to yell. When they saw the officers in uniform the players were dumfounded. As a round sergeant the Deputy was well informed regarding the Chinese in Chinatown, and he made several raids. One was on Bow Sing's place, in Marion street. Numerous complaints had been made against the dive, and the Deputy started out one night to raid it. He knew the house was barred and provided with signals to warn the gamblers. He knew also that no one could gain entrance until he had shown his face to the doorkeeper, who looked through a glass panel.

Finally, he decided upon a plan. He took his men into the rear yard of a house occupied by several bad characters, which was next door to the dive. All the occupants were kept under surveillance to keep them from warning Bow Sing and his guests. Then, with the door of the house opened just far enough for him to see what was going on, the Deputy waited. Soon a young Chinaman came along, and, thinking no one was in sight, gave the mystic sign and the door was opened. Before the Chinaman could step across the threshold the Deputy had knocked him sprawling and dashed into the den. The gamblers were fined and the Chinaman who was knocked down was ostracized by his fellow-countrymen. In another Chinese raid Round Sergeant Manning dashed into the "joint" and took it by storm. He was in citizen's clothes, and the Chinamen could not stop him until he was alongside of the gaming table, about which 50 Chinamen were seated. The other members of the raiding party were locked out, and the Deputy was left in the den with the gamblers, but no one made an attempt to injure him.

The only time the Deputy's life was in actual danger was when he arrested Lewis Stewart, a young man who lived in South Baltimore some years ago. Stewart and a girl friend had been at a ball and quarreled on the street. Patrolman Nicholson ordered them to move on, and Stewart turned on the officer and shot at him. Round Sergeant Manning was coming down the street, and Stewart approached him with the pistol in his hand. In a minute the young man found himself on his back, but as Manning looked down at his prisoner, he found the muzzle of the pistol staring him in the face. With a quick movement of his hand the round sergeant pushed the young man's hand away just as the weapon was fired. His good work as round sergeant earned promotion, and he was sent to the Central District, where his opportunities were greater. Later he was sent to the Northwestern District, and on April 6, 1898, he was promoted to lieutenant. His good working the house won a captaincy for him August 6, 1900, and he was assigned to the Northeastern District. When he took command, the district needed a strict disciplinarian, and he was the right man for the place. Soon his men began to see him in the district at midnight and at all hours. They met him here, there and everywhere. As a result, everybody worked hard. The most daring piece of work Manning did as captain was to arrange with ex-City Councilman John Stone to be held up on Sinclair Lane, a dark walk in the northeastern suburbs. It was learned that Herbert Carter, alias John Smith, and Llewellen Winslow, alias Louis Keene, had planned to rob Mr. Stone. Mr. Stone was in the coal business, and his receipts Saturday night were said to be large. These he carried home with him and the two young men, it was said, intended to rob him. Captain Manning sent for Mr. Stone and told him of the plan. He got Mr. Stone to consent to be held up. When the hold-up took place Detective Dougherty, Round Sergeant Arbin, Round Sergeant Leverton and several other policemen were nearby. The hold-up was not successful because the officers fired at the men too soon. In the chase which followed one man got away but was caught later. Each man was given nine years in the Maryland Penitentiary. When Marshal Farnan was appointed, Captain Manning took the examination for the Deputy Marshalship. He passed with a high percentage and was promoted. Since that time, he has been out of the limelight, except when Marshal Farnan goes away, when he takes up the reins and handles the affairs of the Department.

 

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Timeline of some of Baltimore's Women in Law Enforcement

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1912- The first Women Officer was hired under the title of Policewomen was Mary S. Harvey, E.O.D. of June 19, 1912, her hiring was followed by that of Margaret B. Eagleston July 22, 1912
1914 -17 October 1914 - The first female officer shot in the line of duty was Policewoman Elizabeth Faber. As she and her partner, Patrolman George W. Popp were attempting to arrest a pickpocket on the Edmondson Avenue Bridge when they were both shot.
1925 - 28 March 1925 - Two female members of the department were given their first lesson in pistol shooting. Baltimore policewomen received their first lesson in the use of firearms. Lieut. James O. Downes, expert marksman and instructor of the Baltimore Police Department's Pistol Team, explained the use of pistols to the two policewomen. Mrs. Mary J. Bruff and Miss Margaret B. Eagleston were the students who appeared at the Central police station yesterday.
1937 - For the first time in the history of the Baltimore Police Department, women have been advanced to the rank of Sergeant - Mrs. Cronin and Misses Lillie, Lynch and Ryan Promoted, The women, four in number, joined the force during or immediately after the World War, when there was a shortage of men, and functioned for a time as telephone and signal operators. Under terms of a bill signed Friday (28 may 1937) by Governor Nice, they will hereafter enjoy the rank and the pay, which is $46.50 a week as against their previous $40-of sergeants.
1937- First African American female Violet Hill Whyte, became Baltimore Police Department's first African American female officer hired. She worked out of the Western District for her 30-year career with the department, rose to the rank of Lieutenant. She was promoted to Sergeant in 1955 and Lieutenant in 1967. During her career, she never missed a day of work.  HERE

1937 - Four females were promoted to the rank of Sergeant, Mrs. Bessie C. Cronin, Ms. Mae E. Lillie, Ms. Clara Lynch and Ms. Margaret Ryan. First time in Baltimore Police History that a female made the rank of Sergeant.
1945 - 2 June 1945 – Policewoman Ada F Bresnan of the Baltimore Police Department, became the first woman elevated to the rank of Sergeant. Sgt. Bresnan was appointed to the department in November of 1929, and on October 10, 1944, was placed in charge of policewomen after the retirement of Miss Eva Eldridge, who held the post for 15 years. The staff now consists of four white women and two Negroes
1952 - Crossing Guards added, hired in June of 1952, trained and ready to take their posts in September at the start of the new school session. Guards made $25 a week to be paid bi-weekly during school sessions.
1953 - Mrs. Mary E. Hoy, Baltimore City Police Crossing Guard received the department's highest award “The Medal of Honor.” During that time School, Crossing Guards were employees of the Baltimore Police Department.
1969 - In May of 1969, we have our first father/daughter on the police department. Officer James F. Stevens and Policewoman Patricia A. Loveless
1969 - 26 July 1969 - Baltimore Police announce their search for uniforms for their 48 sworn Baltimore Policewomen by the end of the year.

1969 - In October of 1969, we have our first female officer honored by the Criminal Justice Commission. Policewoman Mercedes Rankin
1970 - Helen Mackall - Crossing Guard was awarded the Medal of Honor, first African American women to be awarded the medal, she lost her leg saving a child that was nearly run over. During that time School, Crossing Guards were employees of the Baltimore Police Department.
1973 - 8 June 1973 - Gladys Aye became the first woman officer to enter the academy after the designation Policewoman was dropped and both men and women officers went by the single title of "Police Officer" this also gave female officers the opportunity to be promoted above the rank of Lieutenant. The change from Policeman and policewoman was in the works for nearly two weeks before it was officially announced on 11 June 1973  HERE
1973 - 12 June 1973 - The Civil Service Commission authorized the single classification of "Police Officer" to replace the dual designation "Policeman / Patrolman" and "Policewoman / Patrolwoman". This reclassification was a continuation of the department's efforts in the area of equal employment opportunity. (Female "Police Officers" now had the same prerogatives and responsibilities as their male counterparts. Now only one competitive test for promotions is necessary. Thus, a single career ladder was established for all sworn members.) 
1975 - 20 March 1975 - Dorothy Woodcock became the first female aerial observer in Baltimore's Fox Trot unit, at the time they felt she could have actually been the first in the state.
1978 - 24 October 1978 - Baltimore Police promoted the First Woman Police Major, Lt. Patricia Mullen, elevated two grades as she became Major Patricia Mullen. Promoted from Lieutenant of the Homicide Unit, Major Mullen was put in charge of Youth Section. 

1979 - Officer Linda Flood became the first female assigned to plain clothes in the newly formed STOP Squad, which was responsible for arresting street-level drug dealers. She did not stop there; she would later become the first female African-American aerial observer in the helicopter unit.
1981 - Janice West became the first female officer assigned to the Mounted Unit
1982 - Police Officer Kathy Adams is the first female officer to become a member of our QRT (Baltimore's SWAT).
1982 - 30 July 1982 - The First Female K9 officer is assigned. Officer Charlene M. Jenkins was handler to  Max 

198315 January 1983 - The First Woman Promoted to District Commander - Major Bessie R Norris, was promoted to Major and assumed her duties as Commander of the Southwestern District 
1984 - Police Officer Donna M. Cooper was shot on November 2, 1984, and was the first female officer to be awarded the Citation of Valor.
2002 - Police Officer Crystal Deneen Sheffield was the first female officer to die in the line of Duty and also awarded the “Medal of Honor.”
2007 - Deborah A. Owen's promoted to Deputy Commissioner 10/12/2007 highest ranking female

2010 - Deputy Commissioner Deborah Owens was the highest-ranking female in the Department and the only female to reach that rank.
2011 - Officer Latosha Tinsley would be the first surviving female "Officer" to be awarded the “Medal of Honor.” There was a previous female recipient of the award, but while employed by the Baltimore Police department she was acting as a school crossing guard
2018 - LaTonya Lewis promoted to Lt. Colonel 2/9/2018 highest ranking African American female

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This article verifies Police Officer Gladys Aye became the first woman officer to enter the academy after the designation Police Woman was dropped and both men and women officers went by the single title of "Police Officer." This also gave female officers the opportunity to be promoted above the rank of Lieutenant. The change from Policeman and policewoman was in the works for nearly two weeks before it was officially announced on 12 June 1973 and Officer Ayes was hired with the knowledge that she would hold the title Police Officer by the time the academy class began.

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The First Woman Officer to Enter the Academy
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This year, [1957] nearly 10,000 high school girls throughout Maryland will receive graduation diplomas, with an estimated 1500 more receiving college degrees.  What kind of job will they look for?  This is the second in a new series of articles appearing regularly in the women’s pages of the Evening Sun telling of the diverse job opportunities open to intelligent young women who regard their work as “more than just a paycheck.

The Evening Sun Friday

A Girl and Her Job

 24 May 1957

Hometown Adventures and Intrigue

By Alice Price

 

Baltimore women, 21 through 35, can find adventure and intrigue without ever leaving their hometown. Mrs. Frances Seidlick, Senior Policewoman in the Women’s Division of the Baltimore City Police, declares that in her nearly 13 years on the Force, “there has never been a dull moment.” A junior colleague, Miss Geraldine Lane, a former WAC, who has recently completed her two-year probationary period, was quick to agree. All of Baltimore city’s 39 Policewomen are frankly enthusiastic about their work and every hour of the day they are policewomen first, and above all.  That they are instilled with a loyalty to themselves, their city, their fellow workers and the public is apparent in every experience, they relate.

Room for One More

There are more members of the Women’s Division in Pine Street Headquarters than ever before.  However, there is room for one more, says Captain William L.  Hartung, Chief at the Women’s Headquarters there. The objective of the Women’s Division, established in 1912, is the prevention of crime.  Subsequently, a great part of their work deals in the area of human relations, particularly cases involving negligence and broken homes. Before going into the department, they are aware that there are violations of the law. But after they come in direct contact with cases involving the criminal neglect of children, assault, mashers, purse snatchers, nonsupport, rape and others, they are, as Miss Lane puts it, “Outraged at the commonplace prevalence” – of these things.

Recalls 1955 Case

Much of the policewomen’s time is devoted to the negligence of children.  It is unbelievable, says Miss Lane, how very severe this condition is today, even in times of relatively high prosperity. She recalls a case, about two years ago, when she first came on the Force, where 10 children and their parents were found living in two small rooms. The children were sleeping on piles of dirty closed.  And that the father was an alcoholic. There was only one definite course to take.  That children taken into custody of the court.  The court, in turn, put the children in the custody of the Baltimore City Dept of Welfare’s Home Finding Division, later, they were placed in Foster Homes. In most cases, such drastic action is not necessary.  Miss Lane and Mrs. Seidlick both agree that reap the greatest satisfaction from their work when they can witness progress in bringing a disorganized family to operate as a single unit again.

Woman Eats Garbage

Outstanding in Mrs. Seidlick’s recognition is a case, several years ago, where an African American woman was found eating from garbage cans and wandering in the streets. Apparently in her late seventies the woman told of being “In-service” with a local family until she had outlived her usefulness.  Since she had no home, and no relatives there was nothing left for her, she said, but the streets.

Tears came from the policewomen’s eyes as she recounted the story of this wrinkled, feeble old woman dropping to her knees in relief and thanksgiving before a Nun of the Little Sisters of the Poor after her request to live in the convent and care for the chapel had been promised. The desire to help is one of the basic characteristics every police applicant must possess.  If a woman lacks this, Captain Hartung explains, then “they are no good at all, to the department.” Though the women in the city’s police department are not attracted to their careers by the anticipated excitement alone, they will have plenty of it.

Other Daily Chores

And, there is a daily variety of duty.  Aside from handling such cases as nonsupport, negligence of children, etc., they are apt to work on special detail with Abortion, Rackets and Narcotic Squads, the Missing Persons Bureau, Sanitation Department, Mashers, Molesters and Gamblers. Not too long ago, Ms. Lane was “roughed up a bit,” when a young Purse Snatcher selected her as a victim.  Miss Lane, was actually a decoy flanked by two plainclothesmen in an area where the snatcher was operating. The young culprit was thwarted but managed to flatten Miss Lane before he was shot while trying to escape, by one of the protective officers.  In the excitement Miss Lane didn’t have a chance to signal her bodyguards as previously planned. Policewomen are often frightened but never thwarted from their duty.  They will tell anyone they are often scared but ever confident of the coverage they receive from the officers accompanying them whenever they act as decoys. About a year ago, three months after they had been armed with a small revolver, several were detached as decoys in an effort to catch a, “Slasher” loose in the northeastern section of the city.

“They Were Scared”

“Sure,” they admit, “they were scared then,” but had confidence in their ability and the realization that they had, “a real job to do.” Women on the force find also that the policewomen’s salary and security benefits are attractive. They receive the same salary as the policemen: the first year $4000 is their base pay; the second, $4250, and the third year, $4500. During their service with the department, the women are granted “Unlimited Sick Leave,” provided they don’t misuse this privilege, of course, says, Captain Hartung.

Other Types of Work

The more background in education and general work experience a woman has the better, naturally, the Captain believes.  They may be called on for duty as a stenographer, nurse (there are three registered nurses in the department now) telephone operator, waitress, or a number of other vocations – whatever the situation demands. An applicant must first take a battery of tests, including one for intelligence and aptitude, at the State Employment Service Office at 6 North Liberty Street. If she receives a satisfactory grade, she’d advance to the City Service Commission for an application.  After formally submitting her application, each woman is setup for a “rigid” investigation.

Similar Training

Women making applications for appointment with the Women’s Division need not necessarily be perfection personified.  They must, however, measure up to a certain requirement.  Besides, unquestionable loyalty and a broad interest in social work, the applicants must have unimpeachable conduct, manners and a good general intelligence.  And too, each applicant must realize the responsibilities of the job.

Besides receiving the same salaries as a fellow policeman, the women undergo a similar training program. After their appointment by the Baltimore City Police Commissioner, they attend Police School for a 12 week course which includes instruction in law, conduct, and this is all one courtesy (for creating a good public relationship) judo and firearms. The department feels judo, which enables a woman to employ physical protection where ability and no how mean more than strength, and accuracy in firing a handgun will be sufficient.  Entire practice, a marksman score is their aim – 60 out of a possible one hundred bulls-eyes.

Expansion Program

In addition, policewomen during the 12-week training period, must pass a “rigid driver’s test,” following a two-day instruction course. Captain Hartung, says the Women’s Division handles about 170 cases a week involving anything in the racket line plus: runaway juveniles, accompanying women into court, negligence, nonsupport and others. Apparently, there is a constant and ever-increasing need for women in the Baltimore City Police Department.  An expansion program has been in effect since the women’s division was organized in 1912 with a lone woman “squad.” In 1940 (Mrs. Seidlick came to the department in 1944) there were only three women in the division. However, since the women moved to the Pine Street Station in 1952 with an 11 women detachment, the department has steadily expanded by reason of demand.

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In the 1915 BPD Rules and Regulations, a Policewoman's job was described as

Rule 20 Page 48-49

Matrons of the Police Force (Policewomen)

1. Matrons of the Police Force (Policewomen), are conservators of the peace and members of the Force; they are amenable to the rules and regulations of the Department in so far as the rules and regulations respectively apply, subject to such modifications thereof, as may from time to time be defined by the Board of Police Commissioners or the Marshall in special and general orders.

2. They would report directly to the Marshal and will perform such special and general duties and make such reports as may be from time to time directed by the Board of Police Commissioners, or the Marshal.

3. Matrons to the Force (Policewomen), shall serve on probation for one year.

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Jun 3, 1945

Miss Anna F. Bresnan, Chief of Policewomen of the Baltimore Police Department, yesterday was appointed to Sergeant, by Hamilton Atkinson, Commissioner of the Police Department. The first woman elevated to the rank of Sgt., Miss Bresnan was appointed to the force in November 1929, and on October 10, 1944, was placed in charge of policewomen after the retirement of Miss Eva Eldridge, who held the post for 15 years. The staff now consists of four white women and two Negroes.

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1954 Three New Women Officers Join the Baltimore Police Force
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This was a detail in which Major Bolesta put Sue Ritz and Andrea Nolan on in January 1984. They were decoys for a purse snatching crew that were targeting elderly women in Sector 3 (Cross-country Blvd., Rogers Ave.) While Sue and Andrea walked foot, they were trailed by P/O Joe Drobrashelsky. One night while walking past the Fire Station on Cross-country, the firemen saw Officer Drobrashelsky trailing the ladies and thought he was the purse snatcher. Our fine women in law enforcement had to break cover to prevent their tail from getting a beat down by the fire department.

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Baltimore's Finest

Baltimore City Police Department's First, and Second Policewomen

The first women hired under the title of, "Policewomen" by Baltimore City was Mary S. Harvey, E.O.D. of 19 June 1912, followed by Margaret B. Eagleston on 22 July 1912. She traveled the world to inspect how other departments were using female officers and reported back to the Marshal of Baltimore's Police. Mrs. Harvey, passed away on 26 Mar 1934, in Tyron, Craven County, NC. Ms. Eagleston who was the second female officer hired, 22 July 1912, passed away on 3 Oct 1929, while she was still active in the BPD. Policewomen at that time were assigned to HQ under the Police Marshal, and mostly dealt with Social problems, children, other types of crime involving women, as well as challenged individuals.


In 1914 the first woman officer to be shot in the line of duty within our agency was Elizabeth Faber she was shot 18 Oct 1914 on the Edmondson Avenue Bridge (Officer Faber survived her injuries, but resigned less than a year later due to those injuries, and somewhat might today be called PTS or PTSD - Women on the force at that time would not become armed until 1925; a full 11 years after the shooting of this officer, and 13 years after the first woman officer was hired. They were true pioneers in the Baltimore Police Force).  Devider

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28 Mar 1925

Policewomen Receive -  Firearms Instruction
March 28, 1925 - Baltimore Sun Paper
Two female members of department given the first lesson in pistol shooting. Baltimore policewomen yesterday received in their first lesson in the use of firearms. Lieut. James O. Downes, expert marksman and instructor of the Baltimore Police Department's Pistol Team, explained the use of pistols to the two policewomen. Mrs. Mary J. Bruff and Miss Margaret B. Eagleston were the students who appeared at the Central police station yesterday. Several minutes later the basement of the building resounded with sharp reports (sounds of gunfire) as efforts were made to pierce the "Bulls-eye". The target was 6 feet in distance from the policewomen. Other policewomen will receive their first lesson next week. The distance of the target will be increased as Lieut. Downes plans to make each of five expert shots. With the exception of Mrs. Mary Harvey, none of the policewomen are familiar with firearms. The others are Miss Eva Aldridge and Ms. Mildred Campbell. 

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POLICE GET FIRST WOMEN SERGEANTS

30 May 1937

 

Quartet Advanced "Under

Terms Of Bill Signed Friday

By Nice - May 30, 1937  

Mrs. Cronin and Misses Lillie, Lynch and Ryan Promoted Pay to be $46.50. For the first time in the history of the Baltimore Police Department, women have been advanced to the rank of sergeant. The women, four in number, joined the force during or immediately after the World War, when there was a shortage of men, and functioned for a time as telephone and signal operators. Under terms of a bill signed Friday (28 may 1937) by Governor Nice, they will hereafter enjoy the rank and the pay, which is $46.50 a week as against their previous $40-of sergeants. Recipients Listed The recipients of the promotions and their present positions are Miss Mae E. Little, clerk in the office of the commissioner. Mrs. Bessie K. Cronin, Northern District telephone operator. Miss Clara Lynch, Clerk, Missing Persons Bureau. Miss Margaret Ryan, clerk in the police

Headquarters. Miss Ryan is the senior of the four in point of service. She was appointed to the force on January 9, 1917, serving on the headquarters switchboard until she was advanced to the clerkship. She lives in 1100 Block Barkley Street. Appointed Same Day Miss Little and Mrs. Cronin, who live at 4329 Glenmore Avenue and 2716 Oak Street, respectively, were appointed on the same day. October 2, 1918. Miss Little served first as Central District operator before being transferred to the commissioner’s office. Mrs. Cronin has remained at her original post at the Northern district switchboard. Miss Lynch was appointed on January 10, 1921, originally worked at the Eastern district board, and went from there to headquarters.

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In 1937 Violet Hill Whyte became the BPD's first African American officer hired by the force. She was assigned to the Northwestern / Western District for her entire career. In 1955 she was promoted to Sergeant and in 1967 she was promoted to Lieutenant, and retired shortly afterward. In The Afro American News Paper, they wrote of her -Baltimore's first Black Policewoman, Lieutenant Violet Hill Whyte, 88 died July 17, 1980, at the Keswick nursing home where she had been since November 1979.Born in Washington, DC Violet Whyte was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Hill. She was a graduate of Douglass High School and Coppin Teachers College. When she joined the force, she was assigned to the Northwestern District. (The old Western District)Her promotion to Sergeant took place in October 1955 and in the following February she was transferred to the Pine Street station.When the new Western station was opened in August 1959 she was named to head its detail of policewomen. Lieutenant Whyte never wore a uniform and was seldom armed; she worked on a variety of cases on narcotics, robbery, homicides, child abuse, and sexual delinquency. During her 30 years on the force, Lieutenant Whyte never missed a day at work and was willing to go out and work at all hours because she recognized the problems. In a 1963 AFRO-AMERICAN newspaper clipping, Lieutenant Violet Whyte stated: "I'm not afraid of work, my first case was to investigate a homicide and it was successful.” Lieutenant Whyte stated she found it easy to overcome racial antagonism. She received special training in police work in various seminars and universities. She served as commission to study problems of delinquency. During her 30 years on the police force, she proved that time and time again by working 16 to 20 hour days, often starting at 6 a.m. She collected clothing for prison inmates and needy people, made holiday baskets for the needy and counseled delinquent children and their families. Devider
In an Afro-American newspaper report, they wrote of her - Baltimore's first Black Policewoman, Sgt. Violet Hill Whyte, 88 died July 17, 1980, at the Keswick nursing home where she had been since November 1979. Born in Washington, DC Sgt. Whyte was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Hill. She was a graduate of Douglass High School and Coppin Teachers College. When she joined the force, she was assigned to the Northwestern District. (The old Western District) Her promotion to Sergeant took place in October 1955 and in the following February she was transferred to the Pine Street station. When the new Western station was opened in August 1959 she was named to head its detail of policewomen. Sgt. Whyte never wore a uniform and was seldom armed, she worked on a variety of cases on narcotics, robbery, homicides, child abuse, and sexual delinquency. During her 30 years on the force, Sgt. Whyte never missed a day at work and was willing to go out and work at all hours because she recognized the problems. In 1963 AFRO clipping Sgt. Whyte stated "I'm not afraid of work, my first case was to investigate a homicide and it was successful. Sgt. Whyte stated she found it easy to overcome racial antagonism. She received special training in police work in various seminars and universities. she served as commission to study problems of delinquency. 

Women Police 1950s

Photo by Sun Paper Photographer Albert D. Cochran
Women and the Baltimore Police Department 1953

12 June 1952

Here It Is, Girls – The Uniform That Will Stop Traffic Next Fall.

Designed by a woman and approved by 10 men who solemnly discussed such details as skirt lengths, stiff plastic visors versus soft cloth ones, heel heights, etc., this is the authorized costume for the newly created Women’s Auxiliary to the Police Force – The School Crossing Guard – who go on duty when classes reopen in September. At the invitation of Police Commissioner Beverly Ober, the men, representing The Department of Education, Automobile Club, Safety Council, and Parent-Teacher Associations, met in the Col.’s office in the Central Police Headquarters to okay the outfit adapted by Mrs. Frederick B. Bang, of the Baltimore League of Women’s Voters.

Visor Adopted

There was some talk of an overseas cap, but since that type is used in so many capacities, the one with the visor was chosen. This, plus a top coat of worsted gabardine, including a zip–in lining for winter, two white blouses, an inch-wide black knit tie, white cotton, and white wool gloves, and the necessary rain-wear comprises the uniform. It will cost about $140 – which the men believe was reasonable enough.

Wear Own Shoes

After a little conversation on the subject of shoes, the men decided “Since comfortable feet are an important factor” to let the ladies wear their own – provided “they are of navy blue calfskin – to match the belt and attached purse – with closed heels and toes and neither perforations nor decorations.” They may be pumps or oxfords. “The height of the heel makes a big difference to some women,” Col. Ober  observed. The skirts will be 12 inches from the ground. The high visibility yellow rain cape, with a navy corduroy collar, will overlap the black zippered galoshes by 3 inches. The matching cover will be one of the shoulder length jobs that snaps under the chin, thus protecting milady’s permanent on damp days. And her badge may be attached on both. Col. Ober made it clear that he is only replacing traffic officers already on duty at school crossings and is not creating any new posts. There are, he explained, no funds available for additional guards. He also suggested that potential members of the force mention, in their applications, the school in whose area they reside. The salary is $25 a week will be paid bi-weekly during the school year.

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With a heft of the hem, policewoman, Ethel T. Divens, a Baltimore policewoman draws a revolver from a stocking holster in a demonstration. This is one of several types of holsters that are being tested by the Baltimore Police Department. The city's policewomen have been issued guns for the first time; their work is being extended beyond the juvenile cases they handled in the past. The gun is a special designed .32 caliber revolver nicknamed, "The Cobra". Where to hide it is a subject under study at the department. In detective stories, the female officer carries her gun in her handbag. But in real life, this has its disadvantages as the handbag can be snatched – and as our women officers are used as decoys for purse snatchers – and it holds so many other things. Shoulder holsters can be hidden under a suit. But what happens on a hot summer day? The stocking holster is easy to get at but it tends to pull down the stockings, and drawing it could draw too much attention; especially if the holstered gam is shapely.

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1978 - 25 Oct 1978 - Lt. Patricia Mullen, of the city Police Department, was promoted to major making her the highest appointed woman official in the history of the department.

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Officer Dotty Woods
First Female Flight Observer in Baltimore's Fox Trot Unit
Possibly in the State of Maryland says source Baltimore Sun
20 March 1975

From "Fifteen Years of Progress Donald Pomerleau"
1982

On June 11, 1973, the Civil Service Commission authorized the single classification "Police Officer" to replace the dual designation "Patrolman" and "Police Woman". This reclassification was a continuation of the department's efforts in the area of equal employment opportunity. Female "Police Officers" now had the same prerogatives and responsibilities as their male counterparts. Now only one competitive test for promotions is necessary. Thus, a single career ladder was established for all sworn members.

This is the second part of a series featuring women in nontraditional jobs and who are the first of females in their jobs

In 1970 the Baltimore City Police Department had 53 female officers of which 12 were black. By this year that figure had grown to 163 with 91 being black. Females are not only proving themselves as officers but advancing into unique areas within the department and challenging their male counterparts. Three young ladies, Officer Janice West, Carolyn Hawkins, and Sgt. Linda Flood, all served the requested time on patrol before taking on jobs that earned them second looks, and double takes from the citizens they're out there protecting. Janice West, caught Baltimore's attention last year riding through the streets of Baltimore on a horse, she was the first woman to become a mounted police officer. "I chose mounted because it was something different. - I have never been on a horse before. The department was looking for women in that unit so I signed up for it." She recalls having to ride bareback for the first week and falling off, "I kept saying to myself why am I doing this? I should quit…" - "But then I realized what my ambitions were and I told myself to hang in there, the saddle would be better." Janice, a perfect model type, she stands 5' 10" and wears a size 9 dress; having graduated from the police academy in 1977 she was assigned to the southwest district. "There were not many women when I started some people thought I couldn't do the job but I knew I could", she said with an air of confidence,  "I had my own way of handling situations, I just talked to people the way I felt they wanted to be talked to." Miss West states, "Most men she meets the idea of a woman having a different kind of career. They like the idea of a woman not being at home, or in the office." Her duties include issuing tickets and working in crowd control situations. Sometimes she comes down off her horse and works on foot at sporting events at the Stadium. "I really feel good about my job, I feel I've accomplished something. But this is just the first phase of what I really want to accomplish" Carolyn Hawkins a 1968 graduate of Carver vocational-technical high school, joined the department because "Insider work just wasn't for me" in high school while setting her sights on a dressmaking and design career, she had no idea she would eventually become a police officer. "Sometimes I felt like the men didn't want us there but I never had any problems." After graduation Ms. flood was soon on our way to achieving several firsts in the department assigned to the plainclothes division in 1979, she was the first female to work in the STOP squad, one of the department's tactical units. -

 

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Then came the job as an Aerial Observer in the helicopter unit, another first and now, of the 55 black police officers promoted as a result of a suit filed by several black officers, Officer Flood now Sgt Flood was the only black female, to be promoted to the rank of Sgt. Currently the highest ranking female is Major Patricia Mullins and Lieut. Bessie Nourse, a 16-year veteran is the highest-ranking black female. Mrs. Violet Hill Whyte who died in July became the first black policewoman in 1937 and never missed a day on the job for more than the 30 years.

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Police Promote Women to District Commander

23 Dec 1982

Baltimore Sun paper 23 December 1982

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Police Promote Woman to District Commander

Baltimore city police Commissioner Frank J Battaglia announced several Christmas promotions yesterday, including the appointment of the first woman district commander in departmental history. Lieut. Bessie R Norris, 49, Dean of students with the department’s education and training division, The series of promotions was prompted by the upcoming retirement of Col. William L Rawlings chief of criminal investigations division. Col. Rowlands plans to leave the force January 15 Harry C Allender, now a major serving as deputy chief in charge of the central, Southwest and southern districts, was promoted to Col. and will replace Col. Rawlings. The new deputy chief will be Major Calvin Lewis, who is currently commander of the southwestern district. Major Norris, an 18 year veteran of the force, or replace Major Lewis, in addition to being the first woman district commander, she is also the first black a woman to attain the rank of major. A native of McBee, South Carolina Major Norris earned her associates degree from the community college of Baltimore 10 years after becoming a police officer. In 1976, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice from Coppin State University. She was promoted to Lieut. in 1978 and served in the criminal investigations and personnel divisions before working of the shift commander at the Northwest district station. She was the first woman to be a shift commander in the districts. Major Norris has been working in the education and training division since June. She previously worked in the department’s communication division. In other promotions, Lieut. Joseph T Newman, head of the recently formed and highly publicized narcotics task force, was promoted to Capt. and named as head of the bisection in the criminal investigations division. Capt. Newman, 36, had been a member of the force since 1969. He has worked in criminal investigations division since 1971. In 1980 he received a bronze star for his work and narcotics.

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 Mar 26, 1987

Police Career is Big Challenge for Women
Deborah I Greene Sun Staff Writer

The Sun (1837-1987); Mar 26, 1987;
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Linda flood rarely thinks about the years as she spent flipping hamburgers on the grill or pounding away at a keyboard in the billing department of a store. There weren’t many changes then. Certainly, nothing to compare to the scaling of an 80-foot wall, hovering in a helicopter high above the city, or posing as a decoy for rapist at dark city bus stops. And when she remembers she is but one of three women lieutenants in the Baltimore City Police Department a force made up of thousands, and a hint of a satisfying smile creeps into the corner of her mouth. “When I came here 12 years ago you could count the number of women in the department on one hand,” the 35-year-old supervisor said, “then, everyone was skeptical of me because not only did I have to prove myself because I was new, but also because I was a woman.” During her police career, she has worked with the narcotics squad, the sex crimes squad, the helicopter squad and the internal investigations division. She also was the first woman to graduate from the department’s tactical squad. In the past two decades, Baltimore’s police force has been not only a challenge but a viable alternative for women entering the workforce. Some women officer say that the skills they gather from more traditional roles have prepared them for their job as protectors of society, a career that involves more negotiation than physical confrontation. “Women have for centuries successfully handled the hardest job in the world and that is being a wife and a mother – often as head of the household,” says agent Arlene Jenkins, a spokeswoman for the Police Department and a mother of two, “to me, that’s probably more difficult than being a police officer.” “The same dedication and skills women have used in being a wife and mother are those they use in their job as police officers – skills such as negotiating, mediating, and counseling,” Asian Jenkins says. There are about 300 women on the police force currently made up of 1569 officers officer Bonnie Keller chuckles when she remembers the rigorous 20 weeks of training and a difficult Academy course she undertook at the Academy five years ago. “We took courses like sociology and psychology and I remember that there was always a lot of running. Running up and down steps, running around the harbor in 90° weather, and lifting tires over your head to build upper body strength,” said the five-year veteran. “It never got easier but there was always a lot of support among the officers and it was a good feeling to know that the support you encountered in training you hoped you also would encounter on the streets,” says Lieut. Keller. Some officers develop a “macho attitude” to deal with the skepticism they sometimes face among their peers and the public. But there are times when a strong attitude is needed. “Everybody has their own way of acting when you go out on the street. You never know if it’s going to be a simple call return in the something complex,” says officer Shirley Jean Wood. Some women are reluctant to talk to family and friends about the stress that accompanies their job. Often, in the eyes of their children, they are seen as “supermoms,” balancing a household checkbook in one hand and a nightstick in the other. Many say that despite their proficiency on the firing range, in combat, or while solving day to day problems for the public, their male counterparts remain skeptical of their achievements. “I would like to thank that a lot of the old male viewpoint – that this is a man’s job and there was absolute, no room in this profession for women – has changed and is changing,” says Lieut. Bass. “I think those who thought that a few years ago are learning through experience and observation that is just not so,” he added. The number of women applying to the force is higher today than they were two decades ago when the Academy graduated a woman once or twice a year. However, the number of women promoted to higher rank in the department still remains low. In addition to the three women Lieutenants, the department also has a Colonel and two Sergeants. “You’ve got to be determined,” said Lieut. flood as she squared her white lieutenants, took her place at the podium and led the group of two dozen officers in the roll call

 

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Female Detective makes History in Baltimore

BALTIMORE - Anastacia Oluoch is spending her 59th birthday Monday in a Baltimore jail.  And the woman who helped put her there spent the day talking to ABC-2.  Baltimore Detective Julie Pitochelli chased the fugitive around the world and finally brought her back to see justice served, making history with the police department. You don't have to tell Julie Pitochelli it's a man's world.  As one of the 702 women in the 3,300 member Baltimore City Police Department, she already knows.  She explains, "When I first got here I felt like I really had to prove myself." That was 19 years ago.  But Detective Pitochelli's latest move has left no doubt about her abilities.  She brought back the first international extradition suspect in the department's history, something no man on the squad has ever done.  Pitochelli says helping the department hit that milestone isn’t about her gender, "I like people to judge me based on the work that I do, not because I'm a woman or anything else.  I like my work product to speak for itself." In this case, it did and it wasn't easy.  Pitochelli’s crammed case folder is evidence.  With help from the FBI and Interpol, it took the detective five years to bring Anastacia Oluoch back from Africa. Oluoch fled Baltimore and the U.S. in 2007; accused of beating 90-year-old John Taylor, a patient she was caring for.  It was a brutal attack caught on tape by the victim's daughter, Jaki.  Pitochelli says, "This one was personal.  We don't usually connect with family members as much as I did with Jaki.  Five years working with her day in and day out, I consider her a friend now." It is a friendship forged in mutual motivation:  righting a wrong and serving justice.  Jaki pushed and Julie responded, showing the strength to lead a case from halfway around the world, but never losing the sensitivity it required at home.  She tells ABC-2, “I have a way of making people feel at ease.  They talk to me.  They can tell me things they might not tell other police." Pitochelli helped convince Oluoch's family in Delaware to tell police where Anastacia had gone.  She says she also helped build the case that had a Nairobi court send her back, “They had to believe we had enough evidence against their citizen to bring her back." The dedicated detective had collected more than enough over the years.  Baltimore Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says, "It's refreshing to see how one case inspired her for the last five years to work so hard to bring this woman back to justice." And when it came down to Oluoch's return, it was Julie who got to escort her into Baltimore Police Headquarters.  It was an emotional conclusion to an investigation half a decade in the making.  Pitochelli says, “It was shocking and relief.  I thought, ‘Oh my God, it's finally over’." But even after Oluoch’s return, there were some tense moments.  Once back on U.S. soil, Pitochelli had concerns the fugitive would be released on bail.  She was eventually held on no bail.  Oluoch will be arraigned October 12th in Baltimore. 

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1865 -  6 women matrons appointed in New York City.
1880/86 - Police matrons appointed in 13 cities.
1888 - Massachusetts passed a law directing the appointment of police matrons in all cities of  20,000 inhabitants.
1910 - First policewoman appointed in Los Angeles
1924 - 145 cities employ policewomen, (Owings)
1927 - Above facts quoted (C.T.F.E.331)
1929 - Census of policewomen in the U.S.A. gives a total of 593} employed by 260 cities and 28 counties* Largest numbers New York 115s Detroit 45* Chicago 30* Washington 23; Los Angeles 22$ St. Louis 18j Cleveland 15. (Report of International Policewomen's Association) Organized as Women Bureaux*

1930 - Crime Prevention Bureau in New York employed 53 women,  (C.T.F.E.509)
1934 - “A movement for the permanent establishment of Women's Bureaux in city police departments and appointment of properly trained and qualified policewomen in all communities” 

The first woman who has been made a member of a Police Force “lives in St Paul, Minn.  Her name is Mrs. Edwin T. Root and she was named a full-fledged Officer of the law by the Mayor of St. Paul” ….. From that information, I would say, St Paul, Minn had the first Woman Officer in the country.

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Nancylee Kleine formerly Nancylee Wilhelm passed away on December 19th 2012Photo Courtesy Andy de la Vara
The Female Police Officer to the far left wearing a black dress with white color is "Nancylee Kleine" formerly "Nancylee Wilhelm"

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Calvin McCleese

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On 5 March 1989 – Retired Officer Calvin McCleese would die effecting an arrest in his neighborhood - For years the toll bridge at the end of Dundalk Ave in Baltimore County was closed, it sat unused and inoperable. Even longer than that it was under the watchful eye of one of our Department’s finest; Southeast District’s Officer Calvin McCleese lived on the corner of Dundalk Ave and Bullneck Rd. just across the street from the bridge and Watersedge Park, the ladies and gentlemen that collected tolls were safe from anyone trying to bring them harm. Even though its location is in the county, like his family, and his post, Officer McCleese protected his neighborhood. He had two sons Michael, and Jeff that would also grow up to be Police.

Calvin McCleese worked his entire career with the Baltimore Police Department all in the same area since his joining in 1957. He started out in Eastern District's Southeast Substation until 1958/59 when Southeast Station House on Eastern Ave. opened. The kind of police Calvin was; on 22 Jan 1970, while patrolling in Highland town, he grew suspicious of a car parked around the corner from The Chesapeake Federal Savings and Loan. Officer McCleese approached the car just as the car’s tag number was broadcast over his radio in a report about a bank robbery at The Chesapeake S&L. Officer McCleese pulled his handgun and single-handedly captured the two men in the car, one of which was armed with a sawed-off shotgun. But that was 1970, and that was the way Officer McCleese worked.

He retired from the department in 1985 and went on to be the typical retired police… He still looked out for his family and his neighborhood… until this day in 1989 when a vehicle being operated by a drunk driver either not knowing the bridge was closed, or just plain lost control, but it hit the bridge embankments, had an accident and his car burst into flames… Retired Officer McCleese ran to the driver’s aid, after breaking the windows and getting the driver out, the driver woke up. Fearing he would be arrested for DWI, and an out of state warrant he decided he would fight the man that just came to his aid and saved his life. Having just fought his way into a burning car, and getting a man out, then realizing the man was drunk, Officer McCleese wasn’t about to just let him go. So he fought back, subduing the individual until Baltimore County Police would show up on scene, laying on top of him pinning him down when police arrived and took over the arrest. Officer McCleese had had a heart attack which he would succumb to on scene. Officer McCleese had held on for as long as he could. His last action in his life was to first save a life, and then to effect an arrest of a drunk driver and wanted fugitive.

Those that knew him, knew how much he loved being a Baltimore Police Officer, the pride he had in wearing our badge, and while he had already been retired for a few years, he died on this day in 1989 doing what he loved best… serving his community. BTW, one of the ladies P/O McCleese was intent on guarding at that toll booth was his wife, Rebecca McCleese the mother of his two sons.

May he never be forgotten as "His service "Honored" the City of Baltimore and the Police Department" God bless and RIP

#‎BPDNeverForget‬

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Novelty Patches

Novelty Patches

Baltimore City Patches

Collector, Novelty, and Unit


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A Novelty Patch said to have been used during the Raven's Parade Detail

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The Following Four Patches, look Better in our hands than they do on screen and can be picked up from Jeff Gary Send me an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll get contact info

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Our 2015 Riot Squad Patch recognizing today's riot police, remembering yesterdays

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Police Patches

Police Patches

Baltimore City Police Patches

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1952 Sun paper Photo Digital Painting 
Introduction of the BPD Shoulder Rocker Patch

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"EVER ON THE WATCH"

All Patched up..  

For years our department wore a single patch on our left arm, first a rocker panel arched up (See Patch BCPD-1). The patch was black with simple yellow (gold) fonts/thread that read "Baltimore City Police". Then we went to a more detailed blue shoulder patch with a Maryland seal more like the one worn today. (See Patch BCPD-2) The shield on the patch like the one in the center of the badge, and collar pins, blouse buttons etc. has the, "Great Seal of Maryland" a design that was brought over from England during the early days of the colony. The shield, has the Calvert and Crossland arms (quartered). The 2nd Lord Baltimore (Cecilus Calvert) choose this design with the gold and black of the "Calvert's" in the upper left, and lower right quarters, and the red and white crosses of the Crossland family (the second Lord Baltimore's maternal for bearers) in the lower left, and upper right quarters.. This patch was unchanged until late 60's early 70's when the word "CITY" was dropped from the patch, to give us the patch that is worn today (Patch BPD-3). There were many rumors as to why the word "CITY" was dropped, the most common was "COST". Someone convinced a lot of people that it cost less to have patches made with fewer letters/words on them, and that with the number of patches bought by the department, it was done to save money. Another rumor was that it was done to change the appearance of the city, i.e. "CITY" is not a place for tourist, city is a place for crime. Dropping "CITY" reduces the reason for people to stay on 95 instead of stopping in for a visit. And the third was, "Baltimore City" PD and, "Baltimore County" PD both had the same initials. So to avoid confusion, and since The Baltimore City Police Department was the senior of the departments, they should be the department recognized as "The Baltimore Police Department" without a designation as to whether they are "City" or "County"... All three convincing stories BUT...

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A SHOCK TO PATRIOTISM

"Beauty Squad" Wearing, The Wrong Colors On Coats.

16 Aug 1905

Bombshell for Police Board Ukase Goes Forth That Unheralded Orange and Black Shall Give Way

To Simon Pure "Or and Sable."  Shades of the Immortal Lords Baltimore, can such things be!

That astute and august body, the Honorable Board of Police Commissioners, sifted, and resifted, then resifted, the sifted... some more the 300 odd men who guard the lives, the homes and the politics of the people in order to get a score of human perfectos that would combine the grace and strength of Apollo Belvedere and Eugene Sandow. The selection has thus far evoked no adverse criticism from the Municipal Art Commission.

The Board thought and thought again and thought still more concerning the wherewithal the 20 nonpareils should be clothed. They should have a Gold Hat Cord and White Gloves, said the board, with an eye for the artistic, and with commendable patriotism they should wear upon their coat sleeves a the gorgeous Coat of Arms of Maryland. It was done, and an appreciative public smiled Approvingly. 

And then came the inevitable iconoclast, the role being assumed by Col. William H. Love, who says In effect that the coat of arms which bedecks the blue uniforms of the "Beauty Squad'' ls about as correct historically as an Aztec sketch of Brian Boru, the original Fenian, would probably be.

In a letter to the board Colonel Love calls Its attention to the fact that the quartering on the arms is Orange, a color unknown In the realm of Maryland heraldry, As every eighth-grade schoolboy o the 1950s knew the Maryland colors were and still are "Or" and "Sable", that is, "Gold" and "Black." To say that the board was horrified would have been to Put it mildly, almost too mild.

A member of the "Beauty Squad" was yanked from the streets to come before the Board of Commissioners, he attended while trembling before the tribunal. The emblem on his sleeve was examined, and he was questioned; "Is it or and sable?" asked the board. "I d·d-don't know, ·sir," stammered the unfortunate officer as he stood in exhibit.

The authorities were consulted, and the truth was revealed. The quartering of the Coat of Arms was plain, common Orange a deep Orange of the California seedless variety. The relieved officer was allowed to depart, and the firm that furnished the Coats of Arms Emblems was called in to account for their gross violation of the rules of Heraldry. 

The firm apologized as they explained to the board that in the print shop they use catalogs to identify colors and assure the right colors go to the right project, in this case, OR and sable were used, all of their workers knew Sable was Black, and as sure as they were that black was sable, they were also sure Or was an abbreviation for Orange. They apologized for the mistake assuring it would not happen again, and that when the winter uniforms were made, the 1st and 4th quarters will be corrected using the correct "OR" and "SABLE." The firm made a note of the correct colors and promised the next shipment will be as ordered.

Meanwhile, the "Beauty Squad" will continue to besport the armorial bearings that resemble the original as much as an inflammatory chromo of an Alpine sunset looks like the real Swiss article.

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Let's learn, The True Story...

Why the patch was changed!! To understand why that happened, we need to know a little bit about the History of the City of Baltimore. Going back to the 1800's, Baltimore had the reputation of being a "bad town", at one time it was referred to as "Mob Town." During the Civil War, The Southern Sympathizers in Baltimore actually fired on Federal Troops who passed through the City, as they marched from one train station to another, on their way to battle, it was the Sixth Massachusetts, that was attacked! The power to appoint the Police Commissioner naturally resided with the Mayor. But, the City Government became so corrupted, that the appointing authority for the Police Commissioner was taken from the Mayor, and given to the Governor. I guess that was to "isolate" the appointment of the Commissioner from the corruption of the Mayor's Office! Anyhow, it was a unique position, to have a Major City Police Chief appointed, not by that City's Mayor, but by the Governor of the State! Commissioner Donald D. Pomerleau was appointed by the Gov. J Millard Tawes at the time, it was around 1966 or so, at any rate shortly after the Release of the IACP's Report on the Baltimore City Police Department, which was a scathing report, indicating an inefficient, and corrupt agency! Pomerleau had been one of the IACP's "Inspectors" who made the study, and issued the report! I guess the report is about three inches thick! Subsequent to that Report, Bernie Schmidt, who was then the Commissioner, retired sorta under fire, and eventually Pomerleau (after a couple of inter-rim Police Commissioners, including one of our own Inspectors, and later Army General George Gelston, who is buried in our very own Greenmount Cemetery, along with former BCPD Police Commissioner Beverly Ober, who was really a man before his time) was appointed to that position! Fast forward a few years, Pomerleau is still the Police Commissioner, and William Donald is now the Mayor, and the PC is still appointed by the Governor! At that time, the patches read: "Baltimore City Police!"

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Notice in Early Baltimore City Patches, the Monument dipped up into the Letter "L" in POLICE

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Baltimore Police Patch History

Until 1952 the Baltimore Police Department didn’t have a shoulder patch. Under Commissioner Beverly Ober Baltimore Police would get their first regular patch, it was a rocker patch and had a black background with both a yellow outline and yellow lettering. At the time, police wore just one patch, and it was on the shoulder of their left sleeve. The rocker patch would remain in use until 1967 when Police Commissioner Donald D. Pomerleau switched to the shield-shaped patch which with only one exception is similar to the one worn today and found in this folder. From 1967 until 1974 the word “CITY” was on our police patch. In 1974 with Donald Pomerleau still Commissioner the word “CITY” was removed. There were rumors as to why the word “CITY” came off the patch. Some said it was to save money; others said because the police department fell under state government. But the truth was the city was changing its image from a “Port/Industry Town” to a “Tourist Town.” Mayor Donald Schaffer wanted the word “CITY” removed from as many places as possible. Some say even highway and road signs went from “Baltimore City - 25 Miles ahead” to “Baltimore - 25 Miles ahead.” His efforts paid off with the success of the Inner Harbor starting in the mid to late 1970s and opening in the early 1980s. Baltimore became a worldwide tourist destination and model of urban planning and development. In 1995 the final change to our patch came when Commissioner Thomas C. Fraiser went to a double patch system in which we put a patch on both shoulders. Through all the changes one thing has remained the same, and that is every man or woman that wears or has worn the patch of a Baltimore Police Officer has worn a patch of pride and taken an oath to protect and serve a city that they have come to love and respect.

In 1995 the story went a Commissioner was standing in the lobby of the Omni Hotel; it was Preakness time, the horses ready to run, the city poised for a week of wealthy horse owners partying hard in the city of Baltimore. A tourist town, not a city; thanks to previous administrations in city hall circa the 1970’s we were no longer a city. A lady frantically calls for the attention of a bellhop, “I say you there… excuse me… you… yes you!: she calls frantically, “My bags; excuse me, I am not going to ask you again to get my bags, and for every second you waste, your tip will be reflected!” Still, she gets no response, “Perhaps he is deaf in his right ear, she mutters under her breath as she circles around this tall bellhop wearing more gold on his sleeves than Libya’s prime minister Moammar Kadafi, with more scrambled eggs on his hat and sleeve cuffs than Deny’s and IHOP will sell in a day…  As she approaches from his left side about to comment on his good ear, she reads Baltimore Police on his shoulder patch, looking up to his nameplate she see’s he is none other than Badge number 1…Commissioner Thomas Frasier. So he carried her bags to her room, she tipped him $20 bucks... (OK that part didn’t really happen... he didn’t take the tip) But with this rumor, a rumor that some actually believe, and others claim they were there... we’ll not them, but a close friends, old partner’s trainee. Two things happened that year... oh yeah, I almost forgot, Fraiser then ran back to his office, called down to the Quartermaster and insisted patches we put a patch on both shoulders and by the end of the next day. While it wasn’t part of the story, and he didn’t actually say this, he also said, “and while at it, no more white shirts, from now on all blue shirts for Officers and sergeants wanting to wear them during certain shifts.  I said all f this tongue in cheek and introduced it while referring to it a rumor through out because it has never been confirmed and while we are not sure f he was mistaken as a Bellhop or other hotel employee, we do know a few things about this story. On the uniform he was wearing, and I will only say uniform because it had Baltimore City Police Buttons on the front, six or eight, double breasted, t had shoulder boards, four stars on the sleeves and was allegedly made by Howard Uniform with an identification patch on the inside right pocket the way all of our uniforms were marked. The things we know untrue based on that same uniform is that it had no patches on the sleeves, no place for a name plate, or badge. As I have pointed out elsewhere on this page, I have been in contact with Retired commissioner Fraiser and asked about the double patch and blue shirts… He said it was all done for safety. Being a historian, I like the old styles; I liked the old cloth ribbons, the Espantoon, and leather gun belt and holsters. But I also like safety and have spoken to a lot of officers about all of these things, Blue shirts, and double patches are one thing most police like. While it is not a safety issue most guys and gals like the enamel awards over the cloth ribbons and see two-thirds of my career was spent out of uniform, I have little say in what the medals were made of. But that s off topic. The truth is, in every rumor we have ever heard about being mistaken for a bellhop due to not having a patch on both sleeves, was debunked when the Tuxedo from that night was uncovered and found to have no patches, no badge, and no nameplate. This lends credibility to his adding a patch for safety, making shirt dark blue again for safety. So like anything rumors make interesting and humorous stories, but they do not make history. Lets quash rumors with the truth. 

The current patch design with exception to the omission of the word CITY was designed in 1966 and put into service in 1967. It was created in the shape of a shield to represent protection for those who wear it, and all those he or she will serve. The Patch has a blue background that like the blue field of our American flag represents vigilance, perseverance & justice. The gold/yellow border of the patch reminds us and those confronting us that we are here to protect and uphold everyone’s constitutional rights. This too goes back to our nation's flag, in particular, American flags that have 3 or 4 sides of gold fringe; most often found in courtrooms. In the background on the field of blue, we see our State flag in the shape of Baltimore Police Department's 4th issue badge; this was to represent our agency. The badge with our state flag encased inside is to represent our organization as having once fallen under the control of the state government.

The Maryland flag, by the way, is the only flag in our country to have been designed solely based on our English heraldry. The black and gold design on the state flag is the coat of arms of the Calvert family, while the red and white design is the coat of arms of the Crossland family. In the foreground, we see the Battle Monument which is not only the first public war memorial in the United States to honor the memories of those who fell during the battle of 1812, but since 1827 it has been the official seal of Baltimore City. Like the patch, the monument is filled with symbolic meaning to remind us all of the sacrifices made for our city and country. Everything from the eighteen layers in the marble base that represent the eighteen states that made our nation at the time. To its griffins, one at each corner of the base, ever on the watch like the Baltimore police they will guard and protect. The column itself which is carved as a Roman fasces and is bound with cords listing the names of those who died during the battle. Citing the names of officers who died at the top and the soldiers down the bottom.

The monument is topped with an 8-foot tall marble statue of a female figure representing the City of Baltimore. She has come to be known as, “Lady Baltimore” and some say she was modeled after Anne Arundell, the wife of Cecilius Calvert and also known as Lady Baltimore. In either case, the statue wears a crown of victory on her head and holds a laurel wreath in her raised hand as a symbol of victory over the British. In her lowered hand, she holds a ship's rudder as a testament to Baltimore's Nautical role in the war.

 

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This 28 June 1952 article not only gives us info as to when the "rocker patch" was first used, giving us our first shoulder patch, it also mentions plans they had for a separate patch to be used on the shirt sleeves. We made a mock-up of what that patch would have looked like and we may have some sets made of the two patches, for collectors and educational purposes. 

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This is the orange/gold and black rocker patch proposed for use on left coat/blouse sleeve only. 

Initially when the colors were ordered for a patch circa 1905, they ordered "Or" and "Sable." The patch maker at the time knew "Sable" was "Black," but mistakenly thought, "Or" was an abbreviation for, "Orange," so they used Orange and Black. Later they learned, "Or" was "Gold" or "Goldenrod" and "Sable" is "Black." 

OR 3  (Ôr) n. Heraldry - Or is English Heraldry for Gold or Goldenrod. In the Maryland the best way to describe it, is to look at our state flag, "Or" is the Yellow/Goldenrod color found along side the Black in the two Calvert quarters of our flag.

Gold, represented in heraldic engraving by a white field sprinkled with small dots.[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aurum.]

This was initially applied to new officer’s uniforms as part of the uniform; veterans however had to pay 30 cents per patch to bring their issued uniforms up to date, their later uniforms came with the patches at no additional costs. 

While the first thoughts were to put these patches on coats and summer blouses only, and having a Blue/White patch made for the shirts. That plan never came to fruition, and shirts didn’t get patches until much later. Though, we were told about this patch long before we found the article, and the officer that talked about them said he once saw a Baltimore City Police rocker patch where the Black portion of the patch was White and the Gold portion was done in Blue. He said he didn't know a thing about it, he was working headquarters security and saw it and a bunch of other Baltimore Police items, that he thought may have been designing, uniform trials, logos etc. We took note of what he said, but until we found this article we didn't know anything about the Blue/White BPD rocker patches that he described as being White where we normally saw Black and Blue where the Gold is expected to be found. Jim said it was a nice looking patch, and he didn't understand why they never used it. We had researched his claims and couldn't find anything, so like we do with many of these kinds of things, we storied it in our memory banks until we found something that could help us understand what he had been telling us. Then we found this article, that introduced the 1952 Shoulder Patch, and during the interview, someone told the reporter about the Blue/White patch and what it would have been used for.  

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Proposed white and blue to have been used on left shirt sleeve. When the rocker was devised it was to set us apart from the county police and from special police that used to design uniforms to look like us. Pomerleau put an end to that, he used an old 1907 law that allowed the BPD to approve or deny uniforms of “Special Police,” security guards etc. His first rule was no left sleeve patches, no collar pin rank, or Md insignia, and a 1" red seam down the pant legs etc. He was tired of not just having them try to look like us, but us having to answer for their errors from a public that was mistaking them for us..

The blue and white patch was an idea from 1952 when they first started wearing a shoulder patch on the left sleeve of the coats and summer blouses. At the time no patch was worn on the shirt sleeve, and the thought was we should have a patch that blends with the white shirt as much as the patch did with the dark coat. They wanted the patch to be visible, but look like it belonged, not as if it was out of place, so a dark patch with yellow/orange lettering and marrow on the dark coat/blouse with that in mind a patch for a white shirt would have to be white, so they chose blue letters and a blue marrow.

The blue patch was never done, for a while they went without a shirt patch

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1 October 1952
Article Describing the Date the Metal Horse-Head Traffic Insignia was Changed for a Cloth Patch

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This insignia was worn from 1905 until 1952

The Evening Sun Sat May 21 1927 pg 1 72

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The Evening Sun Sat May 21 1927 pg 1 72

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This 1 Oct 1952 article not only talks about the "rocker patch" but also tells when why they did away with the "brass wheel and horse" used by traffic police and replaced it with a similar patch done in a cloth material.Devider

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Rumors as to why "City" came off the BPD Patch

Pomerleau was unceremoniously "summoned" to King Don's Office, upon which Schaeffer proceeded to "rip him a new one" for some transgression, of which we have no knowledge! If you knew DDP, you'll also know that that Marine was not going to take a lot of crap from the Mayor, and finally blew up! He informed the Mayor that his boss was Governor Tawes and that he didn't have to answer to "The Donald" at all, it was considered to be one heckova confrontation of two extremely large Baltimore egos! At any rate, when DDP returned from City Hall, he contacted his Quarter Master, and told him to have "City" removed from the official patch, and to begin to retrofit all uniforms with the new patch, a patch that read "Baltimore Police."

And, that is how it happened! Or is it?

Eventually, The appointing authority was restored to the Mayor! Who would want to bet it wasn't long after William Donald Schaeffer was elected Governor of Maryland... Of course, that's just a joke, as the Baltimore City Police Department remained under state governance until 1978, when the Mayor began to appoint the Police Commissioner, subject to confirmation by the City Council (Chapter 920, Acts of 1976), and William Donald Schaeffer wasn't elected Governor of Maryland until 1986. By the way, Donald Pomerleau was the commissioner from 1966 until 1981, so, the two Don's must had made up, otherwise, Mayor Don, would have had four years to oust Commissioner Don,

Since including the stories of our Patch history on this site, we received another version or variant on one of the other versions of why we took "City" off our patch.

Here is what was written:

Kenny the way I heard it from my father "he worked CP-11" it wasn't Donald D it was Battaglia who changed it. A reporter asks Battaglia a question about Baltimore "City" and Baltimore "County" Police. To which Battaglia stated there is only one Baltimore Police Dept, the next day the Quartermaster on the Mez level was ordered to change all of our shirts. I forget the QM Sgt name but he and my father went back to the 50th together. I was a new probationary officer when this happened.

Every version we get is important as they will either take us to the truth, or help build the foundation under what we already have, in this case, if we look at Fifteen Years of Progress Donald Pomerleau we'll see the cover has the latest version of the patch (without "City") showing the change could have been made before Battaglia was Commissioner. (That don't mean he didn't make the change as Deputy Commissioner) I mean of the two versions, the one with the two Dons came from a very reliable source, (it was firsthand information, but memories fade and he could have it remembered wrong.) The timing was right, the patch shows up on PC Don Pomerleau's progress report, so it looks like the "Don P vs. Don S" version is strong. Still, some might say, Battaglia did this, so it would naturally show up on the departmental seal/letterhead on the Pomerleau report. Ya gotta love it.

Since adding this information, someone sent us the following information:

I came on in February 1978.  Donald Pomerleau was commissioner. I got six long sleeve white and six short sleeve white single patch Baltimore Police" patch shirts.  Now, I'm not saying that Batman had nothing to do with the change.  I'm only pointing out that we had the new patches while Pomerleau was Commissioner.

No Patch, Rocker Patch, Baltimore City Police Patch, Baltimore Police Patch... and now the double shoulder patches. The Baltimore Police Department has seen its fair share of uniform changes, rich in tradition, badge changes etc. all in the name of building the perfect police department, politics, pride and any number of other reasons. For many years no patch was worn on the sleeves of our police, it was our hat, jacket with brass buttons, and an Espantoon tucked under our arm or in our hand that let citizens know of our authority. In 1952 there came the first of many it was a rocker patch, yellow/orange letters on a black field that read, “Baltimore City Police”. In 1967/68 as the department grew and came more into the modern age, so did the patch that would be used to identify us. They retired that “rocker patch”, a patch that was actually a good idea, a rocker signifying the department would often have a circular patch under it designating a unit, motors, radio patrol, mounted, marine etc. A nice idea some felt, others felt it took a singular department and separated it into a lot of little departments (I didn’t see it that way but over the years those that can count beans, or make rules will. They have also changed units from “Units” to “Divisions” to "Sections" and back again. Most of the times the changes were made to unit, or out of fear of separating… Divisions divided, Sections separated, but Units United… all hogwash, mumbo jumbo… At any rate, they did come up with a better patch, and it did make one team, it was said that the public was confused. So they came out with the Baltimore City Police shoulder patch, like the rocker patch it was worn on the left shoulder (this was so an officer could be quickly identified from within his patrol car) Or was it because that was the shoulder used by our military, and we are a para military organization. Now comes the real reason the change was made that became the product of many rumors, in 1975/76 the word "City" was dropped from the patch, giving us an almost 100% identical patch with the exception of the word “City” being removed from the patch. This change produced three rumors many stories all based on the same three principals. 1st as were heard previously, to save Money… 2nd an argument with the mayor (the department was under control of the state, so when the Don’s got into a heated argument over something one did or didn’t do, the PC Don told the Mayor Don, he was sworn in by the Gov and to basically to go pound sand, Mayor Don told PC Don, his patch says "City" not "State" and that he should serve him.. PC Don then ordered "City" be dropped from the patch as an in your face to Mayor Don. Then come the 3rd reason, they wanted Baltimore to seem more like a town than a city, in fact at one time this was known as Baltimore Town, not Baltimore City. So in order to bring about this change they dropped “City” from the patch. Some of our smartest detectives, and brightest minds believed reason number 1, I can assure you it is not #1. I have had tons of patches made over the years, and we don’t pay by the letter, it is a patch, not engraving. 2nd and 3rd will have even the most scholarly of police argue over which is right. As a rookie I thought #1 was right (of course it was the only version I had ever heard, and I didn’t know what I know now. But now, I know some things I didn’t before, and I put 2 and 2 together (something we are not supposed to do.. because logic never fits in.) So, I won’t say which story is the true version, instead, I will simply point something things out and let you decide. On July 4, 1976, following the rendezvous of Tall Ships in New York for the U.S. Bicentennial, eight ships from other nations visited Baltimore, where they attracted a huge number of tourists. This interest helped spur the development of other tourist attractions – including the National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, and the Harbor place festival marketplace (operated by The Rouse Company), which opened on the Fourth of July, 1980. The nearby Baltimore Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Baltimore Hotel added to the services and resulted in population density and visitors.

Since the at the beginning of Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin's second term in 1963, the redevelopment program was expanded to include 240 acres (97 had) surrounding the Inner Harbor. Corporate headquarters and hotels were built around the shoreline of the Inner Harbor. A public park and promenade were added for leisure activity and community gatherings. Mayor Don Schaffer succeeded where McKeldin let off, he had a tourist town made from a onetime dyeing port town. Right off I-95 a beautiful inner harbor, with attractions, on top of attractions with still more attractions, but what was our downfall? It was our image, since Baltimore’s beginning times, it was a Mob Town, high crime rates etc. So what Baltimore tourist town needed was different from Baltimore crime town, Baltimore Mod Town… Those visiting needed to come see for themselves, we didn’t need to lie on street signs exiting travelers off the interstate into Baltimore. But into Baltimore what? Baltimore City? Baltimore County? ¯\_()_/¯ I don’t know why they dropped "City" from the patch… I doubt it was cost, it actually cost more to take city off than to leave it on so #1 is doubtful… not to mention they also dropped "City" from traffic signs, no longer did it say "Baltimore City 25 miles, now it reads,"Baltimore 25 miles" the Don’s were both bull headed, and to be honest PC Don would more likely leave City on a patch so he could thumb his nose up at Mayor Don all the while rubbing it in that his patch says City, but he answers to a Governor. And with the success of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, I am more likely to believe # 3… But what you believe is up to you, all three are fun. Have at it. Now let’s go on to another Patch rumor and a story/rumor as crazy or crazier than Don vs. Don over a City. I contacted Ret. Police Commissioner Thomas Frasier on 14 January 2014 and asked him to clear this up for me... He said it is all true... everything we have heard about him having the patches changed and the shirt colors altered is true... except the part about the Omni, and the part about the bell hops uniform it is all true. He did order double patches, and he did order darker shirts despite, his popularity in Baltimore, he actually enjoyed his time here, and regardless of what some may say, he was police, and as police he is part of the brotherhood, he attended 4 police funerals during his time 1994 to 1999; Those included -Lieutenant  Owen Sweeney, Officer Harold Carey, Flight  Officer Barry Wood and he came back for the 2000 funeral of Officer Roussey. People don’t think the Brass care, they are not on the level of those of us on the street. It is true they are on a level of Mayors, Governors etc. But I was on the department's Critical Incident Team, and I was called out to handle the Death of Officer Harold Carey, There was a long wait while they freed Keith from the van that day, and I was standing their like everyone else waiting to get word on my friend, and co-worker, I saw someone out of the corner of my walk-up and stand there off to my side, on the team there is no rank, so we could break ranks and approach, I did, and when asked about injuries I told him we lost Harold Carey, the look on his face, being overcome with sadness, was genuine, he cared. What follows is his response as to why he made the changes. It was strictly an officer safety issue.  Officers need to be recognized in low light conditions by their uniform.  No visible insignia of authority was visible from the right side.  Thus the addition of the patch.  The same but reversed when it came to the white shirts issued to patrol officers.  The fabric was such that it was extremely visible in the dark, thus a safety issue to someone on a perimeter, etc.  Thus a change to blue shirts with a patch on each side. TF

Again we appreciate his taking the time to set the record straight and to let us know he did care, and thought of himself as a brother. While in most cases we don’t feel that way, we have to realize that on some level they have to care. It would be nice if they all could be more like Norris, When he told the media like it was, or Hamm who told the media, “I don’t know, you tell me!” as if to say, you have all the answers, and or, “you are going to write what you want anyway!” For those that think city hall pulls the strings of a PC, the way many seem to think the current Mayor and former PC Frederick H. Bealefeld worked together… a duet that had the younger of us thinking McCarthyism was more like that of the puppeteer Edgar Bergen and his little wooden friend Charley McCarthy. McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism."

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CD=Central District, SE=Southeast, ED=Eastern District, NE=Northeastern, ND=Northern District, NW=Northwest District, WD=Western District, SW=Southwest District, SD=Southern District, HP=Harbor Patrol

MCU=Major Crime Unit, DDU=District Detective Unit, TAC=Tactical, QRT=Quick Response Team, SWAT=Special Weapons, and Tactics, K9, FOX=Helicopter Unit, MU=Marine Unit, TIS=Traffic Investigative Services, TS=Traffic Section, VS=Vice Squad DEU=Drug Enforcement Unit, CS=Crime Statistics CP=Community Policing Mot=Motors Mou=Mounted FD=Fiscal Division & EPD=Executive Protection Division.

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Ralph Archibald WD
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Airey Herbert E. 
Anacker, Sr. Ernest 
Anderson Robert C. 
Aquilla, James A.  
Armentrout Robert 
Armstrong Herbert 
Armstrong William E. 
Arnold Richard D. 
Aschenbach Alfred 
Ashmun Robert C. 
Ault William H. 
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Auld, Benjamin F - Cap - E - 04/23/1867 - 03/21/1898 - Active
Ackerman, Julius - Sgt - W - 10/15/1885 - 07/24/1906 - Retire
Atkinson, Benedict B - Pt1 - NW - 06/12/1886 - 10/20/1906 - Retire
Anderson, James D - Pt1 - S - 06/20/1908 - Retire
Acker, John - Ptl - C - 09/02/1901 - 07/19/1919 - Active
Andrevvs,Ringold Ptl - C - 06/19/1876 - 12/20/1919 - Retire
Arbin, William G RSgt - S - 07/09/1885 - 07/11/1921 - Retire
Austin, William H Ptl - NE - 04/12/1886 - 10/15/1921 - Retire
Armiger, Jesse Sgt - S - 06/06/1885 - 11/10/1921 - Retire
Atkinson, William H Det - HQ - 11/06/1886 - 07/15/1922 - Retire
Appel, John C Pt1 - NE - 02/28/1924 - 07/10/1924 - Active
Arnold, Henry T Sgt - SW - 04/13/1886 - 05/30/1929 - Retire
Alexander, Harry E Ptl - NW - 12/07/1925 - 05/29/1930 - Active
Arnold, Thomas E Ptl - SW - 07/17/1884 - 06/06/1930 - Retire
Albert, John G Ptl - SW - 01/14/1932 - 08/02/1933 - Active
Appleby, Williams Ptl - S - 04/01/1890 - 07/22/1935 - Retire
Auld, Harry Ptl - E - 04/10/1923 - 03/28/1938 - Active
Ardisson, Harry Sgt - N - 04/23/1898 - 03/26/1939 - Retire
Arthur, Thomas P Lt - S - 01/26/1917 - 05/30/1939 - Active
Abum, Thomas H BE - HQ - 02/01/1901 - 12/15/1939 - Retire
Abell, R. A. Ptl - W - 04/10/1886
Ackerman, J. J. Ptl - NW - 10/05/1885
Ackler, W. F. Ptl - C - 11/28/1876
Ahern, James Ptl - E - 06/17/1878
Allen, Benjamin Sgt - W - 06/17/1884
Allen, William C Ptl - C - 07/21/1886
Armstrong, Thomas Ptl - NE - 08/01/1878
Arnold, H. T. Ptl - SW - 04/13/1886
Arthur, Thomas Pt1 - C - 06/14/1876
Atkinson, William M Ptl - SW - 11/26/1886
Andrevv, John Sgt - NW - 11/10/1897 - 07/02/1928 - Retire
Abbott, James E Ptl - TRF - 04/01/1901 - 06/10/1931 - Retire
Armstrong, Joseph L Ptl - C - 08/30/1901 - 05/18/1938 - Retire
Anderson, Marrion K HTLR - TRF - 10/01/1900 - 09/28/1941 - Active
Agan, Michael J Ptl - SW - 11/19/1906 - 10/02/1920 - Active
Abell, Henry F Sgt - N - 01/02/1893 - 05/25/1926 - Retire

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P/O John Brandt CD  
Lt. Carmine Baratta 
Det. Charles "Pete" Baker – CD - IID - Child Abuse - SWD
Lt. Matthew Bauler - B997 
Sgt. Harvey Baublitz - SD - VCTF - Homicide - CD 
P/O Melvin F. Brown - HERE
P/O Michael Broll - ND - CR  
Maj Tony Brown - Tac
P/O Robert L Brown Sr. - N.W.D. - W.D. - C.I.D.

P/O Tom Brown CD / CR
P/O Donald Burns - F421 - ED - CID - NWD

Det Carl Bird CD / CIB
P/O Bobby Brown SD (Historian) DSAx1 - BSx1 - CRx3 - SRx3 - SD10 - CLx12 - HERE
P/O William Bertazon ED – CID - Comm. Div – SSx2 / CRx3 / UCx1 / LCx1 Certificate of Valor from MSP
P/O Charles Brawner WD
P/O Bobby Berger ED
Jim Bossi WD  
Wilbur Bartels B352 CD 

Sgt. Sam Bosley CD - COV
Daryl Buhrman Sr SD
Lt. Edmund Bossle EOD 17 June 1965 Cadet badge "101, P/O badge #100, Detective Badge #84, Sgt Badge #442 and Lt Badge #115. Original sequence #6262, New was A-894.
Dave Buschman WD
Barry Beck WD
Jacqueline Barbour CID, SED
Jim Bowen WD - BS - HERE
Sgt. Lester Boring WD, Women's Det.
Robert Bigos WD, CID
Corey Belt WD, CID
Frank Blucher WD, SD
P/O Tim Blasko CD
Det. Henri Burris SW - CID - FUG
P/O Mike Barnes
P/O David Barley
Sgt. Albert Donbire Brown

P/O Paul Boone CD
P/O Ron Becker CD - DEU
Lt. Matthew Bauler SWD, CID, CD, Sgt NED, Lt. WD, E&T, COMM. DDU, INTEL, HOMICIDE
Lt. William H. Bowen NE / CR /  1968 RR
Capt. Elmer Bowen SD
P/O Bobby Booker
Maj. Scott Bloodsworth
Maj. John Bailey CD
David Barley CD
Richard Boblitz CD  
Darren Belechto G081 SWD, SED, E&T  

Babka, Jr. James J. 
Bachmann, Jr. Albert   
Det Daniel Boone B822. Western District. Vice Gambling Homicide Unit. 2 Bronze Stars. 3 Commendations  

Baginski Daniel T. 
Baldwin Wilbert G. 
Ballantine Milton D.  
Bannon Harry W. 
Bannon Hugh 
Baranski Thomas J. 
Barclay Leo D. 
Barnard Joan R. 
Barnett Donald E. 
Barnhart Ralph E. 
Baronella Louis P. 
Batson Michael L. 
Beam Charles E. 
Beauchamp Lee M. 
Beauchamp Patricia M. 
Beaudet Henry T. 
Beck Oliver L. 
Beck Vincent T. 
Beere Michael J. 
Beling, Jr. Joseph J. 
Bell William T. 
Bennett Marion W. 
Benson,Jr. Jesse H 
Berends Ronald M. 
Berger Erwin 
Berube Charles E.  
Betz, Sr. John A. 
Bewley George E. 
Billing James E. 
Birney Robert M. 
Bisson Joseph B. 
Black,Jr. Thomas H, 
Blaney Edward 
Blaszak Anthonsy J. 
Blow Collis M, 
Bohager Edward S. 
Bolesta William B. 
Boley Alva H. 
Bond, Jr. Edward L. 
Boniarski, Jr. Daniel A. 
Boring Lester W. 
Bory William G. 
Bowen George W. 
Bowling James L. 
Boyter John P. 
Bradshaw Waldemar S. 
Brady Joseph C. 
Brandner Gerard C. 
Brawner Bernard R. 
Brawner John 
Brazil, John A. 
Bretzik Thomas 
Brewster John E. 
Bright Howard T. 
Brill Raymond 
Brockington McNeal 
Broseker Leonard 
Brown Joseph C. 
Brown Robert 
Brown Stanley 
Brown Theodore J. 
Bruchey, Sr. Milton N. 
Brukiewa Eugene 
Brutsche, Jr. George J. 
Bryl\ John J. 
Bucci Adolph A. 
Buchacz Marion J. 
Buck Ernest A. 
Buckmaster, Jr. James 
Buenger John H. 
Buettner,Jr. Robert J. 
Bull Bruce W. 
Bunker John E. 
Buratt Philip 
Burch William L.  
Burford John M. 
Burke Kenneth L. 
Butler Authur L. 
Byrd, Sr. Ivory C.   
Melissa Brown-Edick E964 10-06-1992 Cadet - Eastern
Patty A. Bauer AIU/TIS Detective 2255 Retired 12/08/17
Kim R. Brown D658 85-3 CD 36 years

Buenger, John H Ptl E 04/13/1886 03/23/1891 Active
Brown, Rich P Ptl C 02/26/1872 11/03/1891 Active
Blair, Jeremiah Ptl S 05/10/1885 11/28/1891 Active
Brunchy, David H Lt S 11/04/1869 11/06/1992 Retire
Brayden, Charles Ptl NW 05/19/1893 06/11/1893 Active
Bums, John Pt1 SW 06/01/1887 07/24/1993 Active
Bums, John Ptl S 01/03/1884 08/22/1894 Active
Bandel, Jefferson J Ptl E 04/27/1894 04/30/1894 Active
Brooks, William Ptl NW 04/04/1873 09/27/1895 Retire
Busick, James H Lt C 05/07/1867 01/29/1896 Active
Black, Michael F Lt E 04/15/1882 02/11/1898 Active
Byrne, Michael Ptl C 05/06/1867 02/12/1899 Retire
Bishop, Alonzo Ptl W 08/19/1886 08/29/1899 Active*
Bower, William H Sgt S 04/25/1867 08/28/1902 Active
Biddison, William Gt Ptl C 08/19/1886 04/16/1904 Retire
Boone, Matthew Ptl NW 10/14/1870 06/26/1905 Active
Bafford, Edward T Ptl C 04/22/1881 01/23/1906 Reire
Bailey, George Pt1 NW 05/27/1885 07/15/1906 Retire
Bafford, Randolph Ptl NE 11/27/1905 08/16/1907 Active
Buckley, William J Ptl C 05/15/1888 02/18/1907 Active
Black, Margaret J MAT C 06/08/1900 08/13/1907 Active
Butler, John Ptl SW 04/21/1879 04/25/1908 Active
Bruff, John A Sgt C 05/06/1898 05/03/1908 Active
Bromwell, Henry S Ptl W 12/30/1907 09/20/1908 Active
Bradley, William J Sgt C 12/02/1884 04/02/1909 Retire
Brown, Thomas Tun S 11/14/1869 08/02/1909 Retire
Bell, Thomas L Ptl C 02/13/1877 09/25/1909 Retire
Brydon, Edward R Pt1 SW 01/07/1879 10/28/1909 Retire
Bowling, William E Ptl E 12/13/1877 11/17/1910 Retire
Barker, William Sgt c 04/29/1867 03/18/1911 Retire
Burns, John P Ptl c 09/25/1891 05/10/1911 Active
Brown, James F Sgt NW 05/31/1886 06/04/1911 Active
Bachman, John Tun E 12/27/1882 01/12/1912 Active
Browne, James R Det HQ 09/05/1891 08/09/1912 Retire
Bouchet, Joseph A Pt1 C 04/27/1867 10/29/1912 Retire
Busch, William H Sgt NW 08/24/1880 11/07/1912 Retire
Bailey, George W Ptl NW 02/02/1880 04/28/1913 Retire
Bond, Carroll E Tun NE 12/01/1900 06/02/1914 Active
Bitzell, Herbert Ptl NW 02/12/1913 09/20/1915 Active
Baker, John Cpt NW 05/22/1867 01/02/1906 Retire
Bullock, Edwin B Sgt NE 10/11/1888 03/20/1916 Retire
Berney, John J Ptl W 04/21/1881 05/09/1916 Retire
Barday, James L Tun NW 11/21/1899 01/03/1917 Retire
Barber, Philip J Cpt NE 04/10/1869 01/16/1917 Retire
Bums, Michael J Ptl N 10/22/1915 01/22/1917 Active
Bums, John J Sgt NW 07/03/1902 03/08/1917 Active
Bandel, George W Ptl C 12/26/1889 05/31/1917 Active
Berget, Philip R Sgt W 09/03/1867 12/12/1917 Retire
Burkins, William Ptl W 05/01/1867 02/13/1918 Retire
Boston, James H Pt1 NE 06/13/1884 03/11/1918 Retire
Brunnee, Joseph Jr Tun W 04/09/1886 05/14/1918 Retire
Barraniger, Tomas Cpt NE 07/20/1867 06/24/1918 Retire
Barrell, Albert L Ptl C 03/10/1899 02/25/1919 Active
Broderick, Timothy Sgt SW 09/04/1875 04/21/1919 Retire
Barwick, Richard Sgt N 04/24/1897 07/04/1919 Active
Blake, James Ptl C 01/21/1871 07/20/1919 Retire
Byrnes, Thomas W Ptl SW 05/15/1910 09/25/1919 Active
Bauis, William J Ptl NE 11/02/1905 10/30/1919 Active
Breeze, John Ptl NW 02/11/1919 02/11/1920 Active
Byrur, Hugh J Sgt NW 04/19/1901 07/09/1921 Active
Bradley, Peter B Det HQ 06/01/1888 07/27/1921 Active
Bosch, Philip Sgt E 04/15/1879 09/11/1922 Retire
Bums, William F T&S S 10/01/1908 08/15/1923 Active
Byrnes, Bernard D Ptl HQ 06/28/1873 10/17/1925 Retire
Barry, Thomas J Lt SW 12/18/1897 12/24/1925 Retire
Burgess, William H Ptl TRF 03/08/1889 01/28/1926 Retire
Begnelle, Charles R Ptl S 05/03/1898 03/11/1926 Retire
Bishop, Charles R Ptl W 01/02/1903 08/22/1926 Active
Brannan, Hugh E Ptl TRF 09/26/1914 09/02/1926 Active
Brady, Martin Ptl SW 03/24/1904 11/13/1926 Active
Burroughs, William P Ptl NE 04/29/1922 01/13/1927 Active
Binder, Charles Sgt C 01/02/1912 02/17/1927 Active
Brandt, John H Ptl NE 02/21/1876 11/09/1927 Retire
Bull, Clarence Ptl C 01/31/1900 04/11/1928 Retire
Bowers, George Pt1 SW 06/21/1886 08/27/1928 Retire
Barranger, John L Lt W 01/02/1893 09/10/1928 Retire
Broadfoot, William J Ptl E 01/01/1900 11/17/1928 Retire
Busick, Robert H Pt1 C 09/18/1890 02/18/1929 Retire
Batchelor, Charles G Ptl NW 09/25/1896 03/23/1929 Retire
Burkhardt, John G. E. Ptl NE 12/21/1898 10/29/1929 Retire
Buckley, Daniel B Sgt SW 06/15/1886 04/23/1930 Retire
Betki, Michael M Ptl NW 10/28/1925 06/06/1930 Retire
Byrne, Catherine MAT NW 05/16/1923 10/02/1930 Active
Berney, Thomas A Lt HQ 07/26/1901 10/02/1930 Retire
Bums, John P Ptl NW 01/06/1921 01/07/1931 Active
Behrens, Manno Ptl E 01/14/1881 08/08/1931 Retire
Baker, James C Ptl E 01/24/1884 09/16/1931 Retire
Burton, Goerge W Pt1 E 01/01/1888 11/17/1931 Retire
Bell, William R Ptl NW 10/01/1908 01/05/1932 Active
Bailey, Charles H Ptl NE 05/08/1924 02/23/1932 Active
Bozman, Charles R Ptl NE 01/13/1927 03/05/1932 Active
Bums, Walter Tun NW 10/13/1888 03/18/1932 Retire
Busick, James E Ptl NE 12/01/1900 04/10/1932 Retire
Brown, James B Ptl N 07/28/1897 06/09/1932 Retire
Bryne, Robert R Ptl NE 01/14/1932 10/18/1932 Active
Buckles, Thomas E Sgt E 08/20/1872 11/17/1932 Retire
Brady, Patrick Ptl E 06/23/1902 11/19/1932 Active
Bortel, Caleb H Ptl W 04/23/1886 01/15/1933 Retire
Bums, Charles H Cpt HQ 05/20/1904 03/09/1933 Active
Bleck, John R. J. Ptl S 10/22/1920 04/21/1933 Active
Bradley, Edward F Ptl TRF 03/29/1923 05/01/1933 Active
Butschky, Henry E Ptl SW 09/13/1923 08/31/1933 Active
Blank, John Ptl NE 12/07/1922 02/12/1934 Active
Boone, Samuel R Cpt HQ 11/24/1888 03/13/1934 Retire
Brennan, Peter Lt HQ 12/02/1880 03/18/1934 Retire
Bryan, James J Ptl HQ 05/17/1883 04/25/1934 Active
Burkard, Anthony Ptl C 03/11/1907 06/06/1934 Active
Bough, Anthony R Ptl NE 12/01/1900 08/31/1934 Retire
Bowersox, Charles E Ptl N 07/01/1888 09/20/1934 Retire
Burton, Olin Ptl W 03/11/1921 12/13/1934 Active
Becker, Kasper Ptl HQ 04/11/1912 01/10/1935 Retire
Baker, Charles H Sgt N 04/30/1904 01/16/1935 Active
Busick, Robert H. S. Ptl N 05/08/1924 03/24/1935 Active
Boone, Walter E Ptl TRF 06/04/1908 09/23/1935 Retire
Ballard, George R Ptl NW 01/27/1902 12/12/1935 Active
Bates, Harry S Ptl W 06/09/1911 01/18/1936 Retire
Bacon, Leo Ptl TRF 12/31/1927 10/09/1936 Active
Blome, George F Ptl E 12/08/1902 11/12/1936 Retire
Busch, William Ptl C 06/29/1894 05/10/1937 Active
Brandt, George R Ptl E 02/05/1915 06/11/1937 Retire
Beck, George W Pt1 W 07/24/1912 11/20/1937 Retire
Barlow, Thomas J Ptl NE 11/14/1919 12/31/1937 Active*
Barranger, Charles F Lt HQ 02/10/1905 03/08/1938 Active
Booker, Philip Ptl SW 11/30/1900 10/09/1938 Retire
Burnham, Charles C Lt HQ 01/01/1909 11/06/1938 Retire
Buresch, Charles F Ptl NW 05/29/1924 09/21/1939 Active
Brandt, Charles C Sgt W 01/03/1907 10/26/1939 Retire
Black, George R Pt1 SW 10/09/1903 12/13/1939 Retire
Bums, Edward J Lt SW 02/24/1919 02/06/1941 Active
Badger, Clarence E Ptl NE 04/27/1922 12/05/1941 Active
Burton, Ray Ptl TRF 10/02/1923 12/16/1941 Active
Becker, Ernest R Sgt HQ 05/01/1914 01/13/1942 Active
Beltz, George Ptl W 02/28/1910 04/13/1942 Active
Bodenbender, Edward Ptl C 07/14/1910 05/12/1942 Active
Burns, Herman Lt E 10/01/1896 07/02/1942 Retire
Bender, George Jr Ptl E 06/27/1940 07/04/1942 Active
Biswanger, George Ptl NW 05/29/1901 08/22/1944 Retire
Bavis, Charles M Sgt E 02/06/1908 11/21/1936 Active
Ballard, L. J. Ptl SW 10/11/1886

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Det John Calpin CD / DEU  HERE 
P/O Robert Cortina  ED / TAC 
P/O Luen N. Compton Jr - (Cadet) - SD 
P/O Cathy Calhoun – SWD – TAC – CSD – SD 
Sgt. Daniel Calhoun – SD – Traffic – SWD – CID  
Sgt. Timothy Crowther CD - Ghost shift - WD – Communications
 

Agent Eugene Cassidy 
Lt. Jim Carnes - WD - SSx1, BSx3, CRx23, OOTYx2
Lt.Aubrey (Bud) Carder, SW, Communications, Tac , best for last CD - RR1968x1 / CRx6
Michael CrockerWD, Helicopter Unit   
George W Clary 
Sgt. Ed Coleman WD, SED, Marine Unit- Silver Star
Major Thomas Cassella WD, SED, SWD, ED, K9
Ted Cox NWD, SED, K9  
Tom Cutler Sgt CD   EOD 5-22-75 short number C206 old seq 15185 badge 710 off. Sgt 75. Ret CD.
P/O Roxi Cotton
Dianna Ckyyou SED
Dale Copeland WD, SED
Jim Comegna Sr  HERE
William Crim WD, CID

P/O Jeffrey Cardwell Sr. CD- SE
P/O Gary Cichowicz SD
P/O Mike Cichowicz CD - SD
Maj. Joseph A Chianca Jr. CD - NE
P/O Ernest Coppage Sr.
Roxanne Cotton NWD - DEU - MCU - VU - ATU - VCID - VCIS - Ucx2 / OOTYx1
P/O Sibille Cook SD
Det. John Calpin CD - DEU
Det. Robert H Cooper  
Sgt. John Cree, B-836, 4/5/1973-12/21/1993. CD, ND, NED 

P/O Mike Cassizzi
Sam Cannan
Capt. James Cadden  HERE
P/O Donald Chase

P/O Ernest Coppage Sr.
Sgt. Nick Caprinolo
P/O Michelle Cheatham CD
Sgt. Bill Cheuvront CD
P/O Kathy Irwin Conrad
P/O William Crim
Det. Kerry Councill CD - MCU - CID/Homicide - OOTY - CLx50+
Sgt. Bob ChristieWD
Campanaro Joseph J.
Carlton, Stewart CD
Chaney, Edward CD - MCU - DDU - UCx2 / SRx1 / 20YRSD / CLx50+
Canning John
Carberry John F.
Carlin Bruce
Carmichael George B.
Carnes Elmer
Carter Earl
Cassidy Thomas R.
Catania Richard M.
Chase Donald R.
Cheryl J. Mewbourne
Ches, Jr. Stephen J.
Cicero Frank
Cirri Stephen J.
Clark John P.
Clark Ronald J.
Clark William
Clark William T.
Clarke Robert E.
Clayton, Jr. William B.
Cline Sr. Herbert E.
Robert E Crispens Sr  HERE
Robert E Crispens Jr   HERE

Cole Joseph B.
Coll Francis J.
Comegna Horace F.
Conroy John R.
Cook Douglas
Cook George H.
Cooke Elizabeth C.
Cookus David T.
Cooper Juanita
Cooper, Sr. William A.
Cordwell Francis
Cordwell, Sr. Arthur R.
Costeer Douglas G.
Coster Paul F.
Couch, Jr. Flan
Cousins Furrie
Cowan, Jr. John S.
Craig Olwine W.
Craig William J.
Crane Eugene A.
Cross Alan
Crutchfield Mitchell
Cunningham John J.
Curreri Carmelo S.
Curry William H.
Custis James W.
Cvach James L.  
JC Carlson 98-1 - G234 - SWD   
Ronald K. Carrigan - H608 - E.O.D 4-18-88  
Patricia Cochrane C599, NED, Women's Detention, CD EOD 9/17/79  Badge 980  

Callan, Thomas J Ptl E 06/29/1885 11/04/1888 Active
Carey, John Ptl NW 05/10/1870 08/20/1889 Active
Conway, Patrick Ptl S 12/28/1872 01/23/1890 Retire
Cook, Charles E Ptl W 10/14/1886 05/05/1891 Active
Cannoles, Francis Ptl NW 03/09/1877 06/03/1891 Active
Chandler, Peter Ptl S 08/23/1889 02/02/1892 Active
Cook, John Ptl SW 05/06/1867 08/04/1893 Active
Chaney, Charles P Ptl C 04/29/1867 07/27/1894 Active 
Carey, Timothy Ptl S 09/21/1871 01/16/1897 Retire
Chesgreen, William J Ptl C 10/08/1868 08/30/1897 Retire
Cobsey, Richard J Ptl SW 11/18/1890 06/11/1898 Active
Crosbie, Thomas H Ptl C 07/14/1869 07/04/1898 Retire
Clairbome, Charles H Cpt S 12/21/1868 11/06/1899 Retire
Calrk, Charles H Ptl S 06/04/1870 11/03/1899 Retire
Coleman, Charles L Ptl E 08/31/1867 02/28/1900 Retire
Cline, Daniel H Ptl NW 10/02/1875 05/28/1900 Retire
Creamer, Anthony Ptl SW 08/14/1868 09/02/1900 Retire
Cole, Lewis D Ptl C 12/06/1886 10/04/1901 Active
Carrick, Thomas L Ptl NW 10/01/1889 12/31/1902 Active
Crawford, John 0 Ptl NW 10/21/1881 06/07/1904 Retire
Carter, Isaac T Ptl NE 10/16/1876 02/19/1904 Retire
Clowe, John H Sgt W 11/16/1877 05/07/1905 Retire
Crook, Thomas B Sgt W 02/10/1871 10/28/1905 Retire
Clayton, Elmor S Ptl W 04/04/1893 06/14/1906 Active
Carvey, Michael T Sgt W 03/14/1887 03/11/1907 Retire
Carroll, Larkin C Ptl NW 06/01/1888 03/25/1907 Retire
Connor, John T Ptl E 04/05/1888 04/08/1907 Active
Chaney, Van Lear Ptl N 09/14/1903 01/03/1908 Active
Cain, James Ptl E 12/03/1874 02/10/1908 Retire
Cadden, Thomas Ptl E 10/15/1881 04/07/1909 Retire
Campbell, George L Ptl NE 05/07/1867 04/16/1909 Retire
Collins, Joseph D Lt S 07/30/1868 12/03/1909 Retire
Clark, Patrick J Sgt S 04/27/1887 03/21/1910 Active
Carr, Alexander R Sgt HQ 10/03/1877 04/19/1910 Retire
Connelly, William Ptl E 12/12/1867 04/24/1910 Retire
Chadlon, Augustus Sgt W 11/12/1867 07/11/1911 Retire
Carroll, John T Ptl NW 10/10/1898 08/04/1911 Retire
Cox, John Thomas Ptl C 05/01/1871 08/19/1911 Retire
Consindinr, Patrick Ptl W 12/02/1872 11/24/1911 Retire
Coughlin, Joseph E Det HQ 09/17/1896 01/22/1914 Active
Carter, William C Ptl C 01/18/1907 02/21/1914 Active
Chambers, Edward M Ptl NW 12/01/1900 08/13/1914 Active
Cullen, Jeremiah W Pt1 C 10/07/1871 12/22/1914 Retire
Clarke, Thomas Ptl NW 08/29/1889 08/03/1915 Retire
Carroll, James H Lt NW 05/27/1869 10/13/1915 Retire
Cook, William Pt1 W 04/08/1871 10/26/1915 Retire
Command, John Ptl E 08/03/1870 11/17/1915 Retire
Costello, Patrick S Ptl NW 04/30/1867 04/10/1916 Retire
Caldwell, Audrea T CLK NE 04/28/1875 10/01/1916 Retire
Clans, Frederick Ptl C 05/06/1880 03/21/1917 Retire
Collins, George W Sgt HQ 01/02/1902 11/06/1917 Active
Croghan, Peter V Ptl E 04/21/1893 11/09/1917 Retire
Casey, James D Ptl N 11/23/1892 01/18/1918 Active
Carlos, John Tun W 10/25/1872 06/02/1918 Retire
Crate, Trink Lt NE 02/27/1877 04/10/1919 Retire
Clantice, George Sgt C 09/23/1873 07/08/1919 Retire
Concannon, John P Sgt E 04/01/1901 10/03/1919 Active
Cox, John R Ptl E 04/15/1878 12/22/1919 Retire
Carrick, William J Ptl NE 07/26/1876 10/14/1920 Retire
Cluskey, Daniel B RSgt SW 09/12/1886 12/11/1920 Active
Crawford, James Ptl E 04/09/1886 04/01/1923 Active
Canby, Winfield S Lt N 04/22/1880 02/14/1924 Retire
Crowe, William J Pt1 N 06/29/1888 02/28/1924 Retire
Coale, James M Ptl NW 06/27/1892 08/24/1924 Retire
Cadwalladh, Lewis W Cpt w 04/23/1867 09/06/1924 Retire
Casey, James Lt N 06/01/1888 12/01/1924 Retire
Clemens, John L Ptl C 08/15/1917 01/06/1925 Active
Conniff, Patrick Ptl C 06/06/1913 05/18/1925 Active
Carney, Owen B Ptl NW 02/02/1886 12/18/1925 Active
Cassidy, Thomas R Ptl NE 04/30/1885 05/15/1926 Active
Chapman, Sheldon Pt1 N 04/16/1920 02/23/1927 Active
Convoy, Richard Ptl C 05/02/1887 03/21/1927 Retire
Carey, William F Lt HQ 11/12/1894 07/26/1927 Active
Clampitt, William K Ptl NW 10/12/1903 10/19/1927 Retire
Cavanaugh, Matthew Ptl S 11/27/1875 08/27/1928 Retire
Carroll, Joseph F Sgt HQ 08/06/1907 11/19/1928 Active~
Calncy, James J Sgt HQ 12/10/1900 11/27/1928 Active
Cole, C. Wallace Ptl E 07/27/1886 05/04/1929 Active
Carroll, John T Sgt N 07/28/1897 01/08/1931 Retire
Charllou, Lewis Sgt C 04/10/1882 11/09/1930 Active
Collins, Leslie N Ptl TRF 02/17/1926 07/19/1931 Active
Carey, Cornelius J Sgt N 03/21/1884 08/18/1931 Retire
Cadden, John J Ptl SW 12/01/1922 08/23/1931 Active
Carey, Edward W Cpt HQ 08/17/1896 11/10/1931 Active
Clautice, Francis P Ptl NE 05/31/1901 07/08/1932 Retire
Cademore, Albert E Ptl NE 04/20/1905 01/29/1933 Retire
Coolahan, Edward F Ptl E 05/05/1921 08/22/1934 Retire
Casey, John A Lt HQ 04/09/1886 03/17/1935 Retire
Comen, James P Lt HQ 03/04/1907 06/07/1935 Retire
Conthroarte, Arthur T Ptl NE 10/10/1890 02/17/1936 Retire
Cooper, Albert T Ptl N 02/13/1914 05/20/1936 Active
Carter, Robert Mar HQ 05/12/1884 10/22/1936 Retire
Cole, Charles M Cpt W 03/16/1900 12/25/1936 Retire
Coffay, John P Ptl NW 03/14/1895 03/07/1937 Active
Cadwallador, Edgar C Lt S 05/06/1907 04/08/1938 Active
Clautice, George B Sgt C 11/03/1884 03/18/1938 Retire
Cooper, Patrick Ptl C 11/21/1891 08/31/1938 Retire
Chooper, James Ptl NE 10/10/1904 09/14/1938 Retire
Cash, Patrick Ptl E 12/07/1885 10/06/1938 Retire
Claassen, Diderich H Sgt E 05/22/1914 01/18/1939 Active
Cusick, Martin CLK HQ 05/19/1910 06/12/1939 Active
Cusick, William J Ptl E 06/04/1917 12/14/1939 Active
Cullison, William T Ptl SW 12/29/1897 05/06/1940 Retire
Coffey, John Ptl NE 08/05/1904 08/21/1940 Retire
Callahan, William H Ptl W 01/09/1899 11/27/1940 Retire
Crispens, James F Ptl E 12/18/1922 11/17/1944 Active
Coulter, Alfred Sgt S 05/08/1924 03/24/1942 Active
Coughlin, Charles F PHY HQ 04/06/1925 08/10/1933 Active
Cain, Matthew Ptl C 12/29/1888 10/2911907 Retire
Carr, Nicholas Ptl NW 03/31/1880 11/13/1933 Retire
Coulbome, John P Lt E 03/14/1895 03/07/1937 Active
Collins, Howard L Ptl NW 07/16/1914 01/02/1941 Active*
Corberry, Richard H Sr Sgt SW 08/05/1886 05/09/1941 Retire
Cusack, Tomas Ptl W 05/29/1901 06/29/1941 Retire
Carroll, John L Cpt S 07/21/1904 07/02/1941 Active
Coughlin, Peter Ptl C 03/25/1899 07/12/1941 Retire
Collinson, Joseph M Ptl TRF 04/12/1912 12/28/1941
Carson, Thomas W. D. Ptl SW 09/05/1885 05/05/1890 Active 


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Maj Delmar “Sonny” Dickson Jr. CD – SED – NWD – Homicide – SWD – NED 
P/O Scott Dickson - ND 
Lt. Jerry DeManss WD ( Officer and Sergeant), SWD, CCT#1, 
Tac QRT, NWD, E&T. - MoH - HERE
Capt. James S.M.DiPino
P/O Bryan Donahue CD - QRT 
P/O Michael Dunn - SD - ED - NWD - MU - HP - Honor Guard - COV - SS - BS - LSA - CR 
P/O James M Distler CD 
P/O Noraima Dejesus-Willem SED

Sgt. Paul Davis WD, TIS
Maj. William Davis WD, CID, SWD (Sgt) SED, ND, CD (Lt), WD, CID, SED (Deputy Major), SED (Major)
Mark Daugherty NWD, SED, K9
Margaret Duffy SD, SED
P/O George Doxzen CD - SD
P/O Gary Dresser WD - MoH - HERE
P/O Mike Driscoll NE
Det. Shirley Disney CD
Dunn, Paul G.  SE - Academy / Cov - CR
Sgt. Dunn, Michael P. ND - TAC / CoV - (Was a member of the Honor Guard)
Sgt. Fred Dillon
Maj. John Dodson CD / BS
Sgt. Sue Dillman
P/O Mike DeBord CD
Det. Sgt. David Randy Dull CD - MCU - DDU - MoVx1 / UCx3 / SR
Sgt Paul Davis - TIS
Det. Kenny Driscoll (Historian) CD - MCU - DDU - CoVx2 / UCx3 / BSx3 / CRx2 / SRx1 / OOTYx7 / 15YRSD / PHx1 / CLx99+ / and Member in the American Police Hall of Fame - HERE
Det. Charles Bealefeld Homicide - BSx1 / UCx2 / CRx3
Kenneth DeLuca
Dalton Joseph
Danielak Adam F.
Darby Warren E.
Davis Marshall E.
Dawson Mary G.
Day,Sr. Robert
DeAngelis Thomas D.
Deares George
Decker John C.
Dedmon Leroy P.
Degenhard Carroll T.
DeHuff Roberta B.
Delahanty William E.
Dent Harold J.
DePaola William J.
Derrenberger Gordon E.
Derrenberger William J.
Dever Paul L.
DeWitt Arthur W.
Dickerson William P.
Digelman Bernard J.
Dillow Leroy E.
Dimmer James G.
DiPietro Vincent F.
DiStefano,Jr. John L.
DiStefano,Jr. Louis
Divens Ethyle T.
Dix Edward J.
Dobyns Griffin S.
Doda Albert J.
Donohue Francis X.
Donohue John P.
Dowling Herbert G.
Downey John A.
Downey Vincent
Drakos Gus A.
Dranbauer Jr. Vernon L.
Dressel Frank
DuBois Maurice D.
Duggins Darrell R.
Dungan Maurice E.
Dunn ,II Thomas S.
Dunn, Sr. Edward J.
Dyson, Sr. Donald
Dziuba Sophia M. 
Dean Robert E.   
Barbara Dais E168, Det. class 87-5, EOD 10/2/87-4/5/04 worked: CD, ECU, CRIME LAB
Scott Dickson F306 ND 12/29/93-12/30/13 
Denise C. Dietz-McElroy  S-448. EOD 15 September 1982 Retired 31 March 2019. 

Diggs, Daniel E Sgt E 05/07/1867 03/03/1890 Active
Donohoe, Patrick J Ptl C 08/20/1886 08/17/1890 Active
Droste, William H DMar HQ 06/05/1868 09/16/1893 Active
Dunn, James J Ptl c 12/18/1890 06/20/1894 Active
Dunn, Edward Tun c 11/24/1874 08/04/1894 Retire
Dahle, George Ptl c 08/21/1884 03/17/1895 Active
Dailey, John J Ptl s 06/01/1888 10/17/1895 Retire
Dolan, Michael Ptl c 02/01/1871 08/28/1896 Retire
Donovan, Timothy Ptl sw 06/01/1888 09/04/1896 Active
Dull, George Sgt s 04/25/1867 06/02/1897 Retire
Dingle, Henry Ptl s 07/31/1878 03/26/1898 Active
Dyer, Harry C Ptl sw 06/18/1898 11/26/1898 Active
Donnelly, Bernard Ptl NW 09/15/1871 03/27/1901 Retire
Dursker, Henry H Ptl NE 05/06/1867 11/30/1901 Retire
Doyle, Bernard Sgt NW 09/07/1887 12/16/1904 Active
Donohue, Charles J Ptl NW 08/20/1901 05/20/1902 Active
Doerr, Charles T Ptl E 02/18/1897 05/23/1903 Retire
Davis, John W Ptl E 04/04/1881 11/22/1903 Active
Draued, George R Ptl c 05/07/1867 08/28/1904 Retire
Dailey, James M Ptl N 10/20/1888 01/05/1905 Active
Dubois, Edward S CLK sw 04/09/1886 04/16/1905 Active
Deal, George E Ptl E 04/01/1901 10/15/1905 Active
Davis, John Ptl c 09/10/1873 01/05/1907 Retire
Dwyer, Charles A Ptl N 04/07/1896 02/11/1907 Active
Donaldson, Stephen CHF E 08/22/1907 09/07/1909 Active
Devon, John T Tun N 10/11/1872 03/16/1910 Retire
Demilein, George Ptl E 05/23/1894 05/12/1910 Active
Dick, George B Ptl c 08/08/1899 12/07/1910 Active
Doyle, William F Ptl s 08/02/1869 01/21/1914 Retire
Dirtz, John Ptl c 12/20/1871 08/02/1916 Retire
Dunn, William E Ptl N 12/14/1905 10/07/1916 Active
Drihen,-David Ptl NW 05/07/1867 03/02/1917 Retire
Dougherty, Michael Ptl E 01/04/1906 06/28/1917 Active
Dodson, Lawrence E Sgt NW 12/10/1900 08/22/1917 Active
Dempsey, John M Ptl HQ 10/02/1905 07/29/1918 Active
Dunkin, Anthony J Ptl NW 04/30/1904 06/03/1919 Active
Dorsey, John B Ptl HQ 10/13/1871 11/03/1919 Retire
Daniels, William J Ptl NE 02/06/1899 01/06/1920 Retire
Davidson, Frederick Ptl s 04/17/1911 02/06/1920 Active
Donohue, James B CHF NE 03/31/1905 09/27/1922 Active
Dengler, George Ptl E 04/12/1893 05/13/1924 Retire
Detrich, Andrew Pt1 E 03/13/1903 04/27/1925 Retire
Devon, Francis P Sgt HQ 04/10/1882 12/19/1925 Active
Davis, Robert T T&S E 10/03/1925 05/20/1926 Active
Dillon, Thomas J CLK NW 03/12/1912 07/12/1926 Active*
Damtiz, John Ptl E 05/05/1906 02/20/1927 Retire
Doebler, William F Ptl NW 09/03/1919 08/05/1927 Active
Douchler, George H Ptl NW 03/06/1924 12/21/1937 Active
Davis, William F Det HQ 03/14/1921 06/01/1928 Active
Dunn, John T Sgt c 08/12/1896 02/05/1929 Active
Demoss, John M Ptl NW 01/02/1893 11/15/1929 Retire
Danaher, Josephine MAT NE 08/31/1907 01/26/1931 Active
Dempsey, Thomas F Lt N 05/26/1888 09/10/1931 Retire
Dirken, James P Lt HQ 02/13/1908 10/18/1931 Retire
Dorn, Charles P Ptl NW 09/18/1878 03/26/1932 Retire
Doley, James Tun NE 09/25/1905 08/17/1933 Retire
Davis, Pinkney PHY HQ 07/01/1920 07/10/1934 Active
Dick, James K Ptl NE 03/23/1899 04/06/1936 Retire
Davis, Robert Lt c 07/27/1899 05/03/1936 Active
Donhauser, Henry A Sgt E 05/29/1901 08/22/1936 Retire
Dempsey, James J Ptl c 01/31/1900 12/27/1936 Active
Dunn, Matthew J Lt HQ 04/28/1913 01/09/1937 Active
Delaney, John J Ptl N 04/01/1901 01/19/1937 Active
Druschler, Frank C Tun c 02/22/1900 04/10/1937 Retire
Dobson, August N Ptl c 04/16/1920 05/09/1937 Active
Durkin, Patrick J Ptl c 10/13/1913 07/30/1937 Active
Debring, Anthony Pt1 s 01/11/1883 10/14/1937 Retire
Doherty, Edward E Lt w 05/29/1901 12/24/1937 Active
Duerr, Valentine H Pt1 NW 07/30/1892 03/24/1938 Retire
Dougherty, Edward J Hostler TRF 04/01/1905 05/05/1938 Active
Day, John C Lt HQ 03/19/1895 01/06/1940 Retire
Durham, Arthur Sgt sw 05/20/1912 01/17/1940 Retire
Dittell, Edward Sgt HQ 09/01/1904 02/14/1940 Retire
Dirtz, Charles L Pt1 w 12/10/1900 02/25/1942 Retire
Dempsey, James E PI NW 01/20/1926 05/21/1942 Retire
Doyle, Nora MAT w 06/25/1902 12/12/1942 Retire
Deems, John Ptl s 09/11/1882 04/28/1913 Retire
Debus, Louis Sgt s 04/10/1886 02/04/1914 Active
Dyser, Luke J. Ptl sw 06/01/1888 04/23/1916 Retire
Drugan, Anna M MAT N 03/01/1888 04/09/1902 Active
Donnelly, John Ptl E10/02/1902 02/08/1931 Active


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Sgt Melisa Enos NWD - WD - Sex Offense - SWD
Det. Jimmy Eigner CD - MCU - DDU / UCx2 / CRx2 / OOTYx3 / CLx50+
Det. John Emminizer CD - MCU - IID - CIF / UCx2 / OOTYx2
P/O Parker Edwards III
John Emrick  WD - T.I.S

Kent Edmondson SED
P/O David Eastman - Mounted - Motors HERE
Earhardt Francis A.
Early, Wayne P/O CD - CRx2 / SPx1
Earle Herman G.
Sgt. Earle Eagan ND - SD - MCU - UCx1
Sgt. Marvin Froneberger- ED, WD
John Freund- WD
Eble,Jr. George E.
Eckstorm Henry K.
Elder Francis O.
Elton John B.
Emich Edwin F.
Engle, Sr. Joseph R.
Ennd William J.
Epple Maurice A.  
Lewis Ely – Sgt. - E313 - ED – Communications  

Ernst Francis
Esler Charles J.
Eunick Edward
Evans John D.
Evans, Jr. Chester
Ewing Rovert V.
Ey Herbert W.
Eyler, Jr. Charles E.    
Deidre Booker-Eames 93-6 -  F257 - BADGE 541 - EOD 11/12/93 -  SW -  COMMUNICATIONS - CD - ECU  

Emery, Walter H Ptl NW 05/07/1867 01/18/1897 Retire
Escavaille, George S Ptl NW 04/13/1886 11/17/1902 Active
Eustace, Levi Ptl E 04/25/1881 07/01/1909 Retire
Egan, John J Ptl sw 12/25/1885 09/20/1912 Retire
Evans, George N Lt sw 04/11/1874 03/03/1914 Retire
Eppley, John A Ptl NE 11/15/1871 05/11/1916 Retire
Emerine, George Ptl NE 08/12/1876 08/08/1918 Retire
Ehmling, George P Ptl N 11/13/1913 10/12/1918 Active
Eilbacher, Lewis H Sgt w 04/12/1886 03/06/1922 Active
Ellis, August Ptl E 02/04/1907 07/18/1922 Active
Emrich, Mary CHW w 04/16/1897 04/17/1923 Active
Eagan, Thomas Sgt s 01/07/1890 02/08/1924 Retire
Engleton, Margaret B Ptl W HQ 07/22/1912 10/03/1929 Active
Eser, Charles N Ptl E 11/05/1897 11/10/1931 Retire
Eagan, Frank Tun E 11/14/1919 03/26/1932 Active
Eckert, Bernard E BE HQ 12/01/1922 05/22/1935 Active
Emerick, Frederick C Ptl NW 10/09/1890 10/07/1935 Retire
Ely, Charles Ptl NE 03/12/1925 10/13/1937 Active
English, Martin B Ptl c 01/02/1893 10/19/1904 Active
Eisenhut, William Ptl NE 04/14/1899 06/01/1927 Active
Elder, Hilary J Ptl NW 02/05/1896 12/31/1900 Active
Edwards, David Ptl E' 10/06/1879 06/01/1901 Active


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P/O Fred Fitch

P/O Mark Frank WD/SED
P/O Toni Furlong
P/O Bill Furlong
P/O Rob Furlong Jr

Lt W Thompson Fields
P/O William "Bill" Furlong Sr.
Sgt. Ron Flemming
Sgt. George W. Freeman III SS - BS - CR
Jonathan Fry  Sgt SD BS LSA
Sergeant Philip J. Flood - HERE
P/O Ron Farley Sr.
P/O Cassandra Farley
Sgt. Robert W. Foltz
WD, TAC, QRT, Helicopter Unit, & E&T (Range)

P/O Aaron Faulkner
James Fisher - WD
Ed Frye - WD
Farace Philip C.
Feimer William
Fetrow Clarence E.
Fialkowski Norbert S.
Finn James E.
Fischer Bernard
Fitzpatrick Patrick P.
Flemke Carl F.
Flynn Joseph R.
Fogarty William L.
Folio, Sr. Joseph C.
France Russell L.
Frazier,Sr. Carlton A.
Freeburger Martin E.
Freeman Melvin P.
Freund Milton C.
Fuchs George G.
Fulton, Sr. Douglas R. 
Franklin Eugene L.  
Kevin Forrester P/O AGT - D/Sgt, E800 92-1 - 5/1/1992 - ED Flex & DEU - Tac - QRT/SWAT – Sgt SED - CID – Homicide - CIS - Gang Unit – JTTF - Watch Center & MCAC-FBI 
Michael Fisher D428 82-6A EOD 11-04-82  CD – WD – ND – SED – NWD - NED 

Fay, Ella H HMAT HQ 06/01/1892 02/10/1917 Active
Fink, Jacob Ptl SW 04/30/1887 04/05/1971 Retire
Fall, Cecelia MAT HQ 02/28/1910 03/18/1918 Active
French, Samuel J Ptl C 05/31/1901 03/27/1918 Active
Frock, George F Ptl N 08/13/1892 11/27/1923 Retire
Frank, Charles L Ptl S 11/08/1923 06/20/1924 Active
Forrest, William J Sr. 1888 - Sgt - HERE
Forrest, William J Jr. Sgt C 05/01/1911 02/12/1956 Active - HERE
Freeman, Richard E Lt HQ 11/22/1898 10/27/1925 Active
Finch, Charles H.D. Ptl W 06/10/1899 01/04/1926 Retire
Freedenberg, John M Sgt HQ 09/03/1889 06/01/1927 Retire
Fetsch, John M Sgt HQ 08/21/1884 08/12/1927 Retire
Ford, James C Ptl C 07/20/1920 01/24/1928 Active
Furlong, John Ptl NE 06/02/1892 07/15/1928 Retire
Fersterman, William L Ptl TRF 09/13/1923 12/25/1935 Active
Freeman, Margaret  M MAT N 12/15/1927 02/18/1936 Active
Fischback, Andrew Ptl S 01/29/1906 08/27/1936 Retire
Ferris, Thomas Ptl NE 04/07/1896 05/05/1937 Retire
F erdt, Raleigh J Ptl S 05/31/1901 12/27/1937 Retire
Ferris, Thomas J Ptl S 04/12/1911 01/11/1939 Retire
Fritz, William F Ptl S 05/09/1921 01/25/1939 Active
Frizzel, Charles W Ptl E 10/20/1932 05/05/1939 Retire
Ford, JohnN Ptl NE 07/27/1887 10/01/1939 Retire
Farley, Edward J Sr Ptl S 05/15/1928 10/25/1939 Active
Frazier, Webster B Lt NE 05/20/1899 05/01/1940 Retire
Frederick, Henry W Ptl NW 04/13/1886 04/08/1940 Retire
Farley, Charles F Ptl C 02/10/1898 01/18/1941 Retire
Fischer, John R Tun S 04/17/1923 05/01/1941 Active
Fritchery, Eugene F Ptl W 06/27/1935 06/02/1942 Active
Fiorucci, Hugo A Ptl W 03/29/1929 11/17/1938 Active
Frirl, Ellen L MAT E 06/01/1892 06/26/1910 Retire
Flood, Philip Sgt S 11/11/1882 01/06/1913 Active
Farnan, Thomas F Mars HQ 04/30/1867 07/20/1915 Retire
Fairbanks, William  Ptl S 05/01/1867 11/19/1921 Retire
Freeman, Edward B Ptl E 04/02/1888 01/04/1922 Retire
Fergusson, William C Lt N 09/20/1901 07/31/1933 Retire
Fousek, Joseph F Ptl C 05/18/1898 08/29/1920 Retire
Fields, Charles L Ptl C 11/25/1904 09/11/1920 Active
Farrell, Charles J Ptl NW 06/06/1886 10/02/1920 Retire


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Sgt. Jon Glazerman - P/O - SGT - SD - SWD - SED – FOP Commendation, 10 YRSD - 2015 RR - SC 
Detective Jeff Gary 
Det. David A Greene - NWD  - CID - IAD - CID - Child Abuse  
James R. Griffin - NWD - NED  
Ross S. Griffin - NED - TIU
 
Lt. Tracy Geho - CID
Lt. Philip Gonyo - K9 - CD

Groncki, John - K-9
Groncki, Robert - CID
Sgt John C. Ganovski  NE - SW - BSx2 / CRx4 / UCx1 / OoTYx1
Det. Stanley Gasque
P/O Ivan Gonzalez Marine Unit  
Andrew Giordano, P/O 1110, B639 

Detective Phillip M. Germack  
P/O Santo Grasso NED, PCO, E&T, OT Unit   
Terry Graham - P/O - E569 - CD - SD  

Lt. Victor Gearhart
Ray Gilespie- WD
Sgt. Craig Gentile
Det. Dennis Gunther - CD - MCU - DDU / UCx2 / SR / OOTY
P/O Joel E. Gordon  - WD - ND - CR - FTO
Glenn Wade Grymes - SED - SD 1973 / 79
Gallion, Sr. Melvin 
Garner Thomas G. 
Garner, Jr. Ernest H. 
Garrity Joseph S. 
Gay Thomas P.   
Garrett David P/O D648 ND 

Gebhart Gerald 
George Rodney D. 
George, Sr. Charles a. 
Gerbes, Jr. William J. 
Ghant William H. 
Gilbert George D.   
Matthew Gerber G723 SD  

Scott Gerber E106 Sgt WATF 
Glover Anton T. 
Gonce Edward A. 
Gooden Reginald E. 
Grabarek Edward A. 
Grabowski Lawrence J. 
Grace James P. 
Grams John E. 
Granger James D. 
Gray Leon K. 
Gray, Jr. Vernon W. 
Greaver Albert 
Green Howard D. 
Green Lloyd W. 
Green Thomas C. 
Green Vernon D. 
Griffin, Jr. Allen A. 
Griffith Ronald C. 
Gross Harry 
Grossman Joseph 
Grunder Frank W. 
Gryctz Walter 
Gummer Thomas J.  
Russell Gayle D953 Sgt SE CID WD CID 
Shonda Gooch-Williams - E298 - 89-2 - P/O - Badge# 3666 - CD - HQ Security - Records Management Section 
Victor C Gearhart Lt D383 8/5/82 to 2/1/17 SED/WD/CID/NWD/SD/NWD/ND/GOVERNMENT RELATIONS  MIS SD PENSION TRUSTEE & 1st VP FOP Lodge #3 

Green, Howsou D Pt1 NE 06/14/1890 05/26/1892 Active
Grossman, Leopold Ptl s 10/03/1876 05/30/1892 Active
Guy, Walter E CLK HQ 12/04/1888 01/12/1893 Active
Galvin, George E Ptl c 03/01/1893 04/13/1895 Active
Graham, Benjamin Sgt E 04/30/1868 06/16/1895 Active
Gaffrey, John C Ptl c 03/25/1868 11/14/1899 Active
Gordon, George H Ptl E 05/25/1872 04/12/1900 Active
Gault, Albert Det HQ 12/08/1866 07/26/1900 Active
Garvey, James H Ptl c 04/01/1901 07/09/1902 Active
Goldsmith, John B Ptl NW 05/30/1870 12/06/1902 Retire
Grebe, Frederick Ptl E 01/31/1885 08/25/1906 Retire
Glenn, James H Ptl NW 05/17/1898 11/14/1907 Retire
Gillespir, William F Ptl sw 03/01/1883 12/24/1908 Retire
Garrity, Timothy Pt1 c 08/29/1890 02/06/1909 Retire
Green, Thomas T Ptl sw 06/05/1875 04/24/1910 Active
Guntler, Albert E Ptl sw 06/27/1902 08/02/1913 Active
Gernhardt, Henry Pt1 NE 09/29/1884 06/08/1915 Retire
Geisel, F erdinaud Ptl NE 03/04/1891 10/24/1915 Retire
Gittings, Charles W Cpt NE 07/17/1886 09/11/1916 Retire  
Jesse Goode Sgt B755 ISD WD  
Gordon, Myrna - WD

Gumpman, Peter H Ptl s 08/26/1886 01/07/1917 Active
Gaule, Michael J Ptl c 04/01/1901 01/24/1918 Retire
Glynn, John J Lt NW 10/04/1883 01/31/1918 Retire
Gibson, George W Ptl NW 10/14/1890 07/31/1919 Retire
Gerving, William P Ptl w 10/21/1899 10/26/1919 Retire
Garrigan, Joseph P Ptl w 04/01/1901 08/25/1920 Active
Griffiss, Joseph W Sgt w 11/04/1886 11/06/1920 Retire
Gordon, Albert Ptl E 07/26/1901 10/18/1921 Retire
Graham, James A Pt1 s 12/13/1878 05/15/1923 Retire
Grimes, George A Ptl Sw 04/14/1884 11/06/1923 Retire
Gray, Charles W Ptl sw 12/11/1923 01/06/1924 Active
Green, Lewis Ptl HQ 04/30/1881 04/26/1924 Retire
Gilbert, Joseph J Cpt c 01/27/1881 07/13/1926 Retire
Gill, Charles M Ptl s 07/09/1891 10/04/1926 Retire
Gillen, James J Printer HQ 01/23/1923 08/24/1927 Active
Garmer, John Ptl E 06/13/1899 12/21/1927 Retire
Gott, Allen J Ptl c 02/25/1914 03/19/1929 Active
Ganley, Phillip Ptl sw 05/16/1885 11/17/1929 Retire
Geraghty, James Ptl c 07/13/1903 05/23/1930 Retire
Greene, Samuel Ptl NE 04/22/1886 01/27/1931 Retire
Greenfelder, George M Ptl E 10/14/1924 08/21/1932 Active
Gladden, Charles W. B. Ptl NW 11/11/1897 11/17/1932 Retire
Garrett, John W Ptl s 04/22/1886 03/31/1933 Retire
Gooding, Eugene J Lt TRF 03/14/1904 12/24/1933 Active
Gunran, James P Ptl c 09/13/1892 05/22/1934 Active
Golderman, Raymond Sgt HQ 09/26/1919 07/12/1934 Active
Goldberg, Israel Ptl NE 07/23/1920 06/28/1935 Active
Goonan, Timothy Tun sw 04/23/1885 10/10/1935 Active
Graf, Bernhardt Sgt c 05/28/1902 12/04/1935 Active
Goodnig, John H- Sgt s 06/02/1892 07/10/1937 Retire
Glenn, John P Sgt w 12/21/1898 05/03/1938 Retire
Gesswein, Louis F Sgt s 01/02/1893 10/20/1938 Retire
Gelbach, George Ptl TRF 05/30/1899 10/04/1941 Active
Gerahty, Charles Ptl NE 12/27/1916 10/22/1941 Active
Gover, Ernest CHF E 04/01/1905 12/10/1941 Retire
Grady, Elmer  Lt sw 01/31/1916 03/05/1942 Retire
German, Frederick Ptl E 05/31/1901 04/05/1942 Retire
Graff, Raymond Ptl E 04/08/1873 05/20/1911 Retire
Goodwin, Joseph Ptl sw 04/13/1886 11/01/1913 Retire
Graham, Joseph T Ptl c 09/10/1888 06/30/1913 Retire
Griffin, Joseph A Ptl s 12/07/1922 03/29/1929 Active
Gill, William E Sgt E 09/17/1913 01/26/1925 Active
Girvines, Joseph H Ptl NE 09/28/1937 11/01/1937 Retire
Glenn, E. Herbert Sgt NE 06/26/1891 08/13/1941 Retire

Medals racked NEW

KEY

CD=Central District, SE=Southeast, ED=Eastern District, NE=Northeastern, ND=Northern District, NW=Northwest District, WD=Western District, SW=Southwest District, SD=Southern District, HP=Harbor Patrol

MCU=Major Crime Unit, DDU=District Detective Unit, TAC=Tactical, QRT=Quick Response Team, SWAT=Special Weapons, and Tactics, K9, FOX=Helicopter Unit, MU=Marine Unit, TIS=Traffic Investigative Services, TS=Traffic Section, VS=Vice Squad DEU=Drug Enforcement Unit, CS=Crime Statistics CP=Community Policing Mot=Motors Mou=Mounted FD=Fiscal Division & EPD=Executive Protection Division. 

MoH=Medal of Honor, CoV=Citation of Valor, SS=Silver Star, BS=Bronze Star, LSA=Life Saving Award, DSA=Distinguished Service Award CR=Commendation Ribbon, UC=Unit Citation, 5YRSD, 10YRSD, 15YRSD, 20YRSD=Years Safe Driving (5, 10, 15, 20), RR1968=1968 Riot Ribbon, SR=Special Ribbon, SP2000=Special 2000, EDI=Eastern District Incentive, CL=Commendatory Letter, OOTY= Officer of the Year. PH=Purple Heart BPDHS-SR=Baltimore Police Historic Soicety Service Ribbon

Baltimore City Police History we consider all of our brothers and sisters in the Baltimore Police Department to be heroes and would like to form a "Hall of Fame" here on the site to include each and every one of them. So if you know of an officer that isn't on this wall, bring it to our attention by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Just give us a name, the district(s) worked, along with any other info you may know, years worked, awards received, interesting cases etc. If you have a pic that would be nice too (the pics won't go on this page, but with luck, we will eventually have a link created so that when a name is found it can be clicked on to take you to their pic which will be loaded somewhere else on this site. That said, we will load all pictures sent to us somewhere on the site, so with pics let us know what district(s) they worked, units, etc. so we have a better idea of where to put the pic, without info the pic will still be loaded onto the site under Misc. Pictures.

TUN = Turnkey - Ptl = Patrolman - Det = Detective - Sgt = Sergeant - RSgt = Round Sergeant - Lt = Lieutenant -  Cpt = Captain - Dep = Deputy Marshall - Mar = Marshall - Com = Commissioner - MAT= Matron - HMAT = Head Matron - BE = Boat Engineer - T&S = Telegraph and Signal operator - Clk =Clerk - Phy = Physician - Chf = Chauffer - HQ = Headquarter - C =Central - SE = Southeast - E =Eastern - NE =Northeast - N =Northern - NW = Northwest - W =Western - SW = Southwest - S = Southern - TRF = Traffic

P/O = Police officer - P/W = Policewoman - P/A = Pollice Agent - Det = Detective


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Sgt Bill Hamlin ND - NWD - NED - BSx1 - CRx1 - 15YRSD 
Det. Sgt. Laverne (Day) Howell - NED - CID - Homicide - ISD - IID - SD - EEOC
P/A Wm G. Hotz, Jr - NWD - SS x 1 - CR x 2
 
P/O William Hackley - HERE
P/O Brian Hamer 
P/O Jeffrey Humphreys – NED 
Major Sidney R. Hyatt  
Patrolman William E. Harriman - ND HERE

Lieutenant Colonel Melissa R. Hyatt
Commissioner Leonard Hamm - 1xBS - 2xCR City - College Hall of Fame - Elijah E. Cummings U-Turn Award - Runitel Public Safety Project  - Hall of Fame, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences and many more
Joseph "Nightstick Joe" Hlafka W - TRF - CoV -  HERE
P/O Paul R Hart, Sr SD - Crime Lab
P/O Jack E. Hurley, Jr. SE - BSx2
P/O John Heiderman CD - Mounted HERE
Sgt. Chuck Hymiller
Joe Hands
Sgt. Drew Hall  ND - COMM - NED - TAC - BSx1 / CRx2 / DSAx1
William Harting WD
John H. Hand  - ED - HERE
Warren "Bud" Harding WD
Ed Hanko WD
Robert Himes III - P/O - Det - Sgt - SW - E&T - HQ - Medal of Honor - Legion of Merit - Silver Star - Bronze Star - Life Saving - Purple Heart - Distiquish Service Award - Commendation Ribbon - Unit Citation - 20 safe Driving Award - 2000 SP - 2015 Riot Ribbon - and Commendatory Letters
Mike Hammel WD, CID
Donald Haskins WD
Terry Hendrickson WD, CID
Det. Ray Hunter
P/O Walter Hogan HERE
Sgt. Don Helms

P/O Ian Hall
P/O Tim Hall
Maj. James Hawkins
Det. Pete Haduch - CD
Haag John A. 
Haber Thomas A. 
Neil Huber  C688

Hagerty Patrick W. 
Hall, Sr. Robert T. 
Hallameyer James 
Hamilton, Jr. Edward L. 
Hardesty, Sr. Robert J. 
Harold Charles E. 
Harper Harry E. 
Harris Arthur 
Harris James H. 
Hartlove Barnard E.   
Kim Hammack F862 WD

Harvey Edwin L. 
Hasson George 
Haughey Charles 
Hayden, Leroy B. 
Hayden, Kenneth - MoH / Cov / BSx2 / CRx2 / RR1968 / LCx2 
Hayes Thomas A, Sr. 
Heaps Michael G. 
Heddinger,Jr. John F. 
Heddings Stanley G. 
Heidecker Richard T. 
Heidel Herman J. 
Heiderman Fred H. 
Helm Edmond W. 
Heming Joseph A. 
Henderson Waring A. 
Hennessey Thomas F. 
Herold, Jr. Henry 
Hibline, Sr. Vernon T. 
Higgins Donald E. 
High Paul A. 
Hill James D. 
Hill, Jr. John M. 
Hilnbrand Harry S. 
Hilseberg, Jr. William C. 
Hiltz Harmar C. 
Hocheder George W.  
Honeycutt William M, 
Hopkins Joseph 
Hord Cleo C. 
Hornberger Kenneth 
Houck Leonard 
Hoyt George 
Hranicka Donald 
Hudson, Jr. Ralph M. 
Huffman Joseph B. 
Hughes Donald 
Hughes Lawrence 
Hughes Orlando F. 
Hughes William 
Hunt Bingham A. 
Hyde Ronald W. 
Hayes Charles R.   
Kim Hammack WD
Michael Hires, badge #25. Seq# B634, 8-30-71 to 4-15-92  
Michael Hessler, Det. D233, 11/19/81 - SWD, WATF

Henkle, Frederick Ptl E 10/27/1884 07/28/1895 Active
Harman, L. W. Ptl E 05/12/1875 02/19/1889 Active
Hildebrand, Henry Ptl E 04/17/1870 12/11/1889 Retire
Hahn, John Ptl NE 05/04/1891 10/29/1896 Active
Hussey, Michael Det HQ 04/01/1885 04/12/1898 Active
Heowe, John Ptl NW 10/04/1871 11/04/1898 Retire
Hosefrous, Louis H Ptl W 04/11/1874 04/23/1899 Retire
Hickley, Robert Ptl S 05/06/1867 07/11/1900 Retire
Helm, Joseph A Ptl C 05/06/1867 07/09/1900 Retire
Hutson, George W Ptl E 07/20/1882 12/13/1902 Active
Hogan, Michael Ptl NW 04/12/1882 07/07/1906 Active
High, William W Ptl SW 06/01/1888 12/18/1906 Retire
Hagan, Mark Det HQ 05/05/1867 01/25/1907 Retire
Hall, Theodric B Det HQ 04/22/1875 06/25/1908 Retire
Harrison, Philip Pt1 W 12/15/1896 06/24/1909 Active
Hardesty, James H Ptl S 04/25/1881 09/30/1909 Active
Hauson, Edward H Ptl NW 04/10/1886 04/25/1911 Active
Harvey, James Sgt C 05/0111867 07/29/1911 Retire
Hopwood, Harry E Sgt N 05/11/1898 09/02/1911 Active
Hoffman, William H Ptl NE 11/03/1888 09/12/1911 Active
Halstead, Edwin G Ptl E 06/07/1880 12/24/1911 Retire
Harrigan, Mark J Sgt SW 11/30/1900 04/06/1913 Active
Herold, John L Ptl NE 07/21/1899 05/05/1913 Active
Heiderman, Charles E Tun s 12/07/1872 06/21/1913 Active
Hahn, Lewis H RSgt SW 04/15/1876 12/21/1913 Active
Hooper, James A Ptl W 04/10/1886 01/12/1897 Active
Heath, George W Ptl NE 07/19/1878 04/01/1918 Retire
Hamilton, Andrew J Ptl E 12/01/1880 02/24/1914 Active
Heinz, William M Sgt SW 05/12/1897 05/16/1914 Active
Hammond, James M Ptl N 02/26/1880 08/27/1914 Retire
Hiob, Charles C Ptl C 06/01/1888 05/26/1915 Retire
Higgins, William F Sgt HQ 03/19/1885 07/07/1915 Active
Hughes, Michael Ptl S 07/17/1884 03/21/1916 Active
Hutcheson, James W Pt1 C 07/17/1899 10/25/1916 Active
Healy, John J Ptl C 05/14/1873 01/30/1917 Active
Hall, Douglas V Ptl C 06/09/1889 06/02/1917 Retire
Hayes, Nicholas Ptl S 08/21/1897 10/09/1919 Active
Holthaus, Albert A Ptl C 04/01/1905 01/14/1920 Active
Henneman, John H Ptl W 06/08/1876 01/13/1920 Retire
Hymes, Alexander Ptl C 04/29/1867 02/18/1920 Retire
Haile, Frederick D Ptl N 10/09/1901 06/13/1920 Active
Hofstetter, John F N Ptl 01/03/1919 08/06/1920 Active
Hughes,~chaelJ Sgt NE 05/29/1901 04/05/1921 Retire
Hughes, Timothy Ptl W 08/12/1881 02/22/1922 Active
Hartman, John Ptl SW 07/11/1902 09/03/1923 Active
Hunt, Catherine ChWom E 04/10/1905 05/26/1924 Active
Henisler, Samuel H Ptl NE 04/23/1875 05/31/1924 Active
Heiser, Clinton Ptl NW 05/22/1897 08/27/1924 Retire
Howe, Edward Tun NE 09/06/1886 10/10/1924 Active
Hussey, Mary T MAT NW 10/02/1901 11/01/1924 Active
Holland, Stephen CHF SW 03/15/1920 11/25/1924 Active
Hart, George D Ptl N 03/27/1924 01/21/1925 Active*
Hobbs, StewartS Lt C 05/02/1898 03/01/1925 Active
Homer, Lloyd Ptl E 06/30/1896 03/31/1925 Retire
Hughes, Terence Sgt NE 04/09/1886 01/18/1926 Retire
Hickwolf, ~ton Ptl C 08/07/1922 02/09/1926 Active
Hurley, Charles E lnsp HQ 07/08/1893 02/20/1926 Active
Hauf, Albert J Ptl SW 06/06/1898 04/30/1927 Active
Higgins, John T Ptl NE 01/02/1902 06/23/1927 Active 
Hunnigan, Diamond E Ptl S 09/02/1921 01/14/1929 Active
Hinimelman, Sigmund Lt C 05/17/1906 09/27/1929 Retire
Hogan, Thomas F Lt HQ 04/07/1874 11/15/1929 Active
Heimiller, Herman Ptl S 09/25/1877 02/12/1930 Retire
Harr, Edward E LNM HQ 01/08/1927 04/22/1930 Active
Hoyle, George J Ptl C 12/15/1881 04/28/1930 Retire
Horstman, Henry H Ptl N 11/29/1884 06/25/1930 Retire
Hensler, John R LNM HQ 01/20/1922 09/17/1930 Active
Hoffman, Edward J Ptl C 08/25/1881 04/13/1931 Retire
Hurley, Albert E Ptl C 03/11/1907 02/20/1934 Retire
Hirsch, Max Ptl S 03/31/1928 02/14/1935 Active*
Hesse, Christian Sgt E 13/30/1918 05/13/1935 Retire
Hartman, Alfred Ptl NW 02/18/1920 06/14/1935 Active
Hill, Henry R Sgt E 12/23/1895 07/19/1935 Active
Harmon, John H Ptl S 09/25/1914 05/28/1938 Retire
Harrington, ~lton C Ptl HQ 09/11/1903 05/22/1940 Retire
Hyland, Francis Ptl SW 06/21/1875 01/21/1891 Active
Hahn, Philip Ptl NW 10/28/1897 11/14/1942 Retire
Hogan, Francis M.T. Sgt HQ 12/08/1902 05/24/1937 Active
Hobbs, George Ptl W 07/23/1920 09/01/1935 Active
Holzer, John H Lt N 08/17/1901 11/08/1935 Retire
House, Samuel W DMar HQ 06/10/1897 12/17/1935 Retire
Hartlove, William A Tun S 12/19/1890 02/07/1936 Retire
Hargadon, Bryan L Ptl C 01/13/1935 09/01/1936 Active
Henry, George G Clnsp HQ 06/01/1888 10/04/1936 Active
Hanley, Carrol Ptl C 08/26/1909 10/29/1936 Active*
Healy, Edward L Ptl TRF 02/11/1909 09/13/1937 Retire
Hamil, Walter P Ptl TRF 02/24/1928 06/29/1937 Active
Henry, Eugene Ptl NE 10/31/1902 09/24/1938 Retire
Hoffman, William Ptl S 09/16/1912 04/27/1939 Active
Holland, William J CHF HQ 07/01/1920 07/19/1939 Active
Hodge, Joseph W Sgt SW 11/08/1909 05/2/11940 Retire
Harris, James D Ptl S 04/29/1912 06/28/1940 Active
Herman, John Ptl E 06/10/1897 10/05/1941 Retire
Hildtich, Howard Ptl S 05/11/1922 11/07/1941 Retire
Holden, James S Ptl HQ 04/19/1901 10/09/1942 Retire
Hancock, Clifford W Sgt HQ 04/12/1899 04/23/1942 Retire
Hoeflich, Henry Ptl S 04/19/1901 10/09/1942 Retire
Homer, James A Ptl E 04/22/1909 11/18/1942 Retire
Hyland, Francis Ptl SW 06/21/1875 01/21/1891 Active
Hargley, William H Ptl S 03/27/1903 11/13/1917 Active
Hayes, George W Ptl NW 05/07/1867 03/21/1918 Retire
Hoey, CarrollS Ptl NE 03/14/1904 01/15/1919 Active
Harvey, Mary PLWM HW 06/19/1912 03/26/1934 Retire


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Imbrogulio, Anthony A.
Inocentes, Gino P/O Multi-Media Tech for Media Relations Section (aka Public Affairs Section) - Photographer/Multi-Media Guru -  HERE
Inhofe, John R Pt1 C 12/05/1888 07/20/1892 Active
Ipes, Thomas P Ptl S 04/29/1909 10/05/1931 Active
Ipes, Alfred J Ptl E 10/31/1913 02/02/1934 Active


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P/O Mark Janicki
Sgt. Robert Jones -  CD, ND, NED, CID ROBBERY, CID CHILD ABUSE, CID SEX OFFENSE, SD, WABASH COURT - BSx1 / UCx2
Sgt. Carl Johnson - WD
Sgt. Norman K Jacobs

Jarowski Anthony M. 
Sgt. Mark Janicki- WD, ND, CID  
Richard James, B-776 – Tactical – CD- Executive Protection - CID Narcotics – Homicide -  NED - Arson & Bomb Unit – Lt – SED - Chief of Patrol's Office – CID - Special Investigation Section  

Jennings Joseph
John Jarman Officer SD
Johnson Edward C. 
Johnson John T. 
Johnson Kenneth P. 
Johnson, Jr. Theodore H.  
Nancy Jones nwd, police liaison

Jonczak Daniel H. 
Jones Bobby 
Jones Joseph J. 
Jones, Jr. Charles G. 
Joyce James G. 
Jaskulski Mark  
Frank Jarrell F130 93-3 
Rodney James G299 SD    
Shelton Jones Jr E812 Det CID. Homicide. Vice Drugs, CD. WD. NED VCTF
David P. Jones - D184 - SD- Motors - TIS - HQ Security - SED - 2 Bronze - 3 regular - 2 unit citations

Johnson, W. R. Lt E 05/07/'867 03/29/1893 Active
Junker, John Ptl S 07/30/1873 05/28/1892 Retire
Jennmngs,~chael Ptl S 08/06/1870 10/11/1895 Retire
Jones, Francis W Lt E 05/07/1867 12/07/1896 Retire
Jones, Joseph Ptl W 02/26/1869 10/03/1905 Retire
Joynes, Leonard Ptl NE 03/18/1891 11/20/1905 Active
Junker, Adam Ptl S 04/29/1867 12/01/1907 Retire
Jacobs, Tobias Ptl C 10/29/1889 12/18/1915 Retire
Jamison, Andrew Ptl C 04/13/1886 11/1111917 Retire
Jours, Levin K Ptl NE 04110/1886 11/25/1918 Retire
Jones, Charles W Ptl C 12/03/1898 03/07/1920 Retire
Jones, Henry Ptl NE 07112/1877 08/25/1921 Retire
Jacksch, John Henry Ptl E 01/03/1885 06/18/1924 Retire
Jackson, Henry T Ptl SW 01/20/1900 06/18/1933 Retire
Jenkins, William M Lt HQ 03/23/1897 02/22/1936 Retire
Jones, Walton B Tun NW 05/07/1923 09/18/1936 Active
Johnson, John T Ptl E 09/1511885 11/18/1937 Retire
Jefferie, Harry F Ptl TRF 07/11/1929 04/16/1941 Active
Jamerson, Daniel Ptl NW 12/03/1889 03/13/1902 Active
Jarboe, Charles W Ptl W 05/14/1885 08/13/1907 Retire
James, Gilbert C Lt E 01/29/1887 02/25/1913 Active
Jones, George E Ptl TRF 09/02/1897 10/2111928 Active


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P/O Stephen D. Kuhn Sr. - SD - TAC/QRT - CRx1 - SSx1 - UCx1 - 20YRSD
P/O Mark Keller NE-SE-ND-ED/ED DEU-OPS-SE MCU-CS & CP-FOXTROT - MARINE  UNIT / BS / CRx2 / OOTY
Det. Marget Kelly
Lt. Joe Key Click here to learn more about QRT
Norman Kiaunis - NED - Mayors Security Detail - NE / BSx1 / CRx5 / and several LC
Eddie Kiaunia - SED - CD
Leo T. Kelly Sr
Leo T. Kelly Jr. HERE  
Wand (Williams) Kiah WD, E&T
Earl Kratsch
P/O Milton Krysztofiak NED, TS, Mot - BSx1 / CRx3  
Martin J. Karst   K9
Joe Kaiser
Det. Charles Klein
Ed Kohler - WD
Ron Kessler
John E Klein Lt Det. - CD - CID  HERE  
Charles Klein C368 long number 41305 

Kachnowich Henry A. 
Kackritz William 
Kaczmarek Joseph 
Emil J Klaas Patrolman - HERE
Kalmbacher Edward S. 
Lt. Det. Louis Phillip Kotmair
Joseph Casper Kotmair. Northern
John Baptist Kotmair  mounted 
Frank Kotmair, Northwestern
John Baptist Kotmair, Jr. Southern District
Kalwa Stanley A. 
Kaplan Harry 
Karcesky,Jr. Philip 
Kavanaugh Francis 
Kearney Charles E. 
Kearney William I. 
Kelly James A 
Kelly William T. 
Kidwell Leroy D. 
Kielek Casmir J. 
Kimmel Joseph S. 
Kirkner John R. 
Klein Raymond L. 
Kline James W. 
Knauer Joseph S. 
Knott Mary Jean
Kracke Sandra Sgt.
 - SWD, NED, ED, SD,NWD, CD,SED  TRSDx20, DSA,CL+ CRx5  
Koch Jerome A. 
Koller William 
Kondner Karl M 
Kozieracki vincent 
Kropfelder Charles R.
Krueger Frederick 
Kuhn Robert M. 
Kunkoski Frank J. 
Kurth Charles 
Kusak Stanley L.   
Jim Kelly 11-20-81 NED, SED,WD, ED, Tactical QRT, EVU, TAC-MET, K-9, PTL. 2317, SGT. 270, LT. 69 6-1-17 
Det. Joseph Kleinota ED - C298 - Personnel - Child Abuse - Homicide 
Koenig, Joe Lieutenant HERE 
Knight, Thomas Tun s 05/06/1871 04/23/1898 Retire

Keehne, Albert Pt1 E 12/29/1894 08/09/1900 Active
Keen, Samuel M Ptl w 04/17/1874 10/23/1900 Retire
Kelly, John E Ptl c 06/08/1876 09/26/1902 Retire
Kelly, Thomas P Ptl c 05/15/1883 05/12/1903 Retire
Klock, Louis Pt1 E 03/28/1891 05/03/1906 Active
Kissling, John Ptl E 04/21/1881 02/20/1907 Retire
Kennedy, Alfred J Ptl w 06/21/1886 11/12/1907 Retire
Kelly, Jauirs A Ptl c 12/03/1884 05/06/1908 Retire
Kelly, John T Ptl s 03/03/1882 09/28/1908 Retire
Kerr, John Ptl E 05/07/1867 08/26/1909 Retire
Kayer, Philip Ptl E 11/21/1878 03/21/1910 Retire
Kewealy, William J Sgt c 08/06/1888 04/13/1910 Active
Kreisel, William G Ptl NE 11/10/1898 10/28/1910 Active
King, Emerson Ptl N 10/31/1889 11/25/1910 Retire
Kenealy, Michael F Ptl E 03/22/1897 07/14/1915 Active
Kirsch, Louis Sgt c 04/15/1870 10/02/1915 Retire
Knott, Cornelius F Sgt sw 05/01/1867 06/21/1916 Retire
Kearny, Andrew J Ptl c 06/29/1898 11/13/1916 Active
Kelly, Patrick J Sgt c 12/05/1883 03/25/1917 Retire
Keubler, Alfred F Ptl NW 01/03/1898 10/05/1917 Retire
Keelty, Owen E RSgt NE 11/30/1900 05/01/1918 Active
King, Samuel Tun NE 12/01/1874 05/29/1918 Retire
Kessler, George F Tun s 06/05/1886 07/06/1918 Active
Kilghman, Choffmch Sgt NW 02/06/1899 01/31/1913 Active
Knode, JohnL Pt1 w 07/17/1888 01/16/1919 Retire
Krotee, William C Ptl c 03/10/1899 02/25/1919 Active
Klingenberg, Adam A Ptl NE 06/02/1892 07/08/1919 Retire
King, JohnR Ptl sw 12/0111885 08/09/1919 Retire
Kane, Cornelius J Tun c 01106/1893 10/27/1920 Retire
Kenealey, Patrick J Tun c 03/14/1904 02/15/1921 Active
Kelly, Charles E Ptl N 12/13/1890 03/23/1921 Active
Klinefelter, William J Cpt sw 06/26/1896 03/22/1922 Active
Kelly, Thomas Tun E 10/24/1887 04/18/1922 Active
Kaufman, Charles W Ptl N 07/13/1903 1110111923 Active
Kihoe, Nicholas Ptl c 03/12/1881 01126/1924 Retire
Krause, Henry Ptl HQ 12/19/1881 07/19/1925 Retire
Kaufman, William Ptl sw 06/0111888 04/0111926 Retire
Knorr, Peter L Ptl c 09/13/1923 05/24/1926 Active
Kirby, Henry P Ptl s 07/13/1903 03/08/1927 Retire
Kohlepp, John CHFR w 03/30/1905 10/09/1927 Active
Kelly, John Ptl NW 06/0111888 11123/1927 Retire
Keith, Charles CHFR NW 01109/1922 01/30/1928 Active
Knight, Perry R Ptl N 12/26/1918 06/24/1928 Active
Korn, Frederick Sgt sw 02/25/1909 08/10/1928 Active
Kalbfleisch, William Cpt E 12/06/1882 09/24/1928 Active
Kirby, Thomas P Sgt s 09/29/1889 03/28/1929 retire
Kaney, Frank J Ptl N 05/03/1898 05/03/1929 Retire
Kneavel, Charles Sgt c 04/01/1901 05/08/1920 Active
Kelly, William H Ptl NW 03/02/1895 08/28/1930 Active
Kahler, George Ptl NE 10/24/1904 1110111931 Active
Kennedy, William B Ptl s 10/11/1926 04/12/1932 Active
Kiel, Joseph R Sgt sw 12/26/1913 02/08/1933 Active
Kinsly, Josiah P SECT HQ 05/0111888 03/14/1933 Retire
Kendall, Clarence C Sgt s 01/18/1904 05/09/1933 Active
Kratzer, John S Ptl NE 01129/1906 12/24/1933 Retire
Kadlec, Albert Ptl NE 09/02/1914 08/0111934 Active
Kaufman, Andrew Tun/Ptl c 11112/1879 08/20/1934 Retire
Kerner, Edward Ptl w 10/20/1916 09/17/1934 Active
Kennedy, Edward R Ptl NE 11/24/1922 06/19/1935 Active
Kearns, James R Ptl c 01/02/1902 07/04/1935 Retire
Kaufman, Robert Ptl NW 02/0111900 09/26/1935 Active
Knight, Harry Sgt c 05/07/1892 10/16/1935 Retire
King, John T Jr Ptl NE 04/10/1923 12/28/1936 Active*
Kelly, Bernard P Sgt HQ 05/0611907 02/20/1937 Active
Krammer, Robert H Sgt NE 03/29/1923 07/22/1937 Active
Kahler, Charles A Cpt w 04/0111901 11116/1937 Retire
Kissner, George N Ptl E 04/10/1886 02/26/1938 Retire
Kearney, Patrick Ptl sw 03/23/1891 03/01/1938 Retire
Kerns, James B Ptl c 02/28/1924 06/26/1938 Active
Keen, Joseph E CBE HQ 0111511923 06/26/1938 Active
Kimball, Andrew Ptl c 04/20/1904 1111111938 Retire
Krause, Irvin Ptl w 07/16/1887 12/12/1938 Active
Klein, John E Lt HQ 07/20/1899 10/04/1939 Retire
Kemp, William J Ptl c 02/24/1915 10/18/1940 Active
Kerner, George E Sgt c 04/22/1914 08/23/1941 Active
Kohlepp, George HSTLR HQ??/??/1895 05/25/1932 Active
Kleinsmith, Martin Ptl w 12/30/1909 12/29/1940 Active

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P/O Gary Lapchak CD / PHx1 / and member in the American Police Hall of Fame
P/O Derek G. Ledbetter EOD - 05/25/81 DOR - 08/06/05 CD Patrol, Vice, DEU, Flex Squad, Community Policing SWD - Patrol, DEU, TAC - QRT, ESU, Bomb Squad Tech - BSx1 Commendation Ribbon x1, 1 Unit Citation x1 , 15 Year SDA x 1, Numerous Commendatory Letters
Officer Paul Levinson ND (Baltimore Police Historian) - HERE
Officer Fred J Luthardt  WD - Bomb Squad - 1952-1978  
Det. Rick Landry SED - OCD - BSx3 / CRx1 / UCx2 
Sgt Stephanie C. Lansey CRB 
P/O Jon Lusher SED - Vice - CID - Auto Theft - Operation CODE - BS / CRx3
P/O Darrick Lee
Bernard J. Lowry Jr. TAC - MP - IT
James Lowry NE 
P/O Earl LeBon WD - 1968-RR / CRx4 / LCx6
P/O Joe Linthicum
Mark Lindsay WD, SD
Roscoe Lewis WD, CID
Det. Charles Lonick
Ed Libinsky TAC, SED
Paul Loomis SED
Lt. Jerry Lober WD, SED, TAC
P/O Kenny Lucus  NE
P/O George Washington Lamar
Officer Edward D. Lewis SD / DES / Class 70-4 / CR
Lyston, Jimmy Capt. Served from 1931 to 1964 (33 years) passed away on March 21, 1983 - HERE
LaMartina Ronald J.
John H Lloyd ED
Lamb Clayde H.
Lamoreaux Nathan R.
Lanahan Frank J.
Langville Wilbur T.
Latanishen Nicholas
Lauffert John W.
Law, Jr. William
Lawrence Edwin L.
L'Ecuyer Elmer L.
Lee Michael E.
Leeman Robert L.
Leftwich Robert M.
Lehman David A.
Leichling George J.
Lesniewski Edmund
Leutbecher Robert B.
Lewandowski Julius
Lewis Peggy A.
Lewis Starkie M.
Leyh Joseph F.
Lilly, Sr. Floyd
Lingner John
Lingner Francis
Lipinski Melvin J.
Lippy Gary L.
List Robert H.
Lister James W.
Livingston Arden
Lloyd, Sr. Carroll E.
Lobos Albert T.
Loetz August B,
Long Hennry F.
Long Justus L.
Longo Joseph
Lopes Manuel
Lorme John J.
Lovett, Jr. Joseph B.
Lucas Charles H.
Long, Michael J Ptl s 10/09/1890 01109/1894 Active
Lloyd, Joseph T Ptl s 08/24/1888 07/04/1889 Active
Lepson, Daniel Cpt sw 04/23/1867 04/12/1892 Retire
Lannan, John DepMar HQ 10/2011869 10/27/1892 Active
Lester, Jeanette C MAT w 06/0111892 01130/1899 Active
Langley, James K P RSgt E 09/08/1876 12112/1899 Retire
Lemmon, William T Ptl s 03/30/1870 06/05/1905 Retire
Lanahan, Michael Ptl s 02/24/1879 04/09/1907 Retire
Lanri, Henry Sgt s 08/08/1878 03/23/1909 Retire
Lucey, Jeremiah Ptl c 10/09/1903 06/20/1910 Active
Lawless, Thomas P Ptl w 04/30/1897 04/1111910 Active
Lamb, George A Ptl NW 06/13/1888 08/3111910 Retire
Lehman, John Tun NE 08/08/1883 03/18/1911 Retire
Little, Richmond T Ptl w 04/30/1885 09/17/1911 Retire
Lewis, James T Ptl c 05/06/1881 11110/1912 Retire
Leonard, John C Ptl sw 04/02/1901 08/0111915 Active
Lucke, Edward N Ptl w 05/18/1897 03/16/1916 Active
Laker, Alfred Ptl c 03/16/1885 08/25/1917 Retire
Lankford, Joseph B Ptl c 09/20/1895 09/30/1917 Retire
Latham, Charles L Ptl E 04/22/1886 02/17/1918 Retire
Lanahan, John Tun c 12/10/1900 07/03/1919 Active*
Landers, Bernard J Sgt NW 08/3111905 03/23/1921 Active
Lyons, Michael J CHFR E 03/30/1905 12/02/1921 Active
Loane, Charles M Sgt c 05/0111888 01128/1922 Active
Loudenslager, William J Ptl s 05/29/1872 12/19/1908 Retire
Lubuiski, Matthew Ptl E 11102/1895 04/1411909 Active
Lamm, Albert J Ptl c 06/10/1899 08/3111922 Retire
Latham, Frank L Ptl E 07/10/1922 03/02/1924 Active*
Liddell, Glen A Ptl N 07/0111909 03/17/1925 Active
League, George Cpt E 03/23/1870 04/24/1925 Retire
Levi, Solomon Sgt NE 06/05/1888 12/3111925 Retire
Lamar, George W Ptl s 12/30/1889 10/12/1926 Retire
Lloyd, Charles j Ptl NW 01110/1895 02/27/1928 Retire
Lewis, Catherine MAT NE 06/01/1892 06/02/1928 Retire
Lamb, Richard Ptl c 03/13/1891 08/13/1928 Retire
Lannatiwitz, Henry P Ptl sw 02/05/1913 08/26/1928 Active
Lertch, John Ptl c 04/22/1881 12/14/1928 Retire
Lisiecki, Charles K Ptl E 10/09/1903 10/29/1929 Active
Love, Marcellus W Tun w 02/07/1888 06/27/1930 Retire
Lutts, William J Sgt HQ 04/02/1883 09/27/1930 Retire
Lookingbill, Harvey H Ptl N 10/08/1902 02/18/1932 Retire
Loverton, James M Cpt NE 06/0111888 01118/1933 Retire
Livin, John F Sgt HQ 04/19/1901 01125/1933 Active
Lattier, Louis Ptl NW 05/08/1885 08/10/1933 Retire
Lurz, George E Insp HQ 05/23/1896 09/10/1933 Active
Leland, John S Ptl HQ 05/15/1930 05/23/1934 Active
Lastner, Charles Cpt NW 04/27/1898 06/10/1934 Active
Leverton, George B Pt1 c 12/05/1904 09/19/1934 Active
Lynch, Jeremiah R Ptl NW 02/0111904 05/12/1935 Retire
Lappe, Katharine F MAT sw 11127/1897 07/10/1935 Retire
Lewnon, James P Tun NW 10/05/1905 11122/1935 Active
League, Albert L Cpt c 04/22/1886 07/08/1936 Retire
Lounge, George P Ptl HQ 07/13/1903 07/09/1936 Retire
Loudenslager, Thomas Ptl s 06/07/1876 08/22/1936 Retire
Langley, Morgan G Sgt N 12/3111927 12/13/1942 Active
Lefevre, Walter H Ptl HQ 12/10/1900 08/30/1938 Retire
Lang, JohnM Ptl sw 02/11/1899 02/25/1919 Retire
Link, William Ptl s 05/20/1898 02/24/1921 Active
Leitz, John Ptl N 05/14/1885 03/24/1926 Retire
Lentz, Albert E Sgt s 05/19/1897 01/10/1935 Retire
Lederer, William Ptl w 12/0111913 06/15/1935 Retire
Lennon, James P Tun NE 10/05/1905 11122/1935 Active
Lurz, William Joseph Ptl NW 03/1111917 03/07/1940 Retire
Lynch, Joseph E Ptl w 04/27/1922 0111111942 Active
Lauterbach, Alfred Ptl NW 11110/1915 01128/1942 Retire

 

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Lieutenant William "Bill" Miller 
LT Gary Maratta – TAC – CD – ED – SOD – NWD - WD 
Det. Gary McLhinney, NED - CID - FOP President 
Det Mary Ann Miller NED - VCTF - TARU - P/C’s Office - Computers Crimes Unit
Sgt. Lawerence Mize  WD - Tac. - WD - BSx1

P/O Howard L. Mills SD
Robert A Miller Jr Park Police - Motors / BCPD - K9 - Tac - HERE
Myers, Donald ED James McCartin Jr CD Stephen
Daryl MartinP/O
Edward Myers P/O HERE
George C. Mister CD - CID / OOTYx7
P/O John Mellinger 
Sgt David B. Munyan WD - SD - WD - TES - Motors - CD - SSx1 / BSx3 / CRx1 / UCx1 / 1 City Council Resolution
P/O Edward Mattson SSx1 / BSx1
Sgt. Charles Megabow  CD
Patrolman Anthony  H. Maliszewski HERE

Patrolman Anthony J. Monczewski  HERE 
Det Michael Morreale, seq # 581, Eod 8/6/1979 - 8/7/1999
P/O Garrett Miller Marine Unit

P/O David Miller
Eric May, Sr Badge no. 626
Carter H. Myer ED
Bernice C. Myer, ED, ND, CID Homicide
Sgt David B. Munyan WD – SD – WD – CD – TES CD – Motors CD – CD – SOS / SSx1 / BSx1 / CRx3 / UCx1 tations, 1 unit citation, 1 City Council Resolution
P/O Edward Mattson   SSx1 / BSx1 / RRx1
Det. David McDermott
P/O Jim Mitchell NW - HERE
Det. Nicole Monroe
P/O Claude Merritt
Anthony Molesky-WD, SED- Medal of Honor  
Joseph Mueller Sr E572 SD NWD 

Jeff Marshal- WD
P/O Calvin McCleese SE HERE 
P/O Jeff McCLeese SE 

Vincent Moulter- WD, SED
Dave Miller- WD, QuarterMaster
Sgt. Brian Munyan- WD, TIS
Steve Martin- SD, WD, SWD
Amy Middleton- SED, CID
P/O John Miller
Rick Mayfield WD, CID, SED 
Det Sgt. Clifton Macer – SD - WD - Homicide 
P/O Brenda May 
Traffic Officer William R. Myers - HERE 
Sgt Peggy "Margaret" Mullen- NW
P/O Robin Mullins 
Sgt. Stan Mezewski
Ray Mills - WD
Det. Chuck McQuay - CD 
Col. Steve McMahon - CD
James Murphy Jr.  
Richard Murhy - HP
Machlinski Stephen F. 
Machovec Frank W. 
Machovec Lawrence J. 
Maciejzyk Beneduct 
Mack William C. 
Malat Lawrence J. 
Mallon Randall D. 
Markell John E. 
Markiewicz Charles M.
Markowski Valentine W. 
Marlowe Thomas 
Mason Thomas A. 
Matarazzo Leo R. 
Mathias, Jr. Earl C. 
Matteo Dominic J. 
Matthews John P. 
May Nicholas N. 
May Brenda
McCallister William M. 
McCarron Edward F. 
McCarthy Edward S. 
Michael Morreale, C581

McCarthy William T.
McCauley Robert E.
McCleese C, Kelly
McCloskey James A. 
McCoy Elmer D. 
McDonald Scottie D. 
McGee John J, 
McKay Donald S. 
McKenna Nelson F. 
McKenzie Charles P. 
McKinley,Jr John E.  
Lt. Vincent E. Moore E136 - ED, QRT, Planning and Research, NWD, ND Sgt. Major Crimes 

McKinney Carl 
McMann Joseph A.   
Det. Shawn McKnight E063. Patrol NED and ND. Detective ND Major Crime Unit.... CID Homicide  

McManus John C. 
McMasters James L. 
McMeekin Paul S. 
McMeins William W. 
McNally, Jr. John J. 
Meadows Ernie D. 
Meadows Glen E. 
Meeks Arthur F. 
Meeks Harold T. 
Metzbower Harry G. 
Mewbourne Cheryl 
Meyers Jacob E. 
Mezewski Edward J. 
Michael, Sr. Joseph G. 
Mike Norman B. 
Miller Donald 
Miller Francis L. 
Miller Paul S. 
Miller Theodore A. 
Miller Wilbur C. 
Mills Frank 
Mills James B. 
Mills Russell E. 
Mina Walter R. 
Minderlein James P. 
Mitchell John E.  
Mitcheltree John R. 
Monczewski Anthony 
Montgomery George M. 
Moody Leroy 
Moog Frederick M. 
Moore Elmer 
Morgan Donald E. 
Morgan Kenneth J. 
Morseberger John W. 
Morseberger Walter 
Mortimer Jr. George B. 
Mueller Howard 
Muldowney James D. 
Mullaney Wayne 
Mullin Joseph B.
Mullineaux William B. 
Munk August F. 
Murdock Oliver T. 
Murphy John M. 
Murray Murrill J. 
Myers Robert E.  
Miller William W.  
Donald Muir Sgt.   
Ricky Mayfield #3786 EOD 5/2/88  
Charles Megibow Sgt C346 3-1977 CD 
Brenda May Det D446 EOD 11/5/82 ND  VCTF  ECU 

Eddie Mack D891 Badge 2686. CD. Retired 6/2005

Miller, E. H. Ptl NW 04/09/1886 01106/1888 Active
Magness, Charles R Ptl c 04/09/1886 06/04/1889 Active
Moore, R. L. Ptl c 05/0111867 08/04/1889 Active
Mersman, Charles L Ptl c 04/08/1875 10/23/1889 Active
Mills, John C Ptl NW 03/25/1881 10/02/1890 Active
Mantle, William Ptl NW 04/2911867 05/07/1892 Retire
Montague, Peter Sgt s 01112/1872 07/14/1892 Active
McGee, James W Ptl w 05/06/1867 12/18/1893 Retire
McMahon, Peter J Sgt NW 04/1111882 06/15/1895 Active
Mitchell, H.H. Ptl c 05/07/1867 08/05/1895 Retire
Melville, William Ptl w 05/09/1879 11108/1895 Active
McCroey, Thomas E Ptl E 05/0111871 12/09/1895 Active
Mettee,Joseph Ptl c 03/15/1880 06/22/1896 Active
Moore, Henry B Ptl NE 04/09/1886 07/07/1896 Active
Maintz, John Ptl s 10/07/1881 06/30/1897 Active
Mitchell, Joseph C Det HQ 04/23/1867 07/3111898 Active
Maltem, William A Sgt c 07/19/1897 01106/1900 Active
Mills, Thomas W Ptl c 05/28/1870 07/22/1900 Retire
Milroy, William A Ptl c 01125/187 12/14/1900 Retire
Murray, Thomas J Ptl c 02/27/1888 08/04/1901 Active
Manger, Martin Tun N 06/0111888 01124/1902 Active
Mcintire, John A Ptl NW 04/04/1887 07/29/1902 Active
Manning, Bartholomew Ptl c 06/09/1869 08/28/1902 Retire
McGuire, Thomas W Ptl c 11128/1868 01125/1903 Retire
McCauley, John P Ptl c 05/06/1862 02/17/1905 Retire
Mears, Thomas J.D. Ptl NE 12/12/1890 09/17/1905 Active
McGee, Samuel G Ptl s 10/2111897 04/05/1906 Active
Mcdowell, William Ptl w 07/13/1867 10/0111906 Retire
McClellaud, David P Lt HQ 05/0111871 04/15/1907 Retire
McCloskey, Orin W Ptl sw 01103/1907 04/0111908 Active
Meyers, Charles H Ptl 07./30/1908 Retire
Mills, George W Sgt w 04/29/1879 08/15/1908 Retire
Medders, Caleb W Ptl NW 12/05/1878 07/22/1909 Retire
Miskelly, James Ptl c 03/09/1868 10/05/1909 Retire
McLaughlin, Mary A MAT E 06/0111892 10/27/1909 Retire
McMahon, Samuel Sgt NW 12/04/1900 11126/1910 Active
Meyers, Albert C Ptl E 04/20/1896 05/06/1911 Retire
Meekins, John D Ptl s 06/16/1876 04/1111912 Retire
McGrain, John Ptl NW 09/1111891 11124/1912 Retire
Mainster, Jacob Ptl E 05/0111867 09/04/1913 Retire
Miller, William L. F. Det HQ 05/09/1989 07/07/1914 Active
Mason, William A Ptl s 04/10/1886 04/24/1915 Active
Mittendorf, Henry Sgt NE 05/07/1867 04/10/1915 Retire
Mcintire, James H Ptl NW 09/1111903 07/17/1915 Active
Meeks, Paul E Sgt w 04/19/1901 12/25/1915 Active
Murphy, Timothy E Tun NE 05/23/1893 03/1111916 Retire
Murray, John Ptl HQ 01107/1879 05/06/1916 Retire
Monohan, John J Ptl NW 01/04/1893 07/05/1916 Active
Miskimion, Philip Ptl c 11104/1882 09/07/1916 Retire
Meehau, Edward F RSgt c 08/25/1881 04/14/1916 Retire
Meyer, George P Sgt NE 05/05/1898 01122/1917 Retire
McNeal, Michael Ptl c 06/15/1868 03/04/1917 Active
McLynn, James J Ptl E 05/26/1893 05/07/1917 Retire
Mauer, Max, Sgt NE 04/12/1886 02/04/1918 Retire
McLean, Charles H Lt N 03/30/1897 07/08/1918 Active
Morgan, Evan Ptl w 04/17/1916 10/13/1918 Active
Minderlein, Conrad Pt1 c 0113111896 12/12/1918 Active
Middendorf, John Ptl E 07/10/1872 01122/1920 Retire
McKew, Michael Ptl s 12/09/1874 02/22/1920 Active
Murphy, Michael Ptl sw 03/03/1879 05/03/1920 Retire
Moore, Alonzo A Ptl NE 11128/1899 08/29/1920 Retire
McShane, Charles J Pt1 NE 08/25/1887 08/29/1920 Retire
Malone, Daniel Tun c 10/07/1869 1112111920 Retire
McGee, Charles Cpt N 02/18/1878 01119/1921 Retire
Mills, William H Pt1 s 10/29/1872 02/0111921 Retire
Moore, Howard J Ptl NW 06/28/1888 03/18/1921 Retire
Milske, George M Ptl TRF 08/20/1902 07/20/1921 Active
Meyers, George W Ptl NW 02/25/1889 01120/1922 Retire
Murphy, William Sgt sw 0110111894 03/0111922 Active
Miller, Matthew Ptl E 11113/1888 04/30/1922 Retire
McKenna, Michael Ptl c 06/27/1881 12/26/1922 Retire
McDonnell, Harry H Ptl HQ 05/05/1897 10/27/1923 Active
McDonnell, James Ptl NE 07/14/1873 03/1111924 Retire
Moran, Thomas Pt1 s 11/0111877 05/29/1924 Retire
Mcintire, James Ptl N 12/02/1875 08/06/1924 Retire
McGeeney, James M Tun c 04/13/1886 08/09/1924 Active
Martz Irvin 'Ptl c 02/28/1924 01102/1925 Active
McLaughlin, Joseph P Ptl S · 06/23/1902 08/03/1925 Active
McGraw, Thomas Lt N 02/28/1883 10/22/1925 Retire
Mitchell, Roy L Ptl TRF 06/24/1924 1110111925 Active*
Moxley, Jonathan E Cpt N 07/30/1888 01101/1926 Retire
Merritt, George R Ptl E 01/22/1925 09/16/1926 Active
Mitchell, Joseph H Ptl E 09/07/1877 12/23/1926 Retire
Marsden, James H Ptl NW 12/30/1874 02/26/1927 Retire
McKew, William H Pt1 s 07/23/1877 02/2811927 Retire
Murphy, Patrick F Ptl NE 09/2111905 11102/1927 Active
May, George M. J. Ptl s 05/3111910 02/12/1928 Active
Mcintyre, Frank X Pt1 NE 01115/1923 03/09/1928 Active
Morgan, Robert L Pt1 w 10/16/1894 02/11/1929 Active
McGann, Michael V Pt1 E 02/12/1897 04/02/1929 Retire
Mills, William R Ptl c 02/17/1899 04/23/1929 Retire
Moore, James M Ptl sw 07/1711884 07/26/1929 Retire
McCourt, Charles J Pt1 N 01/01/1886 10/01/1929 Retire
Mank, John Pt1 E 04/27/1925 10/02/1929 Active
Murray, Louis CHFR HQ 05/26/1910 11/22/1929 Retire
McCabe, James Ptl NE 07/02/1894 05/29/1930 Retire
Martin, Thomas F Pt1 TRF 12/3111929 0110111931 Active
Mory, James R Sgt HQ 04/1111882 02/27/1931 Active
Miller, George Ptl NE 08/29/1910 04/06/1931 Active
Moore, William H Ptl NE 03/13/1903 05/17/1931 Active
McGovern, Joesph Cpt HQ 05/15/1885 10/17/1931 Active
Mannion, Martin Lt HQ 04/29/1901 10/29/1931 Active
Magee, Edward 0 Ptl c 09/24/1884 06/04/1932 Active
Miller, Richard Ptl c 12/20/1898 08/06/1932 Retire
Mulcahy, Daniel Pt1 TRF 02/05/1925 12/21/1932 Active
Musch, John Ptl E 09/03/1917 12/22/1932 Active
McGaham, John T Ptl c 12/09/1898 01106/1933 Retire
McAritiffe, Maurice HSTLR HQ 01/00/1901 01111/1933 Active
McQury, George Ptl HQ 09/26/1907 02/02/1933 Retire
Myers, George Ptl NE 11/10/1896 02/09/1933 Active
Mills, Howard L CHFR s 07/0111907 02/24/1933 Active
Manning, James DepMar HQ 04/1111882 04/17/1933 Retire
McNamee, John W Tun s 06/22/1899 04/29/1933 Retire
Moloney, May G CLK TRF 01/0111928 07/31/1933 Active
Mister, JohnS Ptl c 05/28/1902 08/01/1933 Active
Myers, William R Ptl TRF 07/14/1898 09/27/1933 Active
Miller, Jacob E Lt HQ 04/25/1889 12/26/1933 Active
Martin, William J CHFR HQ 07/11/1907 03/06/1934 Retire
McSweeney, Michael Sgt NE 03/14/1904 09/05/1934 Active
Mack, David Ptl s 05/31/1901 08/1711938 Retire
Malinofski, Arthur H Ptl MW 09/23/1926 10/3111935 Active*
Morhisir, Harvey P Cpt HQ 09/07/1881 03/09/1936 Retire
Mahoney, William D Ptl NE 12/06/1895 03/19/1936 Retire
McKillop, James E Ptl TRF 11124/1925 06/03/1936 Active
Murphy, Jeremiah J Sgt w 03/13/1893 06/20/1936 Retire
Minderlein, Gerald P Ptl NW 03/19/1931 12/06/1936 Active
Miller, George M.B. Ptl s 08/10/1893 12/15/1936 Active
Moore, Ernest M Sgt N 04/0111901 01119/1937 Active
Mayer, William H Sgt s 05/29/1901 05/20/1937 Retire
McKenna, Denis J Sgt NW 09/25/1901 05/26/1937 Active
Magaha, Harry L Ptl c 03/1111921 10/23/1937 Active
Masel, George Ptl c 10/1111904 01/07/1938 Retire
McElwee, John F Sgt E 08/12/1909 06/23/1938 Active
McNamara, Patrick J Ptl c 04119/1901 09/24/1938 Retire
Monk, James A Ptl c 04/0111901 10/14/1938 Retire
McKew, Michael J Lt c 07/23/1913 12/08/1938 Active
Moore, Alfred Sgt w 08/26/1896 12/12/1938 Retire
Mitchell, Joseph E Ptl NW 05/29/1901 12/24/1938 Retire
Mayer, John H Lt HQ 06/13/1884 01110/1940 Retire
McClenahan, Edith R MAT N 0113111900 02/2811940 Retire
Mackall, Ernest Ptl HQ 04/20/1904 04/10/1940 Retire
McClosky, James Sgt w 04/0111901 06/15/1940 Retire
Mcintyre, Ambrose Sr Ptl NE 04/10/1886 09/1111940 Retire
Meyers, George W Ptl NE 07/27/1920 09/21/1940 Active
Miller, Samuel H Ptl NW 01128/1890 09/30/1940 Retire
Moore, Henry C Sgt NW 02/28/1913 10/18/1940 Retire
McKenney, John W Sr Ptl c 02/28/1910 05/14/1941 Active
McClean, Francis Ptl w 11109/1905 06/29/1941 Retire
Moxely, Arthur J Ptl TRF 04/18/1936 09/24/1942 Active
McPhearson, John W Ptl w 04/12/1882 08/13/1909 Retire
Meisg, William Tun E 01102/1893 01/05/1914 Active
McGee, Robert Sgt E 04/30/1904 09/25/1935 Retire
McGrath, John Tun E 09/20/1901 03/17/1937 Retire

 

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James M. Napier – SWD – NED - E&T - Range
Nagel John M. 
Det Kenneth Nauman 
Nagle, Jr. John C. 
Nagle, Sr. Robert E. 
Julius Neveker - HERE 
Medrick Norrington WD, CID

Chester Norton WD, CID 
Lt Stephen Nalewajko NWD DEU - SED OPS – VCTF - VCD - Homicide - OPS  - SD DEU OPS - Warrant-Gun Squad - SD DDU 
John Nelson SD, WD
Nelson, Jr. James W.
Patrolman Thomas Norton SD - HERE
Neubauer Frederick 
Newberger Bernard J. 
Newberger Lola P. 
Newberry Charles E. 
Newman , Sr Merle R.  
Chester Norton E308 WD = SD - Sex Crimes and DNA Cold Case Unit -  Homicide  

Monica Nashan h965 SD  
Newnam Richard B. 
Nitsch Frederick A. 
Nitsch George W. 
Nugent James L. 
Neenan Thomas J.
Noavis, Charles F CLK s 09/09/1886 11/18/1889 Active
Neary, Michael Ptl c 10/15/1877 06/20/1894 Active*
Neubeck, Frank Ptl E 06/03/1881 03/07/1901 Active
Nippard, Joseph J Ptl c 0111111873 1111811901 Retire
Nicholson, Charles Ptl w 04/07/1873 03/17/1902 Retire
Napier, Arthur Lt HQ 05/1511885 11/01/1902 Retire
Nolan, Thomas Ptl w 05/2711869 0311711905 Retire
Noomey, John J Sgt w 01/25/1888 08/14/1906 Retire
Norton, P~trick Ptl s 12/15/1892 11128/1919 Retire
Nugent, Gerhard W Ptl w 08/25/1915 07/0111923 Active
Norton, Joseph F Ptl NW 06/03/1898 01107/1926 Retire
Norris, Louis F Ptl c 08/26/1875 03/05/1928 Retire
Nicholson, William A Sgt c 04/19/1897 03114/1928 Active
Norr, Frederick Ptl E 02/0111912 09/28/1929 Active
Noonan, Michael J Ptl NE 12/2111905 06/18/1932 Active
Nelslein, William Sgt E 01119/1904 06/30/1933 Retire
Nuth, Henry B Ptl NE 12/30/1918 07/08/1933 Active
Nelson, Martin R Lt NE 11/14/1917 01106/1935 Active
Neons, Joseph Sgt NE 04/12/1886 06/24/1938 Retire
Newman, William S Ptl s 07/22/1893 06/19/1940 Retire
Neary, Patrick J Ptl NE 11114/1919 07/02/1940 Active
Norton, J. Charles PHY HQ 07/0111940 11/0911940 Active

  Medals racked NEW

KEY

CD=Central District, SE=Southeast, ED=Eastern District, NE=Northeastern, ND=Northern District, NW=Northwest District, WD=Western District, SW=Southwest District, SD=Southern District, HP=Harbor Patrol

MCU=Major Crime Unit, DDU=District Detective Unit, TAC=Tactical, QRT=Quick Response Team, SWAT=Special Weapons, and Tactics, K9, FOX=Helicopter Unit, MU=Marine Unit, TIS=Traffic Investigative Services, TS=Traffic Section, VS=Vice Squad DEU=Drug Enforcement Unit, CS=Crime Statistics CP=Community Policing Mot=Motors Mou=Mounted FD=Fiscal Division& EPD=Executive Protection Division

MoH=Medal of Honor, CoV=Citation of Valor, SS=Silver Star, BS=Bronze Star, LSA=Life Saving Award, DSA=Distinguished Service Award CR=Commendation Ribbon, UC=Unit Citation, 5YRSD, 10YRSD, 15YRSD, 20YRSD=Years Safe Driving (5, 10, 15, 20), RR1968=1968 Riot Ribbon, SR=Special Ribbon, SP2000=Special 2000, EDI=Eastern District Incentive, CL=Commendatory Letter, OOTY= Officer of the Year. PH=Purple Heart BPDHS-SR=Baltimore Police Historic Soicety Service Ribbon

Baltimore City Police History we consider all of our brothers and sisters in the Baltimore Police Department to be heroes and would like to form a "Hall of Fame" here on the site to include each and every one of them. So if you know of an officer that isn't on this wall, bring it to our attention by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Just give us a name, the district(s) worked, along with any other info you may know, years worked, awards received, interesting cases etc. If you have a pic that would be nice too (the pics won't go on this page, but with luck, we will eventually have a link created so that when a name is found it can be clicked on to take you to their pic which will be loaded somewhere else on this site. That said, we will load all pictures sent to us somewhere on the site, so with pics let us know what district(s) they worked, units, etc. so we have a better idea of where to put the pic, without info the pic will still be loaded onto the site under Misc. Pictures.

TUN = Turnkey - Ptl = Patrolman - Det = Detective - Sgt = Sergeant - RSgt = Round Sergeant - Lt = Lieutenant -  Cpt = Captain - Dep = Deputy Marshall - Mar = Marshall - Com = Commissioner - MAT= Matron - HMAT = Head Matron - BE = Boat Engineer - T&S = Telegraph and Signal operator - Clk =Clerk - Phy = Physician - Chf = Chauffer - HQ = Headquarter - C =Central - SE = Southeast - E =Eastern - NE =Northeast - N =Northern - NW = Northwest - W =Western - SW = Southwest - S = Southern - TRF = Traffic

P/O = Police officer - P/W = Policewoman - P/A = Pollice Agent - Det = Detective


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P/O Carol Opher - ED - VCTF - Homicide - NE – DDU 
P/W Emma Doloris Owings Badge #17 from 1954-1957 WD

P/O Joe Oneill
Col Jesse Oden SE, WD, NW, NE, Tac, Hom, SD, DEU, CID - BSx1 / UCx3
John Peranio  WD
Darrel Oxyer WD, SD, NWD- SSx1 / BSx1
Oakjones Donald E. 
O'Hara Eugene M. 
O'Neal Louis J. 
Oparowski Edward P. 
Opolko, Jr. Connie 
Orem Louis 
Orth Charles 
Osborne James C. 
Oster Frederick J. 
Owens, Jr. Charles C. 
Darryl Osborne 82-6-B D439 EOD 11-4-1982 

O'Donnell, Michael Member the BPD from 1879 until his death at age 44 in 1883
O'Neill, John F Ptl w 10/15/1886 04/1711891 Active
O 'Keefe, David J Ptl w 02/19/1903 05/06/1904 Active
O'Brien, Thomas Ptl c 05/27/1871 05/24/1906 Retire
O'Farrell, Hugh Ptl sw 06/02/1879 05/24/1906 Retire
Owens, Henry F Ptl NW 05/07/1867 03/10/1906 Retire
O'Rourke, James H Ptl N 02/03/1904 09/09/1907 Active
O 'Neill, Frank Ptl c 07/23/1908 Retire
Owens, Gywnn F CLK c 04/06/1886 01/19/1911 Retire
O'Neill, James J Ptl E 03/15/1916 08/18/1911 Active
O'Connell, Olie MAT s 06/0111892 02/2111913 Retire
O'Neill, James Ptl c 11124/1874 02/19/1916 Retire
O'Toole, Joseph Ptl c 02/0111900 08/04/1916 Active
O 'Keefe, William J Ptl NW 03/12/1885 03/05/1918 Active
O'Neill, Thomas J Sgt N 06/0111888 06/08/1938 Retire
O'Grady, Elmer Lt sw 01113/1916 03/05/1942 Retire
O'Hara, George T Tun N 11/04/1919 06/17/1942 Retire
O'Meara, William Ptl NW 03/0111873 0112111899 Active
Osborne, Robert L Ptl w 03/28/1919 05/07/1930 Active
Ostendorf, Frank H Lt w 05/29/1891 08/13/1935 Retire
Thomas C Oliver III
Ohle, John Sgt NE 04/01/1901 04/30/1937 Retire
Oursler, Thomas F Sgt w 04/0111901 10111/1942 Retire
Ororing, Theodore Sgt s 01117/1884 10/28/1921 Active
Oelman, George Ptl s 06/0111888 05/15/1922 Retire


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P/O Warren Porter  SWD / TAC 
P/O Brian Pedrick CD   
P/O Michael Price - CD - SE 
P/O Willie Pitt CD 
Det. Donner Powell  
Lt. Richard Petrey - NED - CD - SWD - Sex Crimes – Homicide 
P/O Michael Piasecki ND

P/O Delano Pennewell Motors
P/O Stanley Parsons ED / 1968 RR
P/O Jon Pease CD - SD
Lt Joesph Peters C/D - DEU - IID - CID - BSx1 / CRx3 / CLx33 / UCx6
Det Janice Peters C/D MCU - DDU - UCx3 / OOTYx1 / 20YRSD / CLx25+ 
P/O Eric Jansen  
P/O Gary Provenzano
P/O Anthony James Panowitz 
P/O Edward A Panowitz, Sr 
P/O Edward A James Panowitz Jr. aka Skip 
P/O Edmund Panowicz 
P/O Gregory Panowicz 
P/O Raphael Panowicz 
Sergeant  Walter James Panowicz 
Sgt. Ron Pettie
P/O Julie Pritchard
P/O Tony J. Petralia Jr. TIS
Jack Patterson
P/O Aaron Perkins
Palmer Richard T.
Palmere John L.
Palmerino, Sr. Joseph L.
Panowicz Edmund J.
Panowicz Gregory A.
Paone Leon
Parks Alfred L.
Parscal Charles A.
Patten Bruce H.
Patterson,Jr. Cecil
Paulus George
Peach John
Pelsinsky, Jr. Alexander J.
Pennington William J.
Perdue John D.
Pessagno Albert L.
Phillips Mary C.
Pickering Cortez
Pinkerton,III William K.
Plantholt John W.
Podzimek,Jr. Charles J.
Pomrenke Norman
Ponder Nathaniel L.
Popilok David J.
Porter Joseph J.
Portera Samuel A.
Poseno Harvey
Posey Donald F.
Potter Earl J.
Potter Vernon A.
Preis, Jr. John
Prescott Robert A.
Price Eugene M.
Pritchett William L.
Prkna Richard J. 
Poole, Henry Sgt E 05/07/1867 02/16/1895 Active
Puotier, John S Det HQ 04/22/1867 07/03/1899 Active
Powers, John Ptl c 05/17/1872 07/22/1899 Retire
Pearce, William J Ptl c 02/1111899 08/20/1900 Active
Paff, John J Ptl E 05/07/1867 06/12/1901 Retire
Putsche, Frederick Ptl NW 10/18/1875 08/1811905 Retire
Pierce, John T Ptl NE 06/10/1868 08/0111906 Retire
Perry, William H Ptl s 11118/1875 02/0611912 Retire
Pasterfield, Charles L Ptl NE 11104/1874 04/06/1912 Retire
Plum, Frank J Sgt NE 05/0111888 07/20/1913 Active
Parks, John A Lt s <') /1/1'6~1 05/20/1914 Retire
Patton, Charles A Cpt w 07/27/1883 11112/1915 Retire
Parker, William A Ptl w 06/09/1899 08/06/1917 Active
Pemiar, William R Pt1 N 12/1111900 09/15/1917 Retire
Pearson, William H Pt1 s 05/06/1867 07/07/1918 Retire
Pollock, George Ptl c 07/27/1898 10/2811919 Active
Pyles, William W Ptl NW 07/07/1891 02/02/1921 Active
Pfister, Nicholas Sgt s 10/20/1880 08/23/1921 Active
Pratt, James W Ptl c 07/23/1892 07/19/1922 Active
Parbutton, Edward M Ptl TRF 05/13/1914 09/26/1921 Active
Parks, Edward M Ptl N 04/27/1922 09/10/1922 Active
Perry, Charles E CBE HQ 03/02/1892 11108/1922 Active
Punken, George H Ptl NE 1011611879 01122/1923 Retire
Puele, Henry W Ptl NW 06/24/1897 02/02/1923 Retire
Piemey~ Patrick E Sgt N 02/26/1880 04/0111923 Retire
Pumphrey, Aquilla Cpt HQ 02112/1876 02/21/1924 Retire
Pohler, Herman Lt HQ 06/1111883 02/18/1924 Retire
Pyles, Francis T Ptl N 04/22/1886 05117/1924 Active
Pfeifer, Henry Ptl NE 01/03/1903 12/02/1924 Active
Pick, William A Ptl c 11112/1878 09/25/1925 Active
Patterson, Peter J Sgt N 09/12/1896 1110611925 Retire
Penn, William Ptl NW 04/01/1925 12122/1925 Active
Peregoy, John H Lt NW 01110/1895 10/17/1926 Retire
Pilsch, John Tun E 12/26/1918 02/12/1927 Active
Parlett, Daniel Tun NE 06/01/1888 04/0111927 Active
Potter, Charles B Sgt E 09/19/1881 04/04/1927 Retire
Perkins, John H Ptl s 08/17/1901 06/2111921 Retire
Poske, Herman H Sgt NE 05/23/1907 11/09/1929 Active
Pendergast, Thomas Ptl c 06/28/1894 12/22/1930 Active
Pitts, Howard L Ptl sw 09/07/1913 12/06/1931 Active
Peeples, Paul F Ptl TRF 06/28/1920 04/06/1932 Active
Parr, Frank Lt NE 12/2411898 01108/1933 Active
Peregoy, George K Ptl NW 06/1111875 10/2111933 Retire
Parks, Zephaniah HSTLR HQ 05/0111925 03/12/1935 Retire
Phillips, Marcy B Sgt c 10/12/1903 11111/1936 Retire
Pfaff, William H Ptl s 07/27/1891 07/12/1937 Retire
Patterson, John Pt1 NE 07/13/1903 09/28/1937 retire
Pfening, Daniel W Cpt E 04/23/1898 08/19/1938 Active
Pruett, Walter F Pt1 NE 11124/1922 08/13/1941 Active
Pfiefer, Philip Pt1 sw 0110111894 09/15/1941 Retire
Pusey, Jacob M Ptl NE 08/29/1881 . 04/05/1921 Retire
Patterson, Anne E MAT E 06/0111892 01107/1933 Retire
Powers, Thomas Ptl Ptl c 10/05/1883 12/1411901 Active
Puan, William P Ptl NE 06/17/1897 07/27/1921 Retire
Piefner, William H Lt E 07/03/1879 02/06/1923 Active


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Quandt, Rudolph 0 Ptl s 05/28/1902 10/02/1932 Retire
Sgt. Dave Qualls- WD, ED
Quinn, Matthew E Lt NW 04/29/1867 03/23/1892 Active
Qua, Patrick F Pt1 NE 04/2411880 04/22/1897 Retire
Quinn, William A Ptl E 10/12/1903 12/26/1910 Active
Quirk, Thomas W Lt HQ 07/18/1899 02/13/1924 Active
Quinn, Matthew Lt NW 10/10/1893 04/29/1931 Retire
Quinn, John E Det HQ 07/2311920 09/0111935 Active


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John F. Rupertus - SD / SW/ CD / CRX3 / SSX1 
Sgt James Joseph Roach - Marine Unit HERE
Sgt. Kurt Roepcke - ED / CD / TAC 
William Robbins - P/O - SGT - LT - NWD - ED - CIB
P/O Americus Rambeau - NWD / TAC 
Det Jeffrey D Redd - NED - IID - E&T - Community Affairs - Past President VJS - CSA - UC  

Sal Rivieri CD / HP
P/O Lawrence Reid - Motors Unit - class 70-7 - Retired 1994 - CRx3 - SSx1
Jim Rhoden - Major - E911  

Sgt. John Reuling
P/O Fred R.E. Rundberg 
Sgt. William G. Rowland ND - SE / BSx2 / UCx1 / LSx1 / CRx4 / 15YRSD / Governors Commendation - 1
Sgt Scott Roper
Jeffrey Redd NED - IID - Police Academy - CAD - Past President VJS UC - DSA - FTO
Sgt. Lee Rodgers SE / E -  HERE
Jason Rathell - ND
Det. Eric Ragland
Raivel William
Susan Reitz
David Reitz
Ratcliffe Raymond
Rawlings, Jr. William L.  
William Roberts – P/O – SED - B492

Readmond Ronald J.
Reedy Donald L.  
Gregory Robinson F488  NWD Det NWD/DDU Sgt SWD Det Sgt SWD/DDU and ED/DDU  

Reichelt Carl H.
Reichelt Naomi O.
Reinsfelder Paul F.
Reitterer Frank H.
Reuling Charles L.
Reynolds Joseph E.
Richburg,Jr. Julius
Ries, Sr. Martin K,
Rife Walter E.
Riley III Thomas L.
Rimkevicius Algirdas
Ritter, Jr. Robert F.
Rizzo Carmelo J.
Robar Arthur W.
Robertson John C.
Robinson Julian T.
Robinson Luther
Rock Edward F.
Rogers Allen
Rogich Michael A.
Rollins, Jr. James
Rose Thomas O.
Ross Robert J.
Roth Henry P.
Rowzee Floyd
Roy Clarence E.
Rozanski Albert S.
Ruby Edward
Rudolph Charles J.
Rudolph, Sr. Matthew J.
Ruppert, Sr. Francis L.
Ryan Herbert L.
Ryan John C. 
Ritzel William P. 
Russell, William H Ptl NE 04/25/1867 06/25/1901 Retire
Rockfoot, Robert J Ptl E 06/29/1885 11104/1888 Active
Rodgers, George Ptl NE 07/26/1876 02/20/1892 Active
Roberts, Washington Ptl c 05/02/1868 09/29/1892 Retire
Reilly, John E Det HQ 05/0111867 01130/1896 Active
Rice, William A Ptl NW 01125/1889 12/02/1896 Active
Ruckle, James S Ptl c 09/02/1884 04/1011897 Active
Rubey, William W Sgt sw 04/04/1884 10/23/1897 Active
Rodgers, John Ptl NE 04/29/1867 08/13/1898 Retire
Ryan, Michael W Ptl w 05/12/1891 06/1111900 Active
Roycroft, J. Andrew Sgt E 10/27/1871 12/2311902 Active
Rauh,AdamG Ptl E 05/14/1885 11/02/1903 Active
Raur, Carroll Ptl w 10/23/1899 03/06/1904 Active
Ryan, Peter Ptl s 09/17/1880 05/30/1904 Retire
Rudolph, Martin J ENG HQ 11/20/1904 Active
Riley, Peter RSgt s 04/18/1873 03/17/1905 Active
Reinhardt, Charles Sgt c 12/02/1871 08/15/1905 Retire
Reed, Joseph H Ptl w 05/24/1869 03/0111906 Retire
Renehan, Joseph W Ptl NW 01/15/1889 02/1111907 Retire
Rafferty, John Sgt c 04/10/1886 05/09/1907 Retire
Roney, Peter F Ptl c 05/3111901 07/1811907 Active
Richmond, Samuel W Ptl w 09/04/1906 11127/1907 Active
Ross, Perry S Ptl s 05/05/1898 12/2111907 Active
Ray, Vernon L Ptl NW 04/0111901 05/2911908 Active
Rodger, John E Ptl NE 06/0111882 01126/1909 Retire
Rourke, James Ptl NW 09/15/1870 07/18/1891 Active
Robinson, J.Q.A. COMM HQ 11117/1894 Retire
Rowe, William B, Lt w 04/29/1867 11/10/1910 Retire
Roth, John Ptl E 10/27/1879 01130/1914 Retire
Reynolds, Michael J Ptl sw 12/20/1887 04/2111914 Retire
Ryan, Alban A Ptl c 04/22/1881 10/23/1914 Retire
Ramsay, Thomas Ptl s 04/01/1901 01/0111915 Active
Ryan, Timothy Ptl sw 05/30/1892 0111111915 Retire
Reth, John. Sgt NW 09/2911884 06/08/1915 Retire
Rockfort, Thomas C Ptl E 08/11/1875 07/12/1916 Retire
Riordan, Michael Tun sw 05/07/1867 12/3111916 Retire
Reynolds, Henry M Sgt sw 05/05/1898 01/13/1920 Active
Rielly, Michael J Ptl w 09/0111874 06/28/1920 Retire
Rannis, James Ptl NE 02/25/1886 01112/1921 Retire
Roimer, Henry J Tun s 01113/1896 06/20/1922 Active
Robb, Charles W Pt1 N 12/22/1922 10/3111926 Active
Ryan, James J Pt1 TRf 07/02/1891 04/15/1927 Retire
Reynolds, George W Ptl E 04/14/1885 07/30/1927 Retire
Randle, William H CLK HQ 05/26/1913 02/19/1928 Active
Ripplemeyer, Leo A Ptl sw 06/19/1911 06/17/1928 Active
Roycroft, Howard F Sgt N 07/12/1912 12/0111928 Active
Rivers, Joseph Ptl s 05/05/1921 09/30/1929 Active
Rudolph, Virginia M MAT s 08/0111908 11104/1929 Active
Roesler, Herman Jr Pt1 NE 10/22/1920 01125/1930 Active
Ruth, Perry W Pt1 sw 12/16/1882 10/18/1930 Retire
Raff, Raymond Ptl E 04/08/1873 05/20/1911 Retire
Roth, George Ptl E 09/11/1905 12/25/1930 Retire
Redrick, Edgar V Pt1 w 10/24/1927 04/02/1934 Active
Rever, Louis G Ptl NE 02/07/1887 11/06/1934 Retire
Roberts, Harold R Ptl N 02/25/1925 07/11/1935 Active
Ramsey, Edward N Lt c 05/2111898 03/02/1936 Retire
Rudel, Martin W Lt NW 11103/1904 05/1611936 Retire
Roche, Edward Ptl E 04/0111901 07/1111936 Retire
Roth, J Charles Ptl NE 12/3111898 12/08/1936 Retire
Robb, Joseph Ptl w 07/07/1919 03/3011937 Active
Ryan, JohnJ Ptl HQ 04/2311896 04/0111939 Retire
Ryan, William L Ptl c 03/1111921 06/13/1940 Active*
Rittle, George Ptl NW 12/26/1911 06/04/1940 Retire
Ramser, Guster Lt NW 02/28/1913 06/18/1940 Active
Rixham, John Pt1 NE 05/06/1919 12/01/1940 Active
Rohlfmg, Charles F Sgt w 09/02/1914 12/14/1940 Active
Rogers, John H Ptl s 03/28/1919 03/30/1941 Retire
Ritz, Frank Ptl N 07/07/1926 04/08/1941 Active
Ruhl, George M Sgt NE 01/08/1894 02/20/1942 Retire
Robinson, Charles E Ptl w 02/24/1928 06/0111942 Active
Rider, William H Ptl NW 04/09/1878 07/29/1918 Retire
Reilly, Hugh L Ptl NW 08/06/1908 10/16/1912 Active
Rimbrandt, Augustus Ptl c 03/02/1899 01/28/1922 Active
Ryan, Ambose J RSgt c 12/2111895 06/27/1923 Retire
Rogers, Coke E Ptl w 01103/1907 08/19/1928 Retire
Roche, Cornelius F Lt HQ 07/13/1903 03/08/1933 Active
Ray, Charles M Tun c 02/01/1900 03/21/1937 Active
Rider, William E Pt1 sw 11124/1898 01109/1942 Retire


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Sgt. Larry A Salmond - NED - ED - CID
Det Aaron T Swanson Sr - Central Records - C.D - N.W.D - N.E.D - V.C.T.F - P.A.L - Community Affairs Division. CRx2 - 15 YRSD - SP2000 – DSA 
P/O Larry J Sanders - WD - SED - TAC - CRX2 - UCX1 - 20 YRSD 
Det Leo Smith - WD / K9 - Fugitive - HERE
Gary Smith P/O NED 
P/O Bill Stanton   
Asa T. Sedicum - HERE
P/O Paul M. Scardina C157 - CD - SE - SW - SE 
P/O Charles Stahm – NW - NE - TAC - K9  
P/O Sam Scardina - SD 
Jim Schular P/O CD MCU
Frank R. Siminski Sgt. Traffic
James Schank P/O  NE
Alan E. Small Agent – WD – SWD – SD – TAC - CID – FD – YS - CRx2
Timothy M. Small Officer – NE  
Mack T. Smith E116 ND - NWD  

Paul Sheppard
Norman Stamp - HERE 
Ronald Shepke
Mervin Spiwak Maj
Jim Shea
John W Stallings    
Howard R. Stansbury Sr.  

Howard R. Stansbury JR.  
Vernell Shaheed Lt. C991 SWD, Tactical Div, Central Records, WD, Personnel DIV, SD, CID. Retired 
David Marshall Simmons - HERE 
Donna Stauffer D103 EOD 8/31/1981, Badge #251 Patrol WD, Tac, COMM, SWD, CAD, CD, ND 

Cindy Root Weinstein Osborne Sobotka Det. E518 1/1990 SD CID Shootings  Juvenile Booking 
Martin Seltzer 1975 C266 CD NWD ND Crime Resistance Unit
James W Starleper D259 EOD 1/6/82 ED NED and SD. 
P/O Patrick Sellers F422 ND and SOS Aviation 6/6/1994 to 6/7/2014 
P/O Norman Sauter A655 ND 10/5/1961 to 6/29/1999 
Scott Serio Sgt
Kevin Shillenn
James Shields
Richard Steelman
Kim Starr
Jose T Smith
Howard Stansbury  
Jeffrey Soule G240 Badge 911  
Aaron Stewart Det.  SD/CID/Retired; (Awards) 1 Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, Unit Citation, 2 Commendations  

Scott Sewell
Barbara Halpern Schlereth P/O
Ed Snediker
Aaron Swanson Sr.
Carlos Simmons  
Aaron Stewart Det.  SD/CID/Retired; (Awards) 1 Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, Unit Citation, 2 Commendations  

Gary Sisserman
John Szuba
James Starleper
Jeff Soule
Brian D. Schwaab P/O WD, SD, CID - CRx4 - BSx3 - OOTY 1992
Shawn Smith
Sam Shipley 
Edward Stefankiewicz 
Andy Stefankiewicz P/O
Richard Smith P/O
Erich J Slaughter
Heather Scott
Gregory Shuttleworth
Alesha Salyers

 


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P/O Kevin R Turner - WD - CID 
P/O Ronald H. Teufer Sr HERE  Mounted Unit
P/O Ronald H. Teufer Jr
P/O Denise Lazzara Thompson
Tawney Lawrence A.
Major Michael Tomczak WD, NED
Taylor Norman J.
Dave Turrini WD
Det. Wallace Therien CD, CID HERE
Lou Trimper WD
Angie Triplin SED
Terranova Dante
Thayer Richard G.
Thieman William M.
Thomas Joseph L.
Thommen Charles P.
Tiburzi George D.
Tiburzi Salvadore A.
Tiell Terry N.
Tilghman Edward J.
Det. Sgt Mark Lucas Tomlin
Col. Tomlin Leon N.
Det. Nicholas J. Tomlin, SED - Tactical - CID, Silver Star
Tomshack Joseph J.
Trapasso Frank
Trcka Frank G.
Treherne William V.
Triplett Larry E.
Tscheulin Herbert   
Tyler Tyson Sr., Det.  B122 7/22/1968 CD, NED, Executive Protection Unit. Badge 1754 
Samuel Taylor III C140 75-3 P/O - Sgt ND – SED – CSD Communications – ECU – JD – ND - MIS EOD 2/25/75 
Tyrone "Troy" Tillery Det - F120, May 1993 - Aug 2016 

Tracey, James S Ptl s 05/0111867 07114/1892 Active
Tinsley, Charles E Ptl NW 09/2311875 08/04/1893 Active
Tomer, Francis J Cpt c 05/1211871 01107/1896 Active
Tritell, Jeremiah W Ptl c 09/14/1868 06/11/1896 Active
Tipton,Alfred Ptl NW 05/17/1867 01118/1897 Retire
Tighe, John Ptl NW 05/3111872 12/3111904 Retire
Treadwell, William A Ptl NE 05/05/1898 03/05/1906 Retire
Tydings, John T Ptl w 09/23/1891 07/23/1906 Active
Tawney, Jacob F Ptl c 06/0111888 07/07/1909 Active
Townsend, Joseph D Ptl s 02/25/1875 01106/1910 Retire
Tress, Washington Ptl c 04/30/1867 08/0111914 Retire
Teves, John F Sgt NW 11130/1900 09/14/1923 Retire
Tighe, John B Sgt NE 09/08/1904 03/1111925 Retire
Todd, JohnD Ptl N 06/02/1888 06/16/1925 Retire
Todd, Edward D Ptl NW 06/2111886 09/27/1926 Retire
Tabeling, Edmund G Ptl w 03/29/1923 08/20/1927 Active
Tarbutton, Joseph M Ptl sw 04/19/1926 11103/1927 Active
Trott, Joseph E Sgt sw 04/2111886 01117/1928 Retire
Tarr, Richard S Ptl sw 05/02/1885 03/17/1928 Retire
Taylor, Owen M Ptl NE 04/10/1886 10/29/1930 Retire
Tighe, John F Ptl TRF 06/26/1930 04/07/1933 Active
Tenryson, John F Sgt N 11130/190 09/23/1934 Active
Tighe, Annie MAT c 02/04/1904 04/2111935 Retire
Talbort, Lawrence Ptl s 05/02/1888 10/03/1922 Retire
Tanney, Dennis Ptl NW 04/0111901 03/360/1936 Active
Thompson, Charles E CLK HQ 01109/1914 07/28/1937 Active
Tiell, John C Ptl N 04/0111901 02/19/1938 Active
Talbott, Edward J Ptl NW 06/30/1892 07/23/1938 Retire
Tippett, Leo Ptl c 03/14/1904 08/17/1939 Retire
Thinley, Francis Ptl NW 06/20/1893 12/16/1940 Retire
Trageser, Albert Ptl N 09/30/1924 02/25/1938 Retire
Toner, Hugh Ptl c 07/06/1881 11/2811900 Retire

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KEY

CD=Central District, SE=Southeast, ED=Eastern District, NE=Northeastern, ND=Northern District, NW=Northwest District, WD=Western District, SW=Southwest District, SD=Southern District, HP=Harbor Patrol

MCU=Major Crime Unit, DDU=District Detective Unit, TAC=Tactical, QRT=Quick Response Team, SWAT=Special Weapons, and Tactics, K9, FOX=Helicopter Unit, MU=Marine Unit, TIS=Traffic Investigative Services, TS=Traffic Section, VS=Vice Squad DEU=Drug Enforcement Unit, CS=Crime Statistics CP=Community Policing Mot=Motors Mou=Mounted FD=Fiscal Division & EPD=Executive Protection Division

MoH=Medal of Honor, CoV=Citation of Valor, SS=Silver Star, BS=Bronze Star, LSA=Life Saving Award, DSA=Distinguished Service Award CR=Commendation Ribbon, UC=Unit Citation, 5YRSD, 10YRSD, 15YRSD, 20YRSD=Years Safe Driving (5, 10, 15, 20), RR1968=1968 Riot Ribbon, SR=Special Ribbon, SP2000=Special 2000, EDI=Eastern District Incentive, CL=Commendatory Letter, OOTY= Officer of the Year. PH=Purple Heart BPDHS-SR=Baltimore Police Historic Soicety Service Ribbon

Baltimore City Police History we consider all of our brothers and sisters in the Baltimore Police Department to be heroes and would like to form a "Hall of Fame" here on the site to include each and every one of them. So if you know of an officer that isn't on this wall, bring it to our attention by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Just give us a name, the district(s) worked, along with any other info you may know, years worked, awards received, interesting cases etc. If you have a pic that would be nice too (the pics won't go on this page, but with luck, we will eventually have a link created so that when a name is found it can be clicked on to take you to their pic which will be loaded somewhere else on this site. That said, we will load all pictures sent to us somewhere on the site, so with pics let us know what district(s) they worked, units, etc. so we have a better idea of where to put the pic, without info the pic will still be loaded onto the site under Misc. Pictures.

TUN = Turnkey - Ptl = Patrolman - Det = Detective - Sgt = Sergeant - RSgt = Round Sergeant - Lt = Lieutenant -  Cpt = Captain - Dep = Deputy Marshall - Mar = Marshall - Com = Commissioner - MAT= Matron - HMAT = Head Matron - BE = Boat Engineer - T&S = Telegraph and Signal operator - Clk =Clerk - Phy = Physician - Chf = Chauffer - HQ = Headquarter - C =Central - SE = Southeast - E =Eastern - NE =Northeast - N =Northern - NW = Northwest - W =Western - SW = Southwest - S = Southern - TRF = Traffic

P/O = Police officer - P/W = Policewoman - P/A = Pollice Agent - Det = Detective


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Uhlik, Jr. James F. 
Unger Joseph 
Utter, George W Sgt c 02/0111888 02/14/1893 Active
Ursprich, Louis Sgt SW 09117/1898 12/13/1931 Active
Uphoff, William F Ptl s 05/29/1901 07/28/1902 Active


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LT Jo Ann Voelker – CID  
P/O Everett Voelker NWD - NWD 

Sgt. Don Voss CD HERE
P/O Nick Vaughn CD
P/O Leak Vanlandingham CD
Valentine William C.
Vaughn Walter A.
Venglarik Michael G.  
Sgt. L. Gary Yamin  

Voelker Everett E. 
VonNorbeck Charles   
Buford Viars  - B343 - ED - badge 1217 - Sgt badge #461 - Tactical - ND   
Michael Vaughn Sr. C977 03/23/80 ED, ND, NED BADGE 2152  2xBS 

Vogelman, William Ptl s 01/2111897 0112611922 Retire
Voegelein, Charles Ptl c 01/22/1899 07/16/1922 Active
Vickers, Benjamin Ptl E 12/03/1895 10/20/1922 Retire
Vohden, Samuel Ptl c 01103/1907 12/17/1922 Active
Vogt, Henry J Ptl E 01101/1909 04/13/1926 Retire
Vincent, William P Ptl TRF 04/1711901 03/10/1927 Active
Vaurina, John F Sgt NW 04/0111901 02/0111931 Active
V aira, Frank Pt1 NE 05/28/1902 02/17/1932 Retire
Vocke, Ludolph Sgt HQ 12/0811902 08/11/1939 Retire
Vogt, George W Ptl NW 04/26/1923 12/06/1940 Active
Volkert, William Ptl SW 10/05/1922 10/0111941 Retire
Vinyard, George F Ptl SW 11/30/1900 04/2511936 Retire
Vanhorton, Harvey Cpt HQ 06/19/1911 01114/1941 Active


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Sgt. Vanera (Drennon) Williams - SD - SWD - Recruitment - SED - Records
P/O Harold O. Wertz Jr - D256 - ED - Tac Inner Harbor
P/O Nancylee Wilhelm
P/O Addison Willie - WD - Tac - K-9

P/O Bernie Wehage -   HERE
P/O Paul P Wingate CD - CID / OOTYx7 
SGT Boysie Watkins WD - ND
P/O Arthur E Westveer Jr CD - SW / CRx2
P/O Valerie Jean Westveer 
Lt. Jim Wells WD
Michael Werdin SWD
Sgt. Ernie Wright WD, SED, SWD

Donna Worthy SED
Richard Waybright WD, SED  
Ray Wheatley -Seq # 82464 5/16/1963 till July 29/ 1977 

August T. Waldsachs SW 
Brian Wassum - Marine Unit
Patrick Wheeler - Marine Unit
P/O Robert D Weitzel NWD - HERE
Joseph C. Waldsachs NW
P/O Mike Wolferman

P/O Tom Wohkittel CD
P/O Donna Watson
Doug Womack
P/O Arthur Wynn
P/O Ed Wolf  CD - NE
Sgt. Jay Wiley CD
Lt. Robert Wilson ND - HERE 
Lt. Ted Weintraub

Officer Brian Wissner SW 
P/O Timothy Williams CD
Sgt. Frank Wagner CD - NE
P/O Edward Wagner CID - CD
Det. Kate Wood CD
P/O Donna Worthy
P/O R Scott Wills - NWD - TIS
P/O Dan Waskiewcz SD
Wagner John R.
P/O Wayson Donnie NED - MIS
Francis Wade SD
To
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Tom Wade Jr.
Joe Wade ED
Wancowicz Charles E.
Officer Charles Bunky Welsh SWD Tac
Officer William J Welsh ND ED
Sgt William Waldo Walters SD
Warren John F.
Watkins George N.
Watkins James H.
Weber Norman W.
Wehn, Sr. George S.
Weichert Edward J.
Weichert Lawrence
Weidenhoft Ejmer H.
Weih, Sr. Joseph C.
Weimer,Sr. Robert H.
Weir, Sr. Robert E. 
Weisberg Maurice F.
Wells James K.
Welsh Edmund L.
Wendricks Cliffprd P.
Wenzel Charles W,
Whalen Thomas W.
Wheltle John C.
White Dale V.
White Kenneth R.
Whitehill John T.
Whitehill Martin H.
Wieber Paul V.
Wiegard Norbert M.
Wilkens Albert
Williams George E.
Williams Leroy
Williams, Sr. Anthony C.
Willis James
Wirth Robert
Wise Carroll H.
Wisniewski John M.
Wright F. William Sr.
Wojtek Richard J.
Wolchik Frank J.
Wondolowski Joseph
Woren Nicholas
Wratchford Raymond W.
Wrzosek Frank A.
Wrzosek Stanley
Wysocki Eugene 
Wittler Wilbur 
Wilhelm, Sr. James K.  
Jonathan Walter E561 ND  
Donna L. White - E189 - E.O.D 11/3/1987 - Seq. Retired:11/3/2012

Watkins, Willaim McK Lt NW 09119/1872 11/28/1890 Active
Whalen, Phillip Ptl NW 10/15/1877 08/3111891 Active
Wenzel, Henry 0 Pt1 NW 0112111887 07/01/1893 Active
Welsh, John J Ptl s 06/14/1892 06/13/1894 Active
Wright, William 0 Lt w 05/0111871 12/09/1895 Active
Williamson, Charles H Lt sw 04/0811874 03/16/1898 Active
Wolfe, Henry Tun E 08/3111870 08/03/1897 Retire
Wood, William H Ptl s 04/27/1867 10/27/1898 Retire
Wright, John W Pt1 c 01/02/1872 12118/1898 Retire
Walsh, Maurice D Ptl E 05/14/1885 01/09/1899 Active
Weaver, JohnH Ptl w 11127/1875 09/13/1901 Active
Wess, Julius G Ptl c 06/27/1888 11114/1902 Active
Wilson, George E Ptl sw 01/17/1900 12/13/1903 Active
Whitley, Joseph Ptl c 05/13/1868 03/04/1904 Retire
Whitmer, Philip Ptl NE 07/15/1896 06/23/1904 Active
Wentz, George CLK HQ 07/14/1870 10/19/1904 Retire
Williams, William Ptl s 09/24/1869 08/30/1908 Retire
Walters, John A Ptl s 07117/1876 09/10/1908 Retire
Worthington, Thomas H Ptl c 08/29/1890 03/14/1909 Active
Wilson, John F Ptl c 07/22/1885 04/13/1911 Active
Williams, George T Ptl s 10/2011884 01103/1912 Retire
Wildberger, Frederick W Pt1 N 01103/1900 03/28/1912 Active
Wagne'r, George L Pt1 w 05/05/1867 12/18/1913 Retire
Wright, John W Sgt NW 04/12/1886 03/28/1915 Active
Walsh, William J Ptl w 08/08/1881 06/28/1910 Retire
Walmsley, Clarence Sgt c 09/17/1889 08/16/1915 Retire
Whaley, William T Ptl w 0112111891 03/0511916 Retire
Walsh, J avirs J · Ptl NW 04/12/1886 04/20/1918 Retire
Wirgaud, George P Ptl sw 05/01/1914 10/27/1918 Active
Wallace, William A Ptl s 04/25/1867 12/09/1920 Retire
Wallace, Nicholas L Pt1 sw 07/27/1919 10/25/1921 Active
Worden, Edward G Sgt NW 05/0111897 05/19/1922 Retire
Wonderly, William R CLK N 01/31/1900 12/3111922 Retire
Ward, Michael E Lt N 10/15/1892 09/22/1924 Active
Walsh, Michael Ptl sw 07/27/1868 09/26/1924 Retire
Wess, Bernard P CLK N 05/12/1900 10/05/1924 Active
Walsh, John J. Sgt s 01/1711898 12/23/1924 Retire
Werner, William F Lt HQ 10/28/1899 05/07/1925 Retire
Wolfe, Nicholas Ptl E 12/30/1918 05/18/1925 Active
Wess, Mary MAT E 08/29/1907 07/1511925 Active
White, John J Ptl E 11118/1903 10110/1925 Active
White, Howard Ptl s 07/13/1903 10/26/1925 Retire
Whittle, William H Cpt HQ 07/2011883 04/12/1926 Active
Welliner, Basil S Lt HQ 04/2111881 01123/1928 Retire
Wankmiller, John F Sgt E 05/17/1898 02/1111928 Active
Wisner, John T Tun w 09/20/1901 1110111928 Active
Wischbusen, Henry M Ptl E 03/17/1919 07/22/1930 Active
Warnsman, William Ptl c 08/23/1887 09/1111931 Active
Weller, Henry R Ptl s 04/0111901 01123/1928 Active
Wicks, Henry Sgt TRF 01115/1891 0112111921 Active
Weber, George E Sgt sw 01103/1907 12/12/1932 Retire
Warfield, William L Sgt c 12/14/1887 05/04/1933 Retire
Ward, Joseph L Ptl s 10/22/1920 06/09/1933 Active
Wingate, Harry C Ptl NW 0113111900 06/2111933 Retire
Welsh, Randolph G Ptl sw 06/2511888 06/27/1933 Retire
Welsh, Elmer F CLK s 05/12/1910 07/02/1933 Active
Watson, Walter C CLK w 07/30/1898 07/15/1933 Active
Williams, Frederick J Pt1 NW 09/14/1903 08/02/1933 Retire
Welden, Charles A Ptl N 02/28/1924 08/04/1933 Active n 
Wedi, RoseE MAT sw 07/12/1912 04/22/1934 Retire
Watkins, Millard F Tun NW 07/15/1881 07/1711934 Active
Wilkins, John C Pt1 NE 10/05/1905 10/08/1934 Active
Way, John A Lt TRF 05/29/1901 01108/1935 Retire
Wilkinson, John Ptl E 05/01/1888 06/2111936 Retire
Wilson, Samuel J Ptl c 0411111882 10/18/1936 Retire
Woelper, George T Sgt NE 12/17/1898 08/15/1937 Retire
Will, George J Tun N 01/18/1904 10/1611937 Retire
Waldschmidt, William Ptl s 01108/1912 04/12/1938 Active
Wheattley, James W Ptl NE 05/08/1890 05/03/1938 Retire
Wulfert, Julius Sr Ptl TRF 07/13/1903 05/04/1938 Retire
Weber, John Sgt NE 10/06/1902 09/2111938 Retire
Wilderson, Richard R Ptl NW 07/16/1887 12/08/1938 Retire
Wortman, Howard L Det HQ 04/17/1922 04/29/1939 Active
Weaver, Charles H LT HQ 07/25/1896 06/25/1924 Retire
Williams, Jesse A Ptl HQ 0113111910 05/2411939 Active
Woodall, Edward T Det HQ 07/06/1932 01/28/1940 Active
White, William M Lt N 09/05/1899 10/05/1934 Retire
Walstrom, John Ptl NE 06/24/1924 11124/1940 Retire
Webster, Henry W Ptl w 11102/1898 03/25/1942 Retire
Warthen, Harry S Lt HQ 09/26/1913 12/29/1942 Active
Wedi, William L Ptl c 05/13/1890 11/10/1909 Retire
Woods, John J Ptl c 01/27/1902 09/21/1931 Active 
Watt, Eugene Ptl NW 10/30/1914 09/19/1942 Retire
Witters, Thomas D Ptl c 04/28/1867 12/01/1900 Retire


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Yanchoris Edward
Det. Robert B. Yamin –DEU – WD – ND – Com - Special Ops - OIC - SED / CRx1 / RR1968x1 / BSx3 / Double BSx2 / Triple BS (Special Commendation) CL=Commendatory Letter  
Younger, Jr. John G.
Det. Loretta Young CD - DEU
P/O Lawrence Yinger TIS
Young, Oliver J Ptl w 03/26/1913 10/05/1918 Active
Yost, Henry Ptl NE 09/30/1901 11/27/1923 Retire
Yeagle, Charles L.D. Sgt NW 10/03/1898 12/22/1938 Retire
Yorlc, Benjamin W Sgt NW 05/13/1884 06/24/1890 Active


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Zawadzki Stanley
Zechman Paul
Zeinog Robert A.
Ziegler Howard M.
Zukowski Henry J.
Zeawick, Frederick Ptl s 01/02/1875 04/18/1889 Active
Zapp, Jacob Ptl s 08/27/1872 07/15/1891 Active*
Zeutgraft, John L Pt1 NW 06/09/1899 11124/1916 Retire
Zimmerman, Charles W Sgt c 0911111903 0311111920 Active
Zimmerman, Frank A Ptl N 01/13/1868 04/14/1923 Retire
Zehner, Louis Sgt NE 04/19/1881 09/08/1938 Retire
Zehner, William 0 Pt1 s 01/04/1906 06/29/1918 Retire
Zeiler, George Pt1 E 01/25/1899 06/23/1937 Retire 


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CD=Central District, SE=Southeast, ED=Eastern District, NE=Northeastern, ND=Northern District, NW=Northwest District, WD=Western District, SW=Southwest District, SD=Southern District, HP=Harbor Patrol

MCU=Major Crime Unit, DDU=District Detective Unit, TAC=Tactical, QRT=Quick Response Team, SWAT=Special Weapons, and Tactics, K9, FOX=Helicopter Unit, MU=Marine Unit, TIS=Traffic Investigative Services, TS=Traffic Section, VS=Vice Squad DEU=Drug Enforcement Unit, CS=Crime Statistics CP=Community Policing Mot=Motors Mou=Mounted FD=Fiscal Division & EPD=Executive Protection Division.

MoH=Medal of Honor, CoV=Citation of Valor, SS=Silver Star, BS=Bronze Star, LSA=Life Saving Award, DSA=Distinguished Service Award CR=Commendation Ribbon, UC=Unit Citation, 5YRSD, 10YRSD, 15YRSD, 20YRSD=Years Safe Driving (5, 10, 15, 20), RR1968=1968 Riot Ribbon, SR=Special Ribbon, SP2000=Special 2000, EDI=Eastern District Incentive, CL=Commendatory Letter, OOTY= Officer of the Year. PH=Purple Heart BPDHS-SR=Baltimore Police Historic Soicety Service Ribbon

Baltimore City Police History we consider all of our brothers and sisters in the Baltimore Police Department to be heroes and would like to form a "Hall of Fame" here on the site to include each and every one of them. So if you know of an officer that isn't on this wall, bring it to our attention by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Just give us a name, the district(s) worked, along with any other info you may know, years worked, awards received, interesting cases etc. If you have a pic that would be nice too (the pics won't go on this page, but with luck, we will eventually have a link created so that when a name is found it can be clicked on to take you to their pic which will be loaded somewhere else on this site. That said, we will load all pictures sent to us somewhere on the site, so with pics let us know what district(s) they worked, units, etc. so we have a better idea of where to put the pic, without info the pic will still be loaded onto the site under Misc. Pictures.

TUN = Turnkey - Ptl = Patrolman - Det = Detective - Sgt = Sergeant - RSgt = Round Sergeant - Lt = Lieutenant -  Cpt = Captain - Dep = Deputy Marshall - Mar = Marshall - Com = Commissioner - MAT= Matron - HMAT = Head Matron - BE = Boat Engineer - T&S = Telegraph and Signal operator - Clk =Clerk - Phy = Physician - Chf = Chauffer - HQ = Headquarter - C =Central - SE = Southeast - E =Eastern - NE =Northeast - N =Northern - NW = Northwest - W =Western - SW = Southwest - S = Southern - TRF = Traffic

P/O = Police officer - P/W = Policewoman - P/A = Pollice Agent - Det = Detective

 

 

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POLICE INFORMATION

Copies of: Your Baltimore Police Department Class Photo, Pictures of our Officers, Vehicles, Equipment, Newspaper Articles relating to our department and or officers, Old Departmental Newsletters, Lookouts, Wanted Posters, and or Brochures. Information on Deceased Officers and anything that may help Preserve the History and Proud Traditions of this agency. Please contact Retired Detective Kenny Driscoll.

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Please contact Det. Ret. Kenny Driscoll if you have any pictures of you or your family members and wish them remembered here on this tribute site to Honor the fine men and women who have served with Honor and Distinction at the Baltimore Police Department.

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Baltimore Police Weapons

Pistols - Slap Jack - Espantoon - CS Mace - Pepper Spray

We are hoping to provide as much info, and as many photos as we can on/of the weapons, and means of restraint used by the members of the Baltimore Police Department over the years from 1729 to present day. Weapons and means of restraint to include, Pistols, Shot Guns, Rifles, Black-Jacks, Slap-Jacks, Sap-Gloves, Espantoon, CS-Mace, Pepper-Spray, Iron-Claw, Come-Along, Etc

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Excerpts from - Proceeding of City Council 11 Dec 1856

(During this December 11th session in 1856) Mr. Boyd moved to strike out all of the section providing for arming the police with revolvers and other suitable weapons and placing muskets at the station-houses. Mr. Boyd said the cost of arming the police with revolvers would alone amount to $516l; that there were men in the police not fitted to trust with arms, and if the amendment was not adopted he feared he should be compelled to vote it was necessary to arm the police, as long as rowdies were armed with revolvers and other weapons. In New York and Philadelphia where there is a penalty for carrying concealed weapons, the police are armed by the city authorities. The muskets at the stations houses were to be kept there under the charge of the Mayor, to be used only in case of riot, where such arms were necessary to compete with armed mobs Mr. Boyd replied that only a few weeks since one of the police bad drawn his revolver at Carroll Hall on one of the night police - he reiterated that there were men not fit to be trusted with such arms. The time was when twenty-six men kept this city quiet and in good order without being armed. As to giving the police muskets, we might as well have a standing army. If muskets are necessary at any time, the military are always ready to obey any call of the Mayor. Mr. Pinkney again urged that it was necessary to arm the police - you must arm them to have any effect at all. If the military were called out at the present state of feeling in the public mind, instead of preventing or suppressing a riot, it would lead to one of the bloodiest riots on record. Mr. Howard opposed the amendment - he believed that it was necessary to arm the police in order to protect the citizens - to put down the riots that had so often of late violated the law and shot down peaceable persons. We may have seen outrages heretofore, but we have not seen orderly citizens shot down at their own doors - men driven from the polls when only seeking their right of exercising the elective franchise – polls obstructed and men leading on armed mobs with apparent impunity - Mr. Boyd was willing to judge the present by the past - If we are to have no better men on the police than for time past, he was not willing to place arms in their hands. If the police are armed, no man is safe in this community. The question being taken on Mr. Boyd's proposed amendment, it was rejected by yeas 3, (Messrs. Boyd, Tidy, and Carroll,) and nays 16. Mr. Nalls moved to strike out that portion of the ordinance placing muskets at the station houses rejected by yeas 6, (Messrs Daiger, Boyd, Green, Tidy, Carroll and Nalls,) and nays 13. Section 8 was reconsidered, on motion of Mr. Handy, who moved to amend it by making our police officers be confirmed/sworn by the city council, as other city officers are; which was adopted with but one dissenting voice.

During the times the city was nearly taken over by several gangs involved in politics, they would travel the various wards making it nearly impossible for honest voters to vote. As such elections were not fair, the same people won every time. I wouldn't be surprised to hear Mr. Boyd was benefiting more by having the Know Nothings, Plug Uglies, Bloody Tubs, Etc. ruling the city with an unarmed, or under armed police force, at the time police carried their own weapons, usually single shot pistols, or some other small pocket pistol, ill-equipped to fight these gangs. We lost several officers at the times. Still arming police, wasn't as much to help, or protect the police, so much as it was to allow politicians to receive fair votes. It may also be worth reminding readers of the Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, in which some of the worst rioting of the Know-Nothing era in the United States, had occurred in Baltimore. It was the fall of 1856, street tensions had escalated sharply over the preceding six-dozen years as neighborhood gangs, most of them operating out of local firehouses, became increasingly involved in party politics. Know-Nothing candidate Thomas Swann was elected Mayor of Baltimore in 1856 amidst violence and a heavily disputed ballot. Police Commissioner Kane was also involved in this, and in fact testified in open court for the defense in a trial against a Know-Nothing that was charged with killing one of Kane’s Officers, Kane was more dedicated to his party than he was his own men. Based on what these gangs were doing, it is obvious what some politicians wouldn’t want to fight it. The point being, City Council wasn't interested in Officer Safety, or even Public Safety at the time, as much as they were in getting voters to the polls.

  

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Courtesy Robert Lee Keene
Baltimore's Pistol Range

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The primary service weapon today is the Glock 22 .40 caliber pistol. Officers are also provided with a Monadnock expandable straight baton, Taser X26, and pepper spray. Remington 870 shotguns are available as well as a less lethal model of the 870. In heavy situations, SWAT officers may employ the use of the G36, which fires the 5.56 NATO round, the H&K UMP40, and M4 variants.

The Espantoon is a type of wooden police baton that is distinct to the city of Baltimore and has been in use for generations. It is an ornate wood straight baton equipped with a swiveled leather strap with which it can be twirled. Between 1994 and 2000, the Espantoon was banned in favor of the Koga stick due to police commissioner Thomas Frazier's perception that its twirling intimidated the citizenry. In 2000, Edward T. Norris assumed the office of Police Commissioner and lifted the ban on the Espantoon, although he did not mandate its use or resume issuing the weapon. The move was made as part of a general effort to boost morale and instill a more aggressive approach to policing in Baltimore. Norris stated, "When I found out what they meant to the rank and file, I said, 'Bring them back.' ... It is a tremendous part of the history of this Police Department." While the move did not make the Espantoon an issued item by the department as it once was, it remains to this day an optional piece of carrying equipment.

1857 1876 Colt .Caplock .31 Cal. Pocket Model revolver

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Sun Thu Jul 4 1895 hammerless pistol debut 72Baltimore Sun 4 July 1895

On 3 July 1895, one dozen Smith & Wesson .38 Cal Hammerless revolvers were purchased by the Baltimore Police Department, These were double action, and as things have always gone they issued these to the bosses first. Good thing, the brass could remained safe behind their desks, while the men in the field continued to carry the single action crap that also as things have always gone in Baltimore, the criminals had the better guns, and the police began playing a game of catch up It would be 1990 before The Baltimore Police would stop carrying the old wheel-gun, and finally get a 9mm semi-automatic pistol.

SW 38 Single Action First Model

1876-1917 - S&W .38 Single Action First Model (4”) revolver.

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SW .38 Single Action Third Model

1916-1924 - S&W .38 Single Action Third Model (4”) revolver.1 black devider 800 8 72

Colt .38 Police Positive Special

1922-1970 - Colt .38 Police Positive Special (4”) revolver.1 black devider 800 8 72

Colt .38 Official Police

195?-197? - Colt .38 Official Police (4”) revolver.1 black devider 800 8 72

Colt .38 Detective Special

195?-197? - Colt .38 Detective Special (2”) revolver.1 black devider 800 8 72

SW Model 10HB Military Police

197?-1990 - S&W Model 10 Military & Police (4”)
Our Issued Model 10s had the heavy barrle as pictured below on the Model 64
More important than the Barrles issued were the grips, our guns were purchased

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197?-1990 - S&W Model 64HB Military & Police (4”) Revolver.

The model 64 and model 10 are essentially the same gun. The model 10 is a blued, steel, the model 64 is made of stainless steel, both guns are sold with the smaller "magna" grips. The magna grips are the grips that just fit the frame. These guns are typically numbered in one place, and that is on the base of the pistols butt on the pistol's frame. Baltimore specifically ordered the oversize wooden grips. This was better for our shooters, but caused and issue where the serial number on the butt was covered. With this, in order to see the serial numbers, we had to remove the grips. To solve this problem, the BPD had to request a special order from Smith and Wesson, and that was in addition to the number on the butt, there would be a second serial number stamped on the gun that could be seen without taking the grips off. To do this, the put that second number on the frame under the Yoke Assembly.

Now this is an absolute 100% true story. This was going on while I was on the job. A lot of guys had the ammo webbing either built into their duty belt, or they had the slide on ammo webbing, some of these webbings held 6 rounds, others held 12 rounds. What a lot of officers were doing was taking issued ammo to a player to have them silver plated. Other officers that had been involved in a line of duty shooting were cutting notches in their grips. Sometimes on the street if they were trying to show some neighborhood tough guy what a thought guy the officer was, he'd use his thumbnail to "flick" at the notch or notches.

Word got back to old Donald D Pomerleau and he was not happy. He said the Department had paid extra for those oversize grips and he didn't like anyone messing them up. Word went out to all the Districts and down to all the Sergeants - "Check your guys guns. Anyone that has "notches" on their grips was to report to the range for replacements." No names were ever recorded. Those were the days. We have several of the silver plated .38 cal. rounds, I think there are only 5 of the Long Ranger rounds in there, we are not sure if the officer, carried a five shot revolver and used them in the webbing of a shoulder holster on his belt, or what the deal was, he may also have had a 6 shot but gave a round to a kid on his post. We will try to grab the rounds and webbing we have and add a picture to the site soon. The information pertaining to the serial numbers comes to us from a former Baltimore Police Officer named Gary Provenzano1 black devider 800 8 72

 

SW Model 10 Military Police

197?-1990 - S&W Model 10 Military & Police (2”) Revolver.1 black devider 800 8 72

SW Model 10 Military Police 2197?-1990 - S&W Model 64 Military & Police (2”) Revolver.1 black devider 800 8 72

Glock 17 9mm pistol

1990-2001 - Glock 17 - 9mm pistol.1 black devider 800 8 72

Auto Ordnance Model 1921 Thompson submachine gun

1922-1931 - Auto-Ordnance Model 1921 Thompson sub-machine gun.
Auto Ordnance Model 1921 Thompson submachine gun

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Colt R80 Monitor automatic rifle

1931-19?? - Colt R80 Monitor automatic rifle.1 black devider 800 8 72

Winchester Model 670 bolt action rifle

19??-19?? Winchester Model 670 bolt-action rifle.1 black devider 800 8 72

Glock 22 40 cal. pistol

2001 - Glock 22 - 40 cal. pistol.1 black devider 800 8 72

1897

Winchester Model 1897

The Model 1897 was a superior slide-action exposed hammer shotgun that was specifically designed for the new smokeless powder.  Winchester manufactured just shy of one million Model 1897 shotguns, with the production taking place from July 1897 to September 1957.  The Model 1897 was an improved redesign of the older Model 1893.  Serial numbers were a continuation of the Model 1893 and began in the 34150 range, and continued through 1024701.

The Model 1897 was originally offered in solid frame 12 gauge only with a 2 ¾ chamber until April of 1898 when the Take Down was introduced.  The new 16 gauge with a 2 9/16” chamber was introduced in 1899, Take Down only.

The Model 1897 was offered in a variety of grades: standard Field; Fancy; Standard Trap; Special Trap; Pigeon; Tournament; Brush; Riot and Trench Gun.  The 20” barrel Riot and Trench Guns were especially desirable for Military and Law enforcement use. The Law enforcement Riot and Trench Guns may have police or prison unit markings.  The WW II military Riot and Trench guns will have “U.S” and flaming ordnance bomb markings.  Trench guns differed from Riot guns in that they have a ventilated heat shield and a bayonet stud attachment.  All Trench Guns and the military Riot Guns were equipped with sling swivels. The WW I Trench and Riot Guns were made in solid frame only, then for WW II, they were all Take Downs.

Shotguns were first put in radio patrol cars in 1937 the shotgun used at the time was the Winchester 1897. They only had 47 radio cars citywide at the time, training for the shotgun was done at Saunders Range in Glen Burnie. If officers couldn't qualify, they would be sent back to foot patrol and someone else would be given a chance. Training for qualification began on 21 Aug 1937

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Saunders Range, named for Adjutant General of the Maryland National Guard, John S. Saunders, opened in 1904 on the property now known as Harundale. It was established for the training of army, navy and guard personnel in shooting and marksmanship. Men were assigned by company to spend two or three days at the site gaining proficiency with rifles and revolvers, aiming at targets set 200, 400, 800 and 1000 yards away. The training season ran from May 1 to about mid-August after which the site closed for the winter.

Practice began at 8:15 a.m. and ended at 6:00 p.m. with a one-hour break for lunch. Men lived in tents on the ground with few amenities at first. The year after the range was established, a canteen was added with a “No Intoxicants” policy strictly enforced. Emil E. Vanous and his brother, William, local residents were awarded the contract to run the establishment. In the following years an administration building was erected, and a sewage system was installed in 1910.

The site was ideally located in open country with sandy soil providing good drainage and a plentiful artesian water supply. It was close to the B&A Short Line Railroad which provided transportation and to Furnace Branch Creek which provided recreation for the men. Even at the time, “open country” was a debatable term. Mr. Osborn S. Pumphrey who owned a large farm in Marley, complained vociferously that bullets from the range were striking his house and he could not hire laborers for the fields since they feared being shot. Changes to target siting seems to have remedied the situation.

While the nearby railroad offered easy transportation to both Annapolis and Baltimore, few passes were given to the soldiers for fear of their bringing back “diseases contracted in the city.” Instead, evening entertainments were supplied within the camp. Shows with singing, music and “moving pictures” were offered along with boxing matches between companies. Shooting competitions were also held with medals and cups awarded to the best marksman.

In 1915, as the World War loomed, mobilization of civilians began. Classes of recruits were sent to Saunders Range for an introduction to military regulations, physical drills and shooting practice.

Saunders Range closed in 1926 and the Maryland National Guard put the property up for sale. In 1939, a proposal to build a “Negro housing development” on the site was met by spirited local opposition and soon abandoned. Finally, in 1946, the property was acquired by Byrne Communities, Inc. and in 1947 ads began to appear in local newspapers offering homes for sale in the new development of Harundale.

Information on Saunders Range came to us from Ann Arrundell County Historical Society 

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1897Federal Gas Riot Gun

Description:
1.5 cal Federal Laboratories Inc. Pittsburgh, PA. Gun, a single shot has, flare, rubber ball or Buckshot with adapter. Steel barrel receiver with wood furniture. 1-1/2” bore; barrel is 12”,27-1/2” overall. Blue finish on all meta, varnish on all wood. Plastic butt plate. Break open action latch for opening, includes a sight set for 50 yards.

Considered to be a very early model; 4 types were produced. Used by police and prisons for crowd control. Mfg 1933. When fired for training, gas round went through both sides of house! Not an NFA controlled item unless you have buckshot adapter. No FFL or C&R required.

The Winchester Model 1897 became the most popular exposed-hammer, slide-action shotgun in history. Special features include fancy checkered walnut stocks, Damascus barrels, and engraving. According to a 1916 catalog, the plain-finish example sold for $25, while an engraved receiver with checkered and finer wood sold for $100.

Original Winchester factory records are available for this model from the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, Wyoming, from serial number 1 thru 377999.  Polishing Room serialization records are available for all serial numbers. In Baltimore these guns were altered when they cut the barrel down the 20" barrel so they could maneuver in tight spaces, like Baltimore Row-home hallways, and staircases.

1956

18 Sep 1956 
The start of the agency's Riot Squad, and introduction of the Federal Gas Riot Gun

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Remington Model 870 Police Magnum pump action shotgun

1964 - Remington Model 870 Police Magnum pump-action shotgun.

On 24 March 1964, the department announced the addition of 18 New Repeater Shotguns. Chief Inspector George Murphy reported that these guns were issued to 18 Police Radio-Cars, two in each of the nine districts. The Remington 12-gauge Pump Action Shotguns were issued primarily to the two cars in each of the nine districts that were designated as two-man cars. There were additional shotguns of this make and model purchased Some went into the armory, while others were assigned to the Department's Detective Bureau.

It is hoped that with the addition of these new guns we will have a further deterrent in the combat against violent crimes. While speaking of the department's former shotgun, a Winchester 12-gauge, "If they do not deter an attack on our officers, they will undoubtedly not defend an attack on our citizens." In 1964 Chief Inspector George Murphy said, of these new Remington shotguns, "They will pretty definitely, be effective."

The five-shot repeater has an "effective" range of 45 to 50 yards," said Serge. James Freeman, the department's firearms instructor. "Over 50 yards the nine .38 cal. Buckshot pellets fired from each shell will spread out to about four feet broad." Serge. Freeman said as he continued, by saying, "Effective Means Fatal!" An answer to what his Chief Inspector may have meant earlier when he said, "They will pretty definitely, be effective." In short, The Sergeant was saying, "These weapons are pretty brutal." He feels the weapon's killing power is about 10 times that of the .38 Cal. revolvers being carried by the officers patrolling our streets in the 1960s. The Chief Inspector said the shotguns have been issued for the use mostly in combating bank robberies, and commercial as well as residential, and highway or street robberies.

Two Baltimore City Police Officers, Francis R. Stransky and
Claude J. Profili had been killed up to this point in 1964. However, there would be three more Baltimore Police Officers killed before the year ended, they were Officers, Walter Patrick Matthys, Teddy L. Bafford, and Sergeant Jack Lee Cooper. Another of our officers was seriously injured in 1964 after being shot as he sought to capture a hold-up suspect.

If a criminal was thinking of bringing harm to a business owner, or a pedestrian walking down the street in Baltimore, and one of our officers came upon the scene with one of the new Remington pump-action Shotguns, we can assure you a reasonable and prudent man staring down the barrel of one of these weapons, it would stop them!" Inspector Murphy said at the time, "If they shoot at any of our officers, you can bet the officers will return fire."

Serge. Freeman said, "98 of the new guns have been purchased as replacements for the 1897- model Winchester Shotguns that were taken out of use in the late 1940s. Those old guns were basically modified hunting guns that we had the barrels machined down to 20 inches."

Each of the officers that will have access to these weapons will receive 12 hours of instruction to assure they were adequately indoctrinated and trained, in the use of this weapon." said Chief Inspector Murphy. Murphy was followed by Serge. Freeman who said, "During the Department's 12-hour course, officers are trained in the handling of the shotgun, the disassembly, reassembly, cleaning, and general maintenance of the shotgun. Following that, they are trained in, loading and unloading the shotgun. This is all before anyone would be taken to our range where they will first learn to hold, carry and aim, the loaded shotgun. But, they will not fire any of the weapons until they qualify with safely handling the weapon; to include breaking it down, cleaning it, and rebuilding the weapon. When they successfully qualify for this portion of the training, they move on.

Once an officer is completely trained in how to safely handle the weapon in public situations, whereas they prove their knowledge as to how the weapon is broken down, cleaned, oiled and reassembled within a timed examination. Once our officer satisfactorily meets the requirements of the first portion of this training, (Knowing the Weapon) they can move on.

The last parts of their training involve more than just aiming at a target, but knowing what's behind a target as we visualize a practicum in which we are confronted by an armed suspect [the target], and then using risk assessment of taking, or not taking the shot. Officers being reminded, "Not" taking the shot, can make an officer as liable for suit as taking the shot and hitting a bystander. If a suspect brings harm to someone and as officers, we fail to protect them. The Sergeant went on to say, all the training in the world is good, but it is pretty much up to a man's common sense." Serge. Freeman agreed with the Chief Inspectors assessment in that the shotguns will be effective in reducing, if not stopping certain crimes." - "A lot of people will throw down their weapons at the crime scene, or give themselves up rather than face down a shotgun." he, continued, "Criminals know what a shotgun can do to a person, and so they more often than not will do the smart and prudent thing!!!"

The issued 870 had 20" barrels, rifle sights and were equipped with leather slings. Every sector in every District had a 2 man "Shotgun Unit" that was also a regular Sector Car. The shotguns were kept in a wooden case/box in the trunk of the radio car.  The original weapons issued to QRT, besides the standard Model 10, were Remington 870 Shotguns, Universal M1 .30 caliber carbines (which they thought would be ideal for penetration), M-16's (which were to be kept on semi-auto unless otherwise authorized by a "Superior Officer"), and a Winchester Model 70 bolt action sniper rifle in .243 caliber.

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Springfield M14 semiautomatic rifle

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Baltimore City Police Department

1975 Quick Response Team (QRT) - 2006 Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT)
QRT/SWAT in 1975 when they started working on forming the SWAT team, the team name SWAT was rejected,  after serious consideration, QRT (Quick Response team) was chosen. It wouldn't be until 2006 that the Baltimore Police Department would accept the name change, and replace QRT with the name SWAT1 black devider 800 8 72

Glock 17 9mm pistol

1990-2001 - Glock 17 - 9mm pistol.1 black devider 800 8 72

Beretta Mod 12S submachine gun

1986-???? - Beretta Mod 12S submachine gun.1 black devider 800 8 72

HK UMP submachine gun

200? - (.40 S&W) H&K UMP sub-machine gun.1 black devider 800 8 72

HK G36K assault carbine

200? - H&K G36K assault carbine.

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Baby Russian 1Baltimore City Police Baby Russian

Man and Arms Magazine
Volume 1 - Number 5

September/October 1979

The Baltimore City Police Baby Russians

By Major Charles W. Pate

One can say with considerable confidence that the most widely known single-action Smith & Wesson used in police service is the “Nashville Police” American Model. Several factors combine to make the Nashville Police a highly sought-after collector’s item. The guns were all First Model Americans, which in itself makes them quite desirable. They had special order 6-inch barrels. There were only 32 ordered. And, last of all, they are distinctively marked on the grip backstrap.

Much less well known is a Smith & Wesson which also saw law enforcement service, a .38 single-action First Model, better known as the “Baby Russian.” While the model is in itself a very interesting one to study, the specimen illustrated here has additional significance and that it was one of an apparently small number used by the Baltimore City Police Department.

The Baby Russian (properly called open, .36 single-action First Model” or “Model Number Two First Model”) was the direct predecessor to .38 caliber revolver that became the standard for the world. During the early 1870’s there was growing demand for a modern, automatic injector revolver was stopping power but without the weight, size, and inconvenience of the .44 or .45 pistols. “Texas Jack” Omohundro wrote to Smith & Wesson inquiring as to the availability of a .38 caliber pistol using the Smith & Wesson .44 style action. He stated, “I have been requested by many friends to get them one but have been unable to find them in sale stores. Weight seems to be the objection to the larger.” Regardless of how he was convinced as to the demand for such a pistol, D. B. Wesson soon had one to fill the bill.

The Baby Russian was to be the first in a long line of revolvers which, perhaps more than any other, has served to make Smith & Wesson successful and famous. Interestingly enough, Mr. Wesson chose first to design the cartridge rather than the revolver: the .38 Smith & Wesson – a centerfire, reloadable cartridge which has an actual bullet diameter of .36 rather than .38. The revolver designed to use the new cartridge was essentially a scaled down version of the new model Russian – hence the term “Baby Russian” the most obvious difference between the two, other than size, is the spur trigger guard in place of the boat type with finger spur used on the larger pistol.

The Baby Russian was made for only a little over a year. It was first commercially available in March/April 1876 and was replaced by the .38 SA Second Model in July 1877. Serial numbers run from one to approximately 25,548. There are several variations of the revolver which, together with the relatively small number produce, enhance its collectors interest. There were two barrel lengths – 3 ¼” and 4”. Standard finish was nickel and only 6502 were produced in blue. Of the blue guns 6333 had wood grips; the remainder were finished with rubber, pearl, or ivory grips. Only the very early nickel guns had wood grips. Hard rubber grips were introduced with this model and were the standard grips for the nickel pistols. There are other variations, however they are of little significance except to the advanced Smith & Wesson collector.

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The Baby Russian and its immediate successor, the .38 SA Second Model, enjoyed considerable success. Between 1876 and 1891 a total of 133,803 of these guns were made. Also, during and after this period, the same .38 Smith & Wesson cartridge was being used in the .38 Smith & Wesson double-action and Safety Hammerless Models. However, the utility of the .38 SA Smith & Wesson was demonstrated not only by the number of guns sold but also by who was buying it.

Jacob Wagner, a Federal Revenue Agent, bought several for his fellow agents to supplement the Schofield’s with which they were armed. Max L. Gumpert a Military Taylor, requested price quotations for five dozen for resale to St. Louis Policeman. Without a doubt, many such men bought these guns for personal use as pocket pistols. While individual purchases were a common occurrence, the only group of .38 SA’s known to the author which show evidence of purchase by a police organization is the “Baltimore City Police.”

Over the past few years several of the Smith & Wesson Baby Russian revolvers with “Balto. City Police” engraved on their back straps have been noted, all in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. Six complete revolvers and parts of two others have been studied in detail. A close-up photo illustrates the most distinctive aspect of the revolvers are a number 6702. Revolvers 4746 – 5052 – and 5154 all have identical back strap markings. Unfortunately, frames of the other revolvers listed in the accompanying chart were not available for study.

Reportedly other styles of marking exist on Balto. City Police Baby Russians. Sgt. Bruce Green, and Unofficial Historian of the Baltimore Police Department, has observed three styles of markings: a script style of a priceless same size illustrated, the block style of the above gun, and a block style with smaller letters. All are engraved as opposed to being stamped, and all read the same “Balto. City Police,”. The illustrated markings are 1 3/8 inches long, “Balto. City Police,” and are centered on the backstrap.

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At this date little or no documentary evidence links these guns to the Baltimore Police Department. Sgt. Greene has done considerable research of existing records of both the Police Department and appropriate city offices. He reports that few records now exist, and those that do lack organization and proper care. The only documents found so far which probably concerned these revolvers refer to the “.38 caliber” weapons in use. No other .38 caliber weapons of this vintage are known to exist with similar markings. While they may be the case, the lack of hard documentary evidence is frustrating. It appears that we are not as fortunate as the researchers of the Nashville Police American Model, since they found significant references to the purchase of those firearms.

The Baltimore area people seem unconcerned about documentary evidence. To them it is a commonly accepted “fact” that these guns were used by the Baltimore Police Department. Several of the recent or current owners of the known specimens are active or retired members of that force. Additionally, examples of a peculiar holster are known to exist which was used with the Baby Russian. This also reportedly was secured by uniform buttons instead of belt or straps.

Sgt. Greene estimates the period of use for these revolvers was between 1876 and 1917. Prior to 1876, and perhaps for some time afterward, Percussion Colt Pocket Model were in use. Several such revolvers are in Baltimore area collections and have back strap markings the same as or similar to those on the Baby Russian. In approximate 1917 the Baltimore Police Department switched to the Smith & Wesson Perfected Model. Two examples of this model, again marked in a similar manner – were manufactured in 1917. The Baby Russians period of use is a matter of speculation, with only the shipping dates of marked weapons and a very limited documentation providing evidence upon which assumptions can be based. While this is true, the weapons themselves to provide some very convincing evidence that the guns were at least used by that organization.

The accompanying chart depicts the common characteristics of the guns. Note that all were shipped to the same dealer at about the end of July 1876, all undoubtably part of the same order. The dealer, Trimble and Kleibacker, was a gunsmith firm located at 200 West Baltimore St. in Baltimore. This partnership was formed after a previous partnership [1860 to 1876] between Thomas Poultney and David B. Trimble dissolved. The earlier partnership was apparently successful considering its duration and the fact that the Federal Government purchased 30,362 Smith carbines from the firm during the Civil War. Trimble Association with C. B. Kleibacker lasted until 1880, after which the firm is listed only under the Trimble name.

The revolvers all appear to be the same configuration: 4” barrel, hard rubber grip, nickel finish. At least three of the listed guns are re-nickeled and suitable characteristics of non-factory refinishing. One gun is not obviously refinished but has nickel plating in the engraving, an indication that the weapon was nickeled after the engraving was done. The other guns which appeared to have original finish have no plating in the engraving. Most probably the markings were added after the guns left the factory.

In summary, the evidence, while somewhat circumstantial, is consistent an extensive. We have what is probably a satisfactorily significant number of marked examples (considering age and typical survival rate, the modest number of revolvers made with this exact configuration, and a reasonable geographic distribution of all those that were made in this configuration.) All the marked guns, for which serial numbers information exists, were shipped to the same dealer (in Baltimore) on or about the same date (suggesting a single quarter.) The dealer (or at least the Trimble half of it) was an established firm – the type from which a Police Department might buy guns. The guns have commonality of marking and share this common feature with other guns purported to have seen service with the police department. All the revolvers have seen extensive use and the refinished guns so that considerable use occurred after the refinish work. This would be consistent with a long period of use by the police. The numbered parts of the given revolvers may be present on one or more revolver from the same group (a common occurrence with military or police guns.) The markings are obsolete very old as evidenced by the presence of nickel plating in the engraving all well-used re-plated revolvers. And, lastly, all the known examples have come from the Baltimore area. This would also support the estimated long period of police use. Almost all of the Balto. City Police Baby Russians have been or are in Baltimore police officer’s collections. They have been, until now, virtually unknown or ignored by other collectors – even Smith & Wesson collectors.

While the evidence seems convincing – that the Baltimore Police Department did, in fact, by and use these revolvers – exactly how many did they buy? Were there other variations? How many still exist? Sgt. Greene states that he has seen a total of perhaps 10 – 15 of these revolvers. Reportedly the revolvers with the smaller block letters are from a considerably higher serial number range. However, the author has not yet been able to see any of these revolvers nor has he any data other than what is presented here. Any further information would be greatly appreciated by is website.

Note: In 1893, one Mr. William de Courcy Prideaux, a subject of Queen Victoria, patented a device he referred to as a ‘cartridge-packet holder’. This device was a circular disc through which 12 spring-steel fingers protruded in six pairs. Each pair held one .455 caliber round for the British Webley style revolver. A later 1914 improved design added a bridge-like handle to the rear of the plate. We know this device as the Speedloader -

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The Smith & Wesson Model 2

The Smith & Wesson Model 2, also referred to as the Smith & Wesson .38 Single Action, was a .38 caliber revolver produced in both single and double action by Smith & Wesson. The manufacturer's first of that caliber, its 5-shot cylinder was chambered in .38 S&W. The single-action was produced in three varieties from 1876 through 1911, with total production exceeding 223,000 units: the double-action in three variants from 1880 to 1913, with total sales somewhat under one-million guns.

The Model 2 fired a black powder cartridge. It was a "top-break" weapon, with the barrel release catch located on the top of the frame, just in front of the hammer. It was a larger caliber version of the third model of the Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2.

Single Action -  In 1876, Smith & Wesson Model 2 debuted in a single-action format, meaning the hammer had to be cocked manually to set the trigger in order to fire the revolver. These revolvers fired black powder cartridges and were available in nickel or blued finishes.

1st Model -   The first model of the .38 Single Action can be identified by its smooth barrel (lacking fluting), and the long extractor shroud similar to the Smith & Wesson Model 3 Russian pistol, which lent it the nickname "Baby Russian". It had a spur trigger and lacked a trigger guard. Models were available in blued or nickel-plated finishes, and the majority were produced with 3+1⁄2-inch or 4-inch barrels, although barrels as long as 7 inches were sold.

Serial numbers range from 1 through to 25,548 between 1876 and 1877. This pistol was used by the Baltimore Police Department from 1876 to 1917 and such revolvers are marked "City of Baltimore".

2nd Model -  The second model of the 38 Single Action used a shorter and more efficient ejection and extraction system and lacked the shroud of the 1st model. It was produced in blued steel and nickel-plated versions, with most models having a 3+1⁄2-inch or 4+1⁄2-inch barrel. Rare versions had barrels of 6, 8 and 10 inches in length.

These revolvers had a spur trigger, lacked a trigger guard and were serial numbered consecutively from 1 through 108,255. at least one second model was produced with a 5 in barrel, with last three numbers of SN "007".

3rd Model -  The third model of the 38 Single Action was made from 1891 to 1911 and is often known as the 1891 Model, Model 01 or the Model of 91 as the latter is stamped on the top of the barrel. This version used a standard trigger and a trigger guard, but 2000 of these revolvers were made for the Mexican government with the spur trigger and no guard and are referred to as the "Mexican Model".

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The espantoon is a wooden police baton equipped with a long leather strap for twirling. It originated, and is still strongly associated, with the Baltimore Police Department in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The term is considered distinctly Baltimorean. The word itself derives from that of a pole weapon, a spontoon, which was carried by infantry officers of the British Army during the Revolutionary period. Since the espantoon has been considered a symbol of the "policeman's office and dignity". Before the advent of wireless communications, the espantoon was reportedly used by Baltimore policemen to call for assistance where its user would bang it on the curb or a drainpipe. In 1994, Thomas C. Frazier took over as Baltimore's police commissioner and banned the espantoon. Frazier, a Californian, believed that the device, and the policemen's twirling of it, was intimidating to the civilian populace. He attempted to replace it with another weapon, the Koga. Many officers, however, felt that the Koga was cumbersome, difficult to master, and even more dangerous than the espantoon. In 2000, Edward T. Norris assumed the office of Police Commissioner and lifted the ban on the espantoon, although he did not mandate its use. The move was made as part of a general effort to boost morale and install a more aggressive approach to policing in Baltimore. Norris stated, "When I found out what they meant to the rank and file, I said, 'Bring them back.' ... It is a tremendous part of the history of this Police Department."

sap gloves

Sap Gloves - Weighted-knuckle gloves, also called sap gloves, are a type of weapon used in hand to hand combat. They consist of a pair of ordinary looking gloves usually made of leather or a synthetic material, with powdered lead or steel sewn into a special pouch covering the knuckles, and often the backs of the fingers and the back of the hand. In some designs, this distinctive feature is obvious, while in others it is almost completely indistinguishable from an ordinary glove, allowing the gloves to be worn in plain sight without suspicion. They are primarily used by security guards, and by bouncers and other security professionals where physical combat is expected. The purpose of these gloves in combat is both offensive and defensive. Offensively, the weight of the metal powder adds mass and therefore kinetic energy to punches, backhands and other hand strikes. The weighting also distributes the impact in a manner similar to a blackjack, transferring concussive force in the case of a head-strike to cause a knockout. This is the opposite of brass knuckles, which are designed to concentrate the force of a blow in a smaller area to cause more tissue damage. However, the primary aim of the gloves is actually defensive. Normally, punches with the unprotected hand against an opponent’s head or face will painfully injure the hand in the process, and strikes to the mouth can often result in severe lacerations from the opponent’s teeth. The layer of powdered metal serves to protect the hand against these injuries, without compromising the effectiveness of the strike. Properly executed, a person wearing weighted knuckle gloves can even punch glass or concrete without injury or even pain. The gloves also protect the hand from blows inflicted by the opponent, allowing the user to block minor strikes from blunt weapons such as sticks. This is especially important in maintaining one’s grip on the opponent should they try to dislodge the grip using strikes to the back of the hand. Some designs include a Kevlar lining to add further protection against lacerations. Unlike brass knuckles, weighted knuckle gloves are legal in most areas, as they are generally considered “less-lethal weapons", due to their defensive nature. In some jurisdictions, including Australia, they may be restricted under more general "dangerous weapons" laws. In the United States, weighted knuckle gloves are illegal in the states of Massachusetts and California. In New York, sap gloves are not specifically denominated as unlawful weapons by state law. However, they may be unlawful to possess with intent to use them unlawfully against another. In the United Kingdom, weighted knuckle gloves are legal to buy, sell and own. However, possession in a public place without a reasonable excuse or lawful authority is illegal. Like anything, it is best to check and double check your local laws… Contact the Baltimore Stares Attorneys offices, Maryland State Police, and the Police department in your area (Don’t rely on a single answer – Double check your facts and get a name)

slapjack and blackjack 

Blackjack/Slap Jack - A blackjack (American English), or cosh (British English), is a small, easily concealed club consisting of a leather-wrapped lead weight attached to the end of a leather-wrapped coil spring or rigid shaft, with a lanyard or strap on the end opposite the weight. Materials other than lead and leather are sometimes used to construct these weapons, but the design principle (a soft covering over a dense weighted core) stays the same. Some were weighted with a heavy lead ball wrapped in woven or plaited sailor's line (marline or codline) and then varnished over. Some carefully made examples were likely to have been used by a boatswain or ship's master-at-arms or ship's mate as a badge of office and discipline-enforcer. This weapon works by creating kinetic energy in the dense core, via the spring handle, during the swing. When directed at the head, it works by concussing the brain without cutting the scalp. This is meant to stun or knock out the subject, although head strikes from blackjacks are regularly fatal. Blackjacks were popular among law enforcement for a time due to their low profile, small size, and their suitability for knocking a suspect unconscious. Coshes have also been used by the military for example by Special Forces such as the British Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Currently, however, they are all but prohibited in most municipalities due to liability issues stemming from their potential lethality when used as a compliance device. A blackjack is sometimes wrongly referred to as a sap. "Blackjack" is also American English slang referring to an improvised weapon composed of a heavy object placed inside a sock. The same improvised weapon is referred to in British English slang as a "Slungshot" or a "Cosh."  

Jan 1995 newsleter16 November 1994 - The department ended the authorized use of the Slapjack

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Slung-shot [slúng shòt]
Noun - A weight or weight attached to the end of a cord and used as a weapon

Cosh[käSH]
Noun - a thick heavy stick or bar used as a weapon; a bludgeon.
Verb - hit (someone) on the head with a cosh

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$70,000 Awarded in Police Assault Case

July 19, 1994


By Norris P. West | Norris P. West, Sun Staff Writer

A Baltimore Circuit Court jury has awarded $70,000 to an East Baltimore man who said he was assaulted by two city police officers who mistakenly came to his home while searching for a suspect who lived nearby. The jury awarded $50,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages to Eddie J. Duncan, 45. The panel found that Officers Michael Johnson and Vincent McCoy assaulted the man, violated his constitutional rights and falsely imprisoned him on Aug. 1, 1992. The jury's verdict came late Friday before Visiting Judge Donald G. Gilmore. Mr. Duncan filed the lawsuit on May 6, 1993, claiming the officers, acting on an arrest warrant, arrived at his home at 1227 E. Oliver St. to look for a man named Terry Williams, whose address was 1727 E. Oliver St. He said the owner of the home identified him as Eddie Duncan and told police there was no Terry Williams at 1227 E. Oliver. Mr. Duncan said the exchange occurred outside, and when he went into the house and tried to shut the door, Officer Johnson reached inside and grabbed his shirt. Mr. Duncan said the officer tackled him and Officer McCoy joined the scrap, which lasted several minutes. During that time, he said, he was beaten on the head with a hard object that resembled a blackjack. He said the officers handcuffed him and placed him in leg irons, charging him with assaulting Officer Johnson. He said he was wrongly jailed for 19 hours. The officers said Mr. Duncan initiated the physical contact by pushing Officer Johnson from the doorway, and that Officer McCoy came to his partner's aid while a fight was underway. Robert C. Verderaime, the attorney for the officers, called the verdict excessive. He said hospital records did not support Mr. Duncan's claims of severe injuries. He said he will ask Judge Gilmore to reduce the judgment.

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Man Awarded Damages for Police Harassment

[FINAL Edition]

The Sun - Baltimore, Md.
Author: Siegel, Eric

 

Aug 11, 1994


Start Page  - 1A

In what a federal judge described as a shocking case of misconduct, a Baltimore man who was a key witness in a 1991 police brutality case was himself unconstitutionally harassed by a city officer in retaliation for his testimony. U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis, in a strongly worded written order, said Officer Richard Iglehart acted improperly when he stopped Matthias S. Carter without cause when Mr. Carter was driving in Southeast Baltimore two years ago. Officer Iglehart's action was "planned for months and was intended as a `payback' for Carter's testimony" in the 1991 brutality case, said Judge Garbis, who heard Mr. Carter's civil suit without a jury. "There was, without question, an evil motive for the unconstitutional stop -- the motive of harassing Carter and demonstrating to Carter {and others who would hear about it} that those who have the temerity to testify against Southeastern District police officers are going to regret having done so," Judge Garbis said.

Judge Garbis in May upheld Mr. Carter's claim that his rights were violated and awarded him damages.

Last week, the city's Board of Estimates approved payment of a $28,097 judgment to Mr. Carter -- $15,500 in damages, plus $12,597 in legal fees. Judge Garbis said that the officer's action "strikes at the heart of that part of our legal system designed to protect civil rights and "at the effective functioning of the courts." "There cannot be any toleration of harassment of witnesses testifying in our courts by any person. Even more so, there will be no toleration of police harassment of witnesses," the judge said. Mr. Carter, 53, a former police equipment salesman, spent the night in jail after the stop on charges -- later dismissed -- of illegal possession of handguns and deadly weapons. He said this week that he isn't satisfied with the amount of the award -- or the fact that the officer who violated his constitutional rights is still on the streets. "Fifteen thousand dollars? It should have been a whole lot more," he said. As for Officer Iglehart, then assigned to the Southeastern District and now a patrolman in the Eastern District, Mr. Carter said: "He should have lost his job or been severely punished." Since Judge Garbis issued his order against Officer Iglehart, the Baltimore Police Department has begun its own investigation. "The facts and circumstances are being reviewed to determine whether a departmental disciplinary action is appropriate," said Officer Robert W. Weinhold Jr., a police spokesman. Efforts to reach Officer Iglehart, 34, were unsuccessful. His attorney, Robert C. Verderaime, said he believes his client acted properly but there were no grounds for an appeal. "The court drew inferences from the testimony and resolved them in favor of Mr. Carter," he said. "While we disagree with the findings, that's what litigation is all about." Two other officers who were also used by Mr. Carter for participating in the arrest were found not liable. Matthias Carter's case is rooted in a Nov. 4, 1989, incident. At the time, he was working for Valley Police Supply in Parkville, a job for which he had a permit to carry a gun. He was moonlighting as a cashier at a 7-Eleven store in the 6600 block of Holabird Ave. in Southeast Baltimore. Shortly after midnight, on the street outside the store, Mark Hafner fired a blast from a shotgun in the air and several through his windshield, according to court records. Confronted by officers minutes later, Mr. Hafner dropped his gun and was arrested. Mr. Carter, who went to see what was happening, said he saw Mr. Hafner handcuffed face down on the ground, with "one officer lying across his feet, and another kicking the hell out of him." Mr. Hafner was found not criminally responsible for his behavior and spent two years in state mental hospitals, according to his attorney, Allan Henson, who also came to represent Mr. Carter in his suit against the police. Mr. Hafner filed suit against the officers who arrested him, charging that they used excessive force. Mr. Carter was a key witness in the trial. In September of 1991, Mr. Hafner won a $50,000 judgment against the arresting officers -- who did not include Officer Iglehart. Even before the case was decided, Mr. Carter, who had been friendly with several police officers in the Southeastern District, said he noticed a change in the relationships. "Anytime I saw any of the officers, they avoided me or gave me dirty looks," he said. Not long after the decision in the Hafner case, Mr. Carter quit his job at the 7-Eleven. He also left Valley Police Supply and went to work selling police equipment for the Maryland Troopers Association Store in Pikesville. Because his new job did not require him to sell guns, his gun permit was not renewed. Late on the evening of April 29, 1992, he said, he was returning from a trip to the Eastern Shore making sales calls to police agencies and going target shooting with a friend. When he reached Baltimore, he stopped for coffee at the 7-Eleven where he used to work. While he was in the store, he was spotted by a Southeastern District officer, who radioed Officer Iglehart, according to court records. Officer Iglehart, who had found out months before that Mr. Carter's gun permit had expired, drove to the 7-Eleven and decided to stop Mr. Carter after he left the store, records show. Almost as soon as Mr. Carter drove onto Holabird Avenue, he was pulled over by Officer Iglehart. "Carter's driving was not such as to provide reasonable cause for a stop for any traffic purposes," Judge Garbis wrote. "Iglehart stopped Carter because, and solely because, he wished to harass him." Mr. Carter had a loaded .22 Derringer and an unloaded .357 Magnum in his car, records show. He also had a trunk full of police equipment, including a blackjack. He was charged with various handgun and deadly weapons violations. Officer Iglehart's statement of charges against Mr. Carter included the "false statement" that the officer had seen Mr. Carter drunk on several occasions, apparently to "provide a fabricated justification for the stop of Carter," Judge Garbis noted. The charges against Mr. Carter were dismissed in October 1992, when a Baltimore District judge threw out the evidence, ruling that it had been improperly obtained. Mr. Carter, who left his job at the Maryland Troopers Association Store shortly after his arrest and is currently unemployed, said his experience has changed his attitude toward police. "I don't trust a cop anymore," he said. "I used to consider myself a good friend of a lot of cops. Now I feel a cop's only friend is another cop."

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Better Training in Use of Force Urged for Police

[FINAL Edition]

The Sun - Baltimore, Md.
Author Hermann, Peters


5 Nov 1994

Section: Metro

Better Training in Use of Force Urged for Police

The Baltimore Police Department needs to better train its officers in the use of force against suspects and should ban two types of long-used, but unsanctioned, weapons, a consultant has concluded. A report, which was released in summary form yesterday, urges the department to adopt a comprehensive policy on the use of force that would consolidate a series of disjointed memos and training guidelines. "To an outside observer, our efforts in {training} would certainly appear to be fragmented and sporadic, at best," Col. Joseph R. Bolesta, chief of the Human Resources Bureau, wrote in a memo responding to the report. "I'm not surprised by what they found," said Police Commissioner Thomas C. Frazier. The report also called for standardized nightsticks to be issued, instead of officers being allowed to buy their own, and for a ban on weapons such as blackjacks -- small leather pouches filled with lead pellets or a steel plate. Mr. Frazier asked for the review in August after West Baltimore resident Jesse Chapman was found dead in the back of a police van after his arrest. Witnesses said officers beat the 30-year-old man, an allegation not supported by a grand jury review. The founder of the institute that prepared the report, Robert K. Koga -- who has known the commissioner since his days in San Jose, Calif. -- and an aide spent 2 1/2 days in Baltimore, at a cost of about $3,000, and are still poring over manuals as they evaluate the department. Mr. Koga founded the training and consultant center in the early 1980s after he retired from the Los Angeles Police Department. It has worked with numerous police agencies nationwide, including those in Denver, San Jose, and Dallas and with the U.S. Secret Service. The Baltimore department declined to release the full report, saying it contained sensitive tactical information, but made public Colonel Bolesta's memo outlining the institute's findings and his responses. William Pelkey, executive director of the Koga Institute, said developing a standard policy on the use of force is essential to ensure a safe department that can be trusted by citizens. "Written policies drive police departments and establish parameters in which officers function," he said. "Everything pertaining to the use of force should be together. You should look in one place and find the philosophy and the practice. When you don't have those together, you might have contradictions." The main problem in Baltimore, Mr. Pelkey said, is that department rules are "so fragmented that officers have no clue on what is authorized or not." Some recommendations by the institute may not be implemented. For example, the report calls for monthly firearms training for each officer, something Colonel Bolesta said is impractical because of a lack of money and training space. Officer Gary McLhinney, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said he supports the institute's finding in regards to training. Until last year, he said, officers only fired their weapons once a year on a practice range. Now, they train twice a year. "That's inadequate," Officer McLhinney said. "The fact they recognize there is a problem with training is a step in the right direction." Officer McLhinney would not comment on the recommendations to ban certain equipment. Mr. Frazier said he became concerned after the Chapman incident, which is still under internal review when he learned an officer may have hit Mr. Chapman in the back with a blackjack. He said there is a "consensus of the command staff that slapjacks and blackjacks are inappropriate law enforcement tools." They most likely will be banned, Mr. Frazier said. Colonel Bolesta agreed. "We've never trained anyone to carry that equipment," he said. "That concerned us. . . . We don't issue them. But there is tacit approval for that kind of thing." The institute also recommends that the department replace the "espantoon," a 22-inch nightstick with a knurled end, with a 29-inch straight baton. Mr. Pelkey said the longer stick is safer for officers involved in a close struggle with a suspect and its smooth surface avoids unnecessary injuries to people being hit. Also on the way out could be the leather handle on the end of the nightstick, used by officers to twirl their batons. The sight of officers walking down the street swinging the stick can be unsettling to residents, some commanders feel. "The thong serves no useful purpose other than decorative and should not be considered as an addition to any future impact weapon adopted by the department," Colonel Bolesta wrote in his memo.

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Baltimore Police Retire the Twirling Nightstick, ending a Century of Use

March 27, 1995

By Peter Hermann
 Peter Hermann, Sun Staff Writer

Only in Baltimore is it called an Espantoon

Now, after nearly a century of use, the fabled nightstick -- used by city police officers for self-defense and subduing suspects -- is about to become a museum piece, the result of a controversial order by the department's chief. Commissioner Thomas C. Frazier, who has been at the helm just over a year, has chosen a longer baton to replace the stick now seen on the street. The rawhide thong also will become history, ending a time-honored practice of twirling the sticks. Critics say that the city is sacrificing part of its heritage and that training in how to use the new baton returns the department to an era of more violent policing. They also worry about potential conflicts of interest because the organization that recommended the change is connected to a nightstick maker. "There is an unusual amount of criticism from people who have participated in the [training] program," said Officer Gary McLhinney, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3.

"I've heard more complaints in the past month on this issue than anything else." Mr. Frazier acknowledges that the change "flies in the face of tradition." But he says the move will standardize the sticks at one weight and length, could help reduce injuries and help officers better defend themselves. Such improvements in equipment and training are "critical in modern-day policing," he says. Of the twirling, he said, "some people find it incredibly offensive and intimidating. It sends the wrong kind of message of what the police officer is doing and what he intends to do with the stick. Would you walk to an officer twirling one of those?" The espantoon first surfaced in Baltimore at the turn of the century, when the police department issued the sticks only to night-shift officers. Before police radios officers communicated by banging their sticks on the sidewalk. And officers have found many uses for the thong -- from tourniquets to pulling drunks from the Inner Harbor. Webster's Third Edition dictionary defines the term: "Espantoon, Baltimore, a policeman's club." The term is derived from the word "spontoon," a weapon carried by officers in the Roman legion, according to a police department training bulletin. Between 22 and 26 inches long and made of seasoned hickory, maple or locust wood, the club -- described in a 1960 Sun headline as "The Policeman's Best Friend" -- has become part of Baltimore lore.

One 1947 Sun article, headlined "Swing Class -- In Blue," explained the intricacies of nightstick twirling. Even then, the article noted, police commanders expressed concern about the image that twirling presented but were reluctant to change. "After all, telling a policeman not to swing his espantoon would be like asking a happy man not to whistle," it said. For decades, Baltimore police officers have bought their own sticks -- most often from other officers who turned them out on basement lathes. Officer Joseph Hlafka, known throughout the department as "Nightstick Joe," started making the sticks early in his career. He charges $30 a stick, some of which are customized with nicknames. Now, after selling more than 22,000 sticks nationwide, he's losing his local market. "If there is an officer out there who is not carrying one of my sticks, he is not a member of the Baltimore Police Department," he boasted. The 27-year veteran, who patrols the Inner Harbor, criticized Mr. Frazier for "not considering the historical aspect in all this. It's just a shame. All this history and he's just throwing it by the wayside."Officer Hlafka defended the thong as a safety device that prevents people from grabbing the stick and taking it away. The twirling, he said, keeps people from sneaking up on an officer. "I think people like to see us twirl the stick," added Officer McLhinney. "Criminals don't like to see us twirl the stick. I have BTC heard that twirling the stick is intimidating. It's supposed to be intimidating. It's a stick." But the commissioner said the change in nightsticks comes from "an analysis of use and injuries and complaints both in terms of internal investigations and image and perception. As we try to become a more community-oriented agency, it's a change I felt necessary to make." He said he also has "serious concerns" about the variable weight of the privately made nightsticks. "The larger the circumference and the heavier that stick is, the more it is like a bat," he said while expressing concerns that grooves in the espantoon's handle can cause injuries. James J. Fyfe, a professor of criminal justice at Temple University and an expert in police use of force, said it is important that departments have standardized equipment. "They should all have the same [nightstick]," said Mr. Fyfe, a former New York City police officer, adding that many departments across the country are going to the straight baton. Last year, after Mr. Frazier found Baltimore's police training to be inconsistent, he turned to the California-based Koga Institute. The institute also is used by the San Jose Police Department, where the commissioner worked before coming to Baltimore. Koga evaluators found that regulations spelling out when Baltimore officers could use force were contained in a series of disjointed memos instead of in uniform guidelines. Koga proposed eliminating officers' "slapjacks" -- hand-held pouches filled with lead -- and changing from the espantoon to the baton. The institute was founded in 1973 by Robert K. Koga, a former Los Angeles police officer who now travels the country overseeing training classes and testifying in trials as an expert witness on police use of force. The Koga method is described in promotional materials as a "complete system" similar to aikido, a martial art with Asian roots that combines jujitsu and Greco-Roman wrestling. The training method has been used by many departments, including the U.S. Secret Service, the Saudi Arabia Royal Guards and the Denver Police Department.

William Pelkey, executive director of the Koga Institute, denied that the training is violent.

"It is specifically designed for police officers for what they need on the street," he said. "It is control, not punishment -- the quickest and safest way for all concerned." But one Baltimore police officer who recently went through the training said instructors emphasize a two-handed strike aimed at the chest or joints. Previous training had officers aiming for large muscle mass or the legs. "This is the most dangerous thing I've seen," said the officer, who spoke on the condition that he not be named. The officer said many Baltimore officers prefer to use pepper spray.

Don Cameron, who once worked for Koga and is now a police training consultant in California, said Mr. Koga has "got some very traditional ideas. A lot of police officers who aren't in the martial arts don't understand him. I think that's where some of the turnoff is."

The city Police Department is authorized to spend up to $60,000 on Koga training, which includes classes in use of the new nightstick and a variety of self-defense and arrest techniques. Officer McLhinney, the police union president, says the relationship between Koga and the department holds the potential for conflicts of interest. He notes that Mr. Koga also runs Sueko Inc., which makes nightsticks. And Koga only will endorse departments that use a nightstick fitting its precise specifications. "Koga came in and recommended training which only it offers, and recommended a nightstick which only it sells," said Officer McLhinney, who is concerned about the bid process. "We had a real hard time trying to get good batons made," said Virginia McAlpine, the office manager for Sueko, which is located in the same building as the Koga Institute.

Other companies can make the baton, she said, but would probably have to do it on special order to fit Koga's requirements. She added that she would "be very surprised" if Baltimore bought the $19 nightsticks that Sueko makes. "I would certainly understand if they would want to buy them from a local vendor." Baltimore purchasing officials, who said the city plans to put the nightstick contract out to bid by the end of the week, have identified 15 to 18 companies that could be interested in making the 3,000 sticks. For example, Brown Wood Products of Northfield, Ill., could make 29-inch straight batons for $7.25 each, said Jini Hubbell, the company's customer service manager. Mr. Pelkey said Mr. Koga hasn't decided whether to bid on Baltimore's contract. It might be seen as a conflict because the institute provided specifications for the city, he added. "I'm not too sure that this kind of a contract would be in the best interest of the institute or Sueko Inc.," he said. "Making money and providing services sometimes need to be kept separately."


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WOUNDED BY OWN PISTOL

Jun 26, 1921


Policeman Says Weapon Exploded as he was Walking on Street

Wounded by his service pistol, Patrolman - George Haas, Central District, was taken to Mercy Hospital yesterday. Haas told Sergeant Stempel that he was walking on Fallsway near Bath street when the weapon suddenly exploded. The bullet entered his right leg Haas was unable to explain how the Cartridge exploded. Several months ago Police Commissioner Gaither issued an order for policemen to keep the firing pin of their pistols on an empty shell. An examination of Haas' pistol revealed four cartridges and one empty shell.

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The word "Cosh" is sometimes used loosely for any blunt instrument.

 "Nightstick" - For the sludge metal band, see Nightstick (band). For the Transformers character, see Nightstick (Transformers). along with espantoon, blackjacks, slapjacks, we also used non-traditional weapons to strike, most commonly was a flashlight, and then there was Pistol-whipping is the act of using a handgun as a blunt weapon, wielding it as if it were a club or baton. "Pistol-whipping" and "to pistol-whip" were reported as "new words" of American speech in 1955, with cited usages from the 1940s. However, both the term and the practice trace back to the Wild West of the 19th century also known as buffaloing.

 Paul Wellman notes that clubbing an opponent with the butt of a gun held by its barrel, as seen in some Westerns, is problematic. First, guns are designed for shooting, not as a club. Second, the danger of an unintentional discharge could fatally wound the "clubber". Additionally, many handguns, specifically revolvers, lack sufficient structural strength. Striking a target in this manner could cause damage to the weapon. Finally, rotating a gun so that it can be held by its barrel takes extra time. The loss of time may be crucial during a fight.

 Instead, pistol-whipping should be done with the gun held in an ordinary manner, hitting the target with an overhand strike from either the long, heavy barrel of the gun or the side of the gun in the area of the cylinder. It was a fairly common and highly successful way to knock a man unconscious (assisted by the heavy weight of the handguns of the day), and was known as "Buffaloing", with the verb form being "to Buffalo". This form of pistol-whipping with an 1860s-style revolver was tested on the Spike TV television show Deadliest Warrior. Wyatt Earp was known for buffaloing people, in fact, he was quick to buffalo someone. While on the force, we were told not to do it, and you think to yourself, why would I want to do that, it could fracture their skull and kill them, and then the day will come along, when you are in a fight that leaves you in a place, where you can’t put your gun away, you are unsure about shooting them, so you hit them with whatever you can find, I have nailed someone with the butt of my gun, with a flashlight, one time on a ground, running out of wind, fighting for my life, I grabbed something off the ground and hit him with it. It is not a schoolyard fight when people fight police; they are not fighting for a girl or fighting street cred. They want the officer’s gun, and if they get the gun FBI statistics show more than 80% of the time, the officer if shot with it. So when a person is fighting and the officer is alone waiting for backup, he or she and I know I would use whatever I could find to make sure I won that round. The testers showed that using the long barrel of a Colt revolver in a whipping motion produced enough force to fracture a skull and could potentially kill a man with a single blow.

In modern times, pistols are much more compact, typically extending no more than approximately four inches past the trigger, making them much less suitable for pistol-whipping with the barrel than their predecessors. Because of this, pistol-whipping is now mainly performed by hitting a person with the base of the grip while still holding it normally, striking in a downwards motion. This adds the weight of the gun to the force of the blow and allows the metal frame (rather than the barrel) to be the point of impact but deprives the blow of the leverage provided by barrel length.

Pistol whipping may leave unusual lacerations on the body of the injured due to various protruding details of the pistol. Semicircular or triangular lacerations on the skin may be produced by the butt of a pistol. The magazine well and base produce rectangular lacerations on the skin. These lacerations can vary in depth and severity, but if "whipped", fractures are common. Pistol-whipping should not be confused with butt-stroking, a close combat military discipline.

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Old Police Baton

A truncheon or baton (also called a cosh, billy stick, billy club, nightstick, sap, blackjack, stick) is essentially a club of less than arm's length made of wood, plastic, or metal. They are carried for forced compliance and self-defense by law-enforcement officers, correctional staff, security-industry employees and (less often) military personnel. Other uses for truncheons and batons include crowd control or the dispersal of belligerent or non-compliant people.

A truncheon or baton may be used to strike, jab, block, bludgeon and aid in the application of armlocks. The usual striking or bludgeoning action is not produced by a simple and direct hit, as with an ordinary blunt object, but rather by bringing the arm sharply down while allowing the truncheon to pivot nearly freely forward and downward, so moving its tip much faster than its handle - effectively a slingshot action, only without releasing. Sometimes, they also are employed as weapons by criminals and other law-breakers because of their easy concealment. As a consequence, they are illegal for non-authorized civilian use in many jurisdictions around the world. They have a common role to play, too, in the rescuing of trapped individuals—for instance, people caught in blazing cars or buildings—by smashing windows or even doors.

History

19th-century police truncheons in the Edinburgh Police Centre Museum

A modern wooden baton

In the Victorian era, police in London carried truncheons about one-foot long called billy clubs. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, this name is first recorded in 1848 in American English as slang for a burglars' crowbar. The meaning "policeman's club" is first recorded 1856. The truncheon acted as the policeman's 'Warrant Card' as the Royal Crest attached to it indicated the policeman's authority. This was always removed when the equipment left official service (often with the person who used it). Earlier on the word was used in vulgar Latin (bastο - a stick helping walking, from basta - hold).

The Victorian original has since developed into the several varieties available today. The typical truncheon is a straight stick made from wood or a synthetic material, approximately 1.25 inches (32 mm) in diameter and 18–36 inches (460–910 mm) long, with a fluted handle to aid in gripping. Truncheons are often ornamented with their organizations' coats of arms. Longer truncheons are called "riot batons" because of their use in riot control.

Truncheons probably developed as a marriage between the club or military mace and the staff of office/scepter.

Straight batons of rubber have a softer impact. Some of the kinetic energy bends and compresses the rubber and bounces off when the object is struck. The Russian police standard-issue baton is rubber, except in places such as Siberia, cold enough that the rubber can become brittle and break if struck.

The traffic baton is red to make it more visible as a signaling aid in directing traffic. In Russia, traffic batons are striped in black and white for the same reason.

Until the mid-1990s, British police officers carried traditional wooden truncheons of a sort that had changed little from Victorian times. After the early 1990s, forces replaced truncheons with side-handle and collapsible batons for all but ceremonial duties.

The NYPD used to use two kinds of batons depending on the time. The one for daytime was called a day-stick and was 11 inches in length. Another baton, that was used at night, was 26 inches long and called a night-stick, which is where the word nightstick came from. The night-stick was longer so it could provide extra protection which was thought to be necessary at night.

Strike Zones - Before the 1970s, it was common for law enforcement in the United Kingdom to "brain" suspects (strike their heads) in order to stun them or knock them unconscious. However, this was unreliable and potentially fatal. Civil lawsuits and claims of police brutality resulted in better training for officers. In modern police training, it is not permitted to hit the skull, sternum, spine, or groin unless such an attack is unavoidable. The primary targets now are nerves, such as the common peroneal nerve, and large muscles, such as the quadriceps or biceps.

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Espantoon – Straight-Stick – Straight-stick LAPD riot officers with straight sticks during a protest in Los Angeles.

A straight, fixed-length baton (also commonly referred to as a "straight stick") is the oldest and simplest police baton design, known as far back as ancient Egypt. It consists of little more than a long cylinder with a molded, turned or wrapped grip, usually with a slightly thicker or tapering shaft and rounded tip. They are often made of hardwood, but in modern times are available in other materials such as aluminum, acrylic, and dense plastics and rubber. They range in size from short clubs less than a foot in length to long 36-inch (91 cm) "riot batons" commonly used in civil disturbances or by officers mounted on horseback. Straight-sticks tend to be heavier and have more weight concentrated in the striking end than other designs. This makes them less maneuverable but theoretically, would deliver more kinetic energy on impact. Most agencies have replaced the straight-stick with other batons because of inconvenience to carry, and a desire for their officers to look less threatening to the community they serve. Despite having been replaced by side-handle and expandable batons in many (if not most) law enforcement agencies, it remains in use by many major departments in the US, such as the Baltimore, Denver, Sacramento, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Riverside Police Departments, and are used by NYPD Auxiliary Police officers, as well as many Military Police forces around the world.
 

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USE TWO KINDS OF PISTOLS

Both, Single and Double Action pistols carried by Baltimore Policemen. It’s not generally known that two kinds of revolvers are in use in the Baltimore police department, part of the force carrying the old-time single-action pattern and the others having the modern double action kind. The question has therefore arisen as to which Is. the most serviceable. No one knows better than a police officer that when a revolver is needed in his work, it is needed badly. The weapons are of .38 caliber, and it is said that the single action pattern cannot be used nearly so effectively as the double-action in a struggle with a desperate man. If there is a clinch and the two fall, the officer finds himself forced to use his pistol he will have difficulty in doing it quickly with a single action weapon. With the double-action pattern, he can fire all the cartridges in it as rapidly as he can pull the trigger, and it will be almost impossible for a man to fasten on him so that he cannot shoot. Sergeant Saunders says that ''Ike" Cornish, colored, only succeeded in doing him up because he had a single-action revolver. "The double-action revolver is the best for police duty," said Marshal Hamilton yesterday, and he explained the difference by experimenting with one of each pattern. "You see you can take this double action revolver, handle it one-handed, keep pulling the trigger and empty every chamber. In the shortest time. If firing at short range, you are sure to hit your mark. With the single-action revolver, you must pull back the hammer, aim and then pull the trigger to fire. This takes time that may enable your antagonist to knock the weapon from your hand, maybe overpower you and possible pick up the revolver and use it against you.” – “In our business, we need a revolver like the double-action to use in an Instant," said Captain Barranger, of the Central district. "They are by far the best. All my sergeants and many of the older patrolmen in my district have them. Whenever I get a new man I am furnished with a double-action revolver for him. This I give to an older man because he has more experience in handling a revolver and I give the single-action revolver to the new man." The double-action revolver was adopted by the Police Board seven or eight years ago, with the understanding that It was to be substituted for the single-action as they become rusted and worn and unfit for service. By this method, though a slow one, many members of the force now have double-action revolvers. Secretary Kinsey, of the Police Board, says, however, that he has no record by which he can tell the number of each kind now in service. An officer is furnished with a revolver by the department and by an order passed a few years ago he keeps it except when he goes out of the city on a leave of absence. Then he surrenders it to the captain of his district. If he leaves the department, of course, he gives it up. Each re-order costs about $15. Commissioner Morris and Mr. Kinsey think that the single-action revolver is as good as any for departmental use and will accomplish as good results.

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POLICE REVOLVER PRACTICE

10 December 1896

It would possibly be considered a random assertion to state that seven hundred men or so might suddenly take to revolver practice in Baltimore, but there is a possibility that such a state of things will come to pass. If it does, the men will be the Baltimore Police Force, in whom the people of this city have the utmost confidence except when they pull their pistols to aim at a dog or anything. That needs a few holes plunked through it for the general good of the community. Dr. Samuel J. Fort, of Ellicott City, who is one of the expert revolver shots of the country, intends to interview the Police Commissioners about putting the men into practice at targets, and Dr. Fort is enthusiastic enough to agree to instruct the men for a time until he can pick two or three men who will themselves be competent to act as Instructors.

At least one of the commissioners believes that the men should know how to handle the arms with which they are entrusted, and it is possible that the others are equally progressive.

“Every man on the force ought to shoot at least twice a month,” said Dr. Fort yesterday. “That could easily be arranged with the comparatively small force in Baltimore City. If only eighty men shot in one day, and the practice days numbered only two each week. Each man could shoot at least once a month, or twelve times a year, and the improvement would be marketed.” – “I say the comparatively small force In Baltimore because it must be remembered that in New York 4000 men are compelled to practice under the direction of Police Captain Petty the chief instructor and champion shot. There the shooting goes on every day and 150 men are instructed each day. “That a mere knowledge of how to hit what you aim at is not, as some claim. A temptation to use the pistol is proved in New York, and Captain Petty is one of the best marksmen in the world has never had occasion to fire at anybody. In years of service as a patrolman. His prowess is so well known, however, and the fleeing evildoer has such a dread of shot whom he knows can wing his man at will that the pursued throws up his hands and gives himself up."

Dr. Fort thinks that a ten-yard range, at which the men would begin work, could be arranged easily and at a small cost in the central police station gymnasium or another convenient place. The targets made by the men would be recorded, and, after a drilling, they would be surprised that their first targets were so bad. Every target that has been shot up to date in New York has been recorded in books kept for the purpose.

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Police Pistol Practice


15 Dec 1896

Baltimore’s police force has the reputation of being one of the best in the country and it thoroughly deserves this reputation. Nevertheless, there is one particular in which it might be improved, and that is in the knowledge and use of the revolvers with which Its members are equipped. Fortunately, these weapons have not been often required to enforce obedience to law in Baltimore, and consequently many innocent and unoffending persons are still alive who might have been hurried to untimely graves had our police been called upon to make practical use of their artillery. We say innocent and unoffending persons because It is clear from such experiences as we have had that when the police get their guns out the general public is in greater danger than the object at which they aim. This has been illustrated on several occasions In which these local William Tells were called on to dispatch dogs or other animals which were offending against the peace, dignity, and safety of the city. The wonderful marksmanship displayed in these nerve-trying emergencies has been known to cause a whole neighborhood to close doors and window blinds in precipitate panic, and sections or the town exposed to these alarming skirmishes to suddenly assume the appearance of a dreadful state of siege. The exciting encounter which the force had Saturday with the gay and festive cow from south Baltimore, which has probably by mistake been given Scotch Whiskey instead or water to mix with her milk, illustrates how fearfully and wonderfully some or "the finest" can shoot. The fact that nobody was killed but the cow calls both for an explanation and for a solemn expression of public gratitude. How many patrolmen fired at her as she ran the police gauntlet with mocking, gambols, and jeering remarks in the choicest cow vernacular? We do not undertake to say, but the police commissioners are reported as declaring that another such attack on the city would exhaust all the ammunition in the municipal arsenals. And after a prolonged and exhausting conflict, Which gave rise to rumors of a Spanish invasion, the police, it is said, were about to appeal to the fire department to turn their hose on the hilarious animal when she fell from the exhaustion of protracted victory and was murdered with a common every-day axe by one of her uniformed foemen Seriously, it would really be good thing to teach the young and old policeman something about the pistol which he is required to carry. At present what many of them don't know about the subject would form an entertaining comedy, if it were not for the fact that it is no joke to be handling a loaded revolver which you have only a distant acquaintance with. The suggestion that the police should be given regular instruction in this direction and opportunities for frequent target practice under a competent person is a good one and should be adopted. If it accomplishes nothing else, it will at least prevent the Waste of much good powder and ball on occasions like that of the “Baltimore Cow Battle of 1896”; Saturdays will tend to no longer exist, adding to the protection of the members of the community, and the members of its police force, from the dangers, “incident” to the handling of their own weapons.  


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POLICE and REVOLVERS

29 December 1896

President Edson M Schryver, of the Baltimore Police Board, has received a letter from Police Commissioner Parker, of the New York Police Department in reply to the request for information as to revolver practice among the “Bluecoats”, of New York. The Baltimore Commissioners have o definite action in the matter, but the question of pistol practice is being considered by them. Following is the letter from Commissioner Andrew D Parker: “Our school of pistol practice was established in the fall of 1895, using the rifle range in the armory of the Eighth Regiment, National Guard, of this city. The School was placed under the instruction of Sergeant (Now acting Captain) Wm. E. Petty, who has for many years held the Championship for Pistol Practice of the United States. He was assisted by two or three experts selected from the department, who attended to marking, reloading cartridges, the manufacture of bullets keeping of our records, etc. “We found that the school resulted in a marked improvement in the marksmanship of our men, so much so that in the summer of 1896, on five or six different occasions when it became necessary for our officers to use their pistols against fleeing criminals, they did so with startling success. Four and I think five; escaping criminals were instantly killed as the result of the excellent marksmanship of our officers, and in each case, the officer was absolutely absolved from all blame by the department and the courts. “The general averages comparing the first scores and the later scores show a very marked improvement. This school was preceded by a careful examination into the merits of various revolvers, and the ultimate adopting of a new32 caliber revolver. We found that the men had been very indifferently equipped with old useless and frequently borrowed revolvers. Each man must now own his own revolver, which must be stamped with his shield number (New York term) and must always be available. “I am very much interested in your proposition to establish a school, and if any of our officers can be if service to you I shall be delighted to have them assist you in any way in their power.”  Commissioner Schryver almost lost his breath when he read that part of the letter detailing “startling success” with which five escaping criminals were instantly killed by New Yorkers. He seemed to feel that his marksmanship was just a little too accurate for Baltimore uses, but he has the consolation of knowing that shooters, at any rate, did not do what Baltimore patrolmen on commerce street did some years ago. The man in question aimed at a mule which had a broken leg, the bullet missed the mule, which was lying by the curbstone, and went through the second story window of a liquor house and nearly frightened a porter out of his wits. It was suggested to the commissioner that a man who could shoot so as to instantly kill could also shoot so as to stop a runaway criminal without killing if such were the orders given  

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 31 CAL COLT REVOLVER .2
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Police Advances Render Iron Claw Obsolete

Jun 17, 1978;

pg. B20

The iron claw, just like the guillotine, machine gun, shock baton and Billy knife, has outlived its usefulness and has become a dying piece of optional police equipment – unless you happen to be one of the “old veterans.” “We progressed beyond the iron claw,” the president of the local firm to distribute police equipment said recently. “It’s a punishment type of equipment. If anything, it was detrimental to law enforcement.” Robert V. Wantz, president of Maryland police supply, Inc., Said his firm stop supplying the iron claw the law enforcement officers about three years ago after the demand had decreased substantially. “No question they can still be bought.” Mr. Wantz said. The iron claw is a single handcuff that can be snapped onto a person’s wrists and controlled by a T-shaped handle. Once secured to the rest it is “crank” to remove any slack. After that, any sudden voluntary or involuntary movement can cause considerable pain or even a broken wrist. Dennis S. Hill, a police spokesman, said officers are allowed to use the device if they purchase one with their own funds. A salesman for another local supplier of police equipment, who preferred to remain anonymous because of the "adverse publicity the claw draws,” said the item retails for about $30. “We probably sell about three in a six-month period. It takes a special skill to use it properly. It’s quite a vicious device… And an instrument of persuasion,” he added. “Most people are afraid of it. I had one cop who claimed to use it to break a man’s jaw.” However, Millard S. Rubenstein, the Police Department’s legal advisor, said he could not recall a single serious case where departmental charges resulted from improper use of the iron claw. Police agent Michael D. Bass, another police spokesman, said he had seen very few of the Aren’t clause during his six years on the force and cannot himself recall it’s being used in making an arrest. “I would say the radio [walkie-talkie] and radio cars caused the demise of the claw,” agent Beth said. “Most of the guys who will carry it now would be old-timers.” He said the claws were most useful when there were many foot post in the city and no immediate method of summoning either backup help or a patrol wagon. “You had to go to a call box to call for a wagon [after making an arrest].” Agent Bass said, “they [prisoners] would go digging and scratching all the way.” He said that by cranking the device it could easily be used to “secure a prisoner.” But now he said, the Claw is mostly a thing of the past unless you happen to run into one of the older veterans on the force. “It’s just a conversation piece now,” he added. Mr. Wantz said the manufacturers of police equipment have not developed many new items in recent years and the most popular piece of equipment now seems to be a heavy aluminum flashlight that can be used as a nightstick. It can be purchased by law enforcement officers for about $18-$28 he said.

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Officer custom-makes nightsticks BALTIMORE CITY

[FINAL Edition]

The Sun - Baltimore, Md.
Author  Hilson, Robert

Apr 9, 1993


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In his first week with the Baltimore Police Department 24 years ago, Officer Joseph Hlafka broke five nightsticks while on duty.

"Four times I was protecting myself from people who refused to leave a corner," Officer Hlafka recently recalled.

The fifth nightstick fell from his hand and broke apart. "So I started to make my own, and I got good at it real good," Officer Hlafka said. "Mine don't break easily like some of the other ones." In making the nightsticks, he uses woodworking skills he learned in the Police Boys Clubs, and stronger wood. His colleagues liked his first models and asked him to make theirs. Since then, Officer Hlafka, known as "Nightstick Joe," has made thousands of nightsticks for fellow officers. "I realized that I would get hurt if I continued to use their {the police department's} equipment," he said. "I just make a better nightstick. Once I made them, they started going like a house on fire." The nightsticks that Officer Hlafka, 55, makes in the crowded basement workshop of his south Baltimore rowhouse are requested by police officers in Baltimore and other cities, and in Canada and France. "They hear about me and get in touch with me and before too long, I can make them a good nightstick," Officer Hlafka said. More than a dozen nightsticks sway from the ceiling of his workshop, waiting to be claimed by officers. Some officers have requested terms such as "Nighty Night," "Ouch," "The Man," "Bye Bye" and "Kiss Me" to be engraved on their nightsticks. Several department-issue nightsticks are also in Officer Hlafka's basement. "This is a piece of junk," he says, grabbing one of the nightsticks that is lighter in weight than his. "I could snap it in a heartbeat." Pine nightsticks, 21 1/2-inches long, are issued to every trainee in the Baltimore Police Department's Education and Training Division for use for self-defense and crowd control. City officers use only wooden nightsticks, which inflict less physical damage than the plastic nightsticks used by some other police departments. Officer Hlafka uses strong Bubinga wood from Brazil and South Africa, meticulously rounding each nightstick on a lathe. Then he sands the weapon -- 24 inches long and 2 inches in diameter -- until it is smooth. It takes him about two hours to make a nightstick, a knocker in police parlance, and he charges $30 for it. He earns about $5 profit on each nightstick. Sgt. Thomas Maly, who works in the education and training division, said it's somewhat of a tradition for new officers to buy nightsticks from Nightstick Joe. "A lot of them seem to like his nightsticks," Sergeant Maly said. "They conform to the same standards but have a different finish. They're more perfect." Officer Hlafka said he never imagined the popularity of his nightsticks. "But I've done pretty well over the years and I guess the nightsticks have, too," he said. "I make it to last because it should last, and I make them any way that they want to have them made. I think that I've known every officer on the {city} force for the last 20 years." A foot patrolman assigned to the tactical section at the Inner Harbor, he works an eight-hour night shift, then puts in four to six hours making the "Hlafka model" nightsticks. When he's in his workshop, he and his wife communicate via an intercom system. "The only thing that changes on each nightstick is the head. The rest of it is the same. People have different grips," he said. "When an officer grabs a piece of wood, it's got to feel comfortable." Officer Hlafka said he's used two nightsticks since he began making them. "The first one I made, I had for almost 10 years until it got stolen. The one I have now I've had for 15 years," he said. Capt. Michael Bass, of the Northern District, said Officer Hlafka is somewhat legendary because of his nightsticks. "You mention his name and everybody says, `Oh yeah, I know him,' " Captain Bass said. He said when he was assigned to the police academy, Officer Hlafka would meet with most trainees, show them his nightsticks and take their orders. "And then a couple of weeks later, he'll pull up and pass them out," Captain Bass said. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.

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Better Training in use of Force Urged for Police

[FINAL Edition]
The Sun - Baltimore, Md.
Author Hermann, Peter

Nov 5, 1994

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The Baltimore Police Department needs to better train its officers in the use of force against suspects and should ban two types of long-used, but unsanctioned, weapons, a consultant has concluded. A report, which was released in summary form yesterday, urges the department to adopt a comprehensive policy on the use of force that would consolidate a series of disjointed memos and training guidelines. "To an outside observer, our efforts in {training} would certainly appear to be fragmented and sporadic, at best," Col. Joseph R. Bolesta, chief of the Human Resources Bureau, wrote in a memo responding to the report. "I'm not surprised by what they found," said Police Commissioner Thomas C. Frazier. The report also called for standardized nightsticks to be issued, instead of officers being allowed to buy their own, and for a ban on weapons such as blackjacks -- small leather pouches filled with lead pellets or a steel plate. Mr. Frazier asked for the review in August after West Baltimore resident Jesse Chapman was found dead in the back of a police van after his arrest. Witnesses said officers beat the 30-year-old man, an allegation not supported by a grand jury review. The founder of the institute that prepared the report, Robert K. Koga -- who has known the commissioner since his days in San Jose, Calif. -- and an aide spent 2 1/2 days in Baltimore, at a cost of about $3,000, and are still poring over manuals as they evaluate the department. Mr. Koga founded the training and consultant center in the early 1980s after he retired from the Los Angeles Police Department. It has worked with numerous police agencies nationwide, including those in Denver, San Jose, and Dallas and with the U.S. Secret Service. The Baltimore department declined to release the full report, saying it contained sensitive tactical information, but made public Colonel Bolesta's memo outlining the institute's findings and his responses. William Pelkey, executive director of the Koga Institute, said developing a standard policy on the use of force is essential to ensure a safe department that can be trusted by citizens. "Written policies drive police departments and establish parameters in which officers function," he said. "Everything pertaining to the use of force should be together. You should look in one place and find the philosophy and the practice. When you don't have those together, you might have contradictions." The main problem in Baltimore, Mr. Pelkey said, is that department rules are "so fragmented that officers have no clue on what is authorized or not." Some recommendations by the institute may not be implemented. For example, the report calls for monthly firearms training for each officer, something Colonel Bolesta said is impractical because of a lack of money and training space. Officer Gary McLhinney, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said he supports the institute's finding in regards to training. Until last year, he said, officers only fired their weapons once a year on a practice range. Now, they train twice a year. "That's inadequate," Officer McLhinney said. "The fact they recognize there is a problem with training is a step in the right direction."  Officer McLhinney would not comment on the recommendations to ban certain equipment. Mr. Frazier said he became concerned after the Chapman incident, which is still under internal review when he learned an officer may have hit Mr. Chapman in the back with a blackjack. He said there is a "consensus of the command staff that slapjacks and blackjacks are inappropriate law enforcement tools." They most likely will be banned, Mr. Frazier said. Colonel Bolesta agreed. "We've never trained anyone to carry that equipment," he said. "That concerned us. . . . We don't issue them. But there is tacit approval for that kind of thing." The institute also recommends that the department replace the "espantoon," a 22-inch nightstick with a knurled end, with a 29-inch straight baton. Mr. Pelkey said the longer stick is safer for officers involved in a close struggle with a suspect and its smooth surface avoids unnecessary injuries to people being hit. Also on the way out could be the leather handle on the end of the nightstick, used by officers to twirl their batons. The sight of officers walking down the street swinging the stick can be unsettling to residents, some commanders feel. "The thong serves no useful purpose other than decorative and should not be considered as an addition to any future impact weapon adopted by the department," Colonel Bolesta wrote in his memo. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. 

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Police Get Rid of an Old Weapon Baton Training Aims to Supplant use of Traditional Nightstick

August 11, 1996

| By PETER HERMANN | PETER HERMANN, SUN STAFF

Bidding farewell to the fabled espantoon, Baltimore police are wielding a new nightstick on city streets and practicing new ways of confronting unruly citizens. The California-based Koga Institute is teaching officers procedures for searching, subduing and arresting people. They are based on martial arts, and the police chief hopes these techniques win minimize injuries to officers and citizens. Officers also are learning several maneuvers with the new stick -- balled a baton -- which is replacing the espantoon, a nightstick used since the turn of the century. Although officers seem to like the training, the program got off to a rocky start. Some police commanders have been reluctant to change, and instructors privately have complained that some district sergeants and lieutenants have tried to steer officers away from becoming Koga trainers. Commissioner Thomas C. Frazier, over the institute's objections, decided to limit how officers use one baton maneuver -- a two-handed jab to the chest -- because he is concerned someone could be killed. Robert K. Koga, a former Los Angeles police officer, founded the institute in 1973. The self-defense techniques he teaches are based on Aikido, a combination of Greco-Roman wrestling and jujitsu.

While the baton may be the most noticeable addition to the police force, officers are learning a wide range of Koga defense techniques. "The Koga Method is a complete system, capable of providing an officer with the tools needed to not only safely control a suspect, but control the officer as well," company brochures say. Frazier concluded more training was needed soon after he arrived in Baltimore in 1994 and spent several nights on the street, watching his officers make arrests. "What I saw frightened me," he said. Standard techniques were lacking, he said, putting suspects and officers in danger.

Then there was the famed espantoon. Frazier thought the time-honored tradition of twirling the stick was intimidating to citizens, and he worried about injuries of people hit by the stick. "There was never any formal espantoon training," said Lt. Gerard G. DeManss, a 25-year veteran who heads the Koga training program in the department. "The department gave you something and didn't tell you how to use it." So far, 500 officers have been trained in the new techniques and given the new baton, which is 29 inches long and has no handle. The espantoon is shorter and thicker and has a grooved handle and strap. Instructors estimate it will take up to five years for all 3,100 department members to complete the program, which has cost the city $118,000 in the past two years.

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This month, about two dozen police officers completed their last day of Koga training on the fifth floor of the old Signet Bank building on Guilford Avenue. Lining up on blue wrestling mats, they practiced how to arrest and search suspects, including having them lie face down on the ground to be handcuffed -- a departure from making suspects line up against a wall. The idea is to keep the suspect off balance, giving the officer leverage in case the prisoner tries to escape.

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The instructors emphasized the importance of technique.

For example, when searching a suspect for a weapon, seven areas are checked, starting with the waistband, the most common hiding place. "If you start jumping around, you will miss something," Sgt. Ronald Fleming told the group. "You will miss the gun." The officers also went through a series of baton maneuvers, and instructors stressed that the blows are defensive. "It is not used as an offensive tool," DeManss said. Baltimore police do not teach two Koga maneuvers-a controversial chokehold that cuts off the blood supply to the brain and a practice of having officers approach suspects with guns in hand. DeManss teaches the controversial two-handed jab to the chest but tells officers to use it only when they can justify deadly force. In other words, the jab is in the same category as the firearm. Koga argues that the jab can safely be used more liberally because it is not a deadly maneuver. But DeManss says "controlling force" manual is inconsistent with how it should be used. While it recommends against striking near the heart, diagrams clearly show officers striking a suspect's midsection. Making a distinction during a fight is next to impossible, DeManss said. The FBI "Defense Tactics Manual" lists "unacceptable target areas" for a baton, including any area near an internal organ, such as the cardiopulmonary and digestive systems. DeManss said Koga may be able to defend the jab in court, but he doesn't want to take the chance. "I can't find a doctor to sign off on this. It is taught [in Baltimore] as deadly force. Bob's totally against it. He said we just ruined the whole [program]." 

Adding to concerns, a law review article this spring by a University of Baltimore law student Brian L. DeLeonardo, warned that allowing officers wide latitude in using the jab would make the city vulnerable to civil liability. "A misclassification of a baton strike to the chest as nondeadly force provides ample ground for a jury to conclude that such a decision reflects a deliberate indifference to the citizens of Baltimore City," he wrote. After DeManss raised concerns, the commissioner agreed and ordered instructors to tell officers 'that this may be a fatal blow. You can't say go ahead and do a two-handed strike to the chest and not worry it can't be fatal because it can."

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But Koga strongly defends the baton strike. In a May 28 letter to Frazier, a copy of which was obtained by the Sun, he argues that in order to classify the blow as deadly force, it must be "likely to B] cause death.... In over 40 years of police work and police training, I have yet to hear of a fatality experienced due to blunt trauma to the chest by the baton." Koga also noted resistance 3 within the city Police Department to his program and criticized the way Baltimore is teaching it. "I have become aware that some students are afraid of retribution from some command staff who do not want this method, which seems to be carried on through the lower supervisory ranks," he wrote. "It has been expressed to me that if an instructor voices positive comments in support of the program, they are essentially committing political suicide." Koga wrote that in some cases, lieutenants have "corrected" officers -- on the street who are using his techniques, reverting to the is old ways. "There appears to be no accountability to ensure compliance with the policies of the commissioner's office," the letter says. DeManss said that "supervisors are avoiding this like the plague. Frazier is going to have to s3 put his foot down." Frazier said he had not heard any complaints from the officers who have completed the program, but he acknowledged initial resistance. And he said there is a "lack of understanding on the part of the command staff," leading to some confusion on the street when )) sergeants and lieutenants see their officers handle suspects in what seems unusual ways. "It's different," Frazier said. "We're taking away the espantoon. The batons are longer and lighter and thinner. You can't spin them. All those are issues of tradition. It's just a process of change that we have to work through." Pub Date: 8/11/96

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The Espantoon (is back thanks to Ed Norris)


October 31, 2008


By Peter Hermann

There has been a great response to my postings and those of the Baltimore Sun's Copy Desk Chief John E. McIntyre on old police terms, cliches and the differences in cop lingo between Baltimore and New York.  

One reader reminded me of a New York term I had all but forgotten: "On the job."

Several readers have commented on the Espantoon -- defined in Webster's Third Edition: "In Baltimore, a policeman's stick" -- and one asked for a picture of one. Here are a couple by Sun photographer Amy Davis shot back in 2000 when then Police Commissioner Edward T. Norris reversed a ban and allowed officers to once again carry the sticks. Tradition returned.

Here is "Nightstick Joe" making an Espantoon in the basement of his Federal Hill rowhouse in 2000, and another of him outside with the stick.

What follows is the complete story published on Sept. 23, 2000, that I wrote on the return of the Espantoon. I've been warned against posting long takes from old stories, but so many want to know the history I think some of you might be interested:

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 Nightstick Joe is Back in Business.

To the delight of tradition-minded Baltimore police officers, the city's new commissioner agreed yesterday to allow his troops to carry the once-banned espantoon, a wooden nightstick with an ornately tooled handle and a long leather strap for twirling. Joseph Hlafka, who retired last year after three decades as an officer on the force and is best known by his nickname earned for turning out the sticks on his basement lathe, will once again see his handiwork being used by officers patrolling city streets. Orders for the $30 sticks are coming in. A local police supply store has ordered three dozen to boost its stock. Commissioner Edward T. Norris bought five. Young officers who have never seen one are calling with questions. "They want to know how to twirl it," Hlafka said. Before Norris arrived from New York in January, he had never heard of an "espantoon." He knew the generic "baton," "nightstick" and "billy club," and was well acquainted with New York's technical "PR-24." He challenged his command staff to prove the term belongs solely to Mobtown. And there, in Webster's Third Edition: "Espantoon, Baltimore, a policeman's club." Norris signed the order yesterday, and the espantoon once again became a sanctioned, but optional, piece of police equipment. "When I found out what they meant to the rank and file, I said, `Bring them back,'" said Norris, who is trying to boost morale. "It is a tremendous part of the history of this Police Department." Hlafka is delighted. When the sticks were barred in 1994 by a commissioner who didn't like them, his production dropped from about 70 a month to 30, with most of them going to officers in departments across the country and collectors. They are now made from blocks of Bubinga, a hardwood imported from South Africa that doesn't get brittle in cold weather. Hlafka whittles and sands the wood to remove visible blemishes on the sticks, which measure from 22 inches to 25 inches long. It is art with a purpose. The espantoon recalls the bygone times of Baltimore law enforcement when running afoul of an officer meant trouble. It fits in with the city's new assertive policing strategy of a new department leader who wants "police to be the police again."

It is just what Hlafka, 62, wants to hear. "No one sold drugs on my post," he said while standing outside his William Street rowhouse, twirling an espantoon he had just finished. "They knew they would have to answer to me." Former Commissioner Thomas C. Frazier banned espantoons in 1994, saying that they weren't all the same length and weight and that an officer twirling the stick was too intimidating to the citizenry. In one order, the Californian uprooted decades of Baltimore police history. Espantoons - the word is derived from "spontoon," a weapon carried by members of a Roman legion - were first issued to night shift officers before the age of radio communication. Officers used the sticks to bang on sidewalks or drainpipes to call for help. Twirling the stick became an art. "Telling a policeman not to swing his espantoon would be like asking a happy man not to whistle," The Sun said in a 1947 article. To replace the espantoons, Frazier issued long batons, called Koga sticks, which many officers refused to carry because they were cumbersome. It required hours of training in martial arts self-defense tactics, and some argued that the Koga stick was more dangerous than the espantoon.

Sergeants were reluctant to send officers to Koga classes, and a trainer argued that some of the tactics being taught could be lethal on the street.

Capt. Michael Andrew was among a handful of high-ranking officers who never took Koga training. He still has the espantoon his father gave him when he graduated from the police academy in 1973. His father, George Andrew, bought the espantoon from a West Baltimore Street shop when he joined the city force in 1940. The nightstick has been used ever since, "with the exception of five years when Frazier banned it, and we had to put it in mothballs," the younger Andrew said. In the old days, the espantoon was required equipment. "You better not have got caught without that stick under your arm," he said. "If you ever left it in your car, you'd get yelled at by your sergeant." The Andrews' espantoon started at the Eastern District, where his father began his career at the old station house at East Fayette and North Caroline streets, and then moved with him to a foot patrol on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the Western. The nightstick is now in the hands of his son, and back on the city's east side. The 49-year-old captain addressed a group of younger officers assigned to flood the crime-troubled Eastern and held up the espantoon as an invaluable tool for their jobs. He and other officers say that it can be used to stop threats without resorting to a gun. The elder Andrew, who retired as a lieutenant in 1974, recalled arresting a drunken blacksmith on East Fayette Street who had grabbed his legs. "I tapped him with the stick," the 86-year-old said. "He let go." Police commanders view the nightstick as an important tool that can be used to subdue people without killing them. "Mace is very effective, and it certainly has done its job," said Deputy Commissioner Bert Shirey, who still has the espantoon he was issued at the Academy 34 years ago. "But there are times when Mace doesn't work, and it's nice to have something in between Mace and a gun." There is no doubt that getting hit with an espantoon hurts, and it can cause serious injury. Hlafka, who walked a beat at both the Inner Harbor and Lexington Market during his final years on the force, said he has struck many people with an espantoon over the course of his career. "People used to complain that we would hit them with the stick," Hlfaka said. "But would they rather get hit by a 9 mm bullet? Then, you don't come back." All content herein is © 2008 The Baltimore Sun and may not be republished without permission. 


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Before firearms were issued by police agencies - It was not uncommon to see officers carrying
single shot pocket pistols similar to those pictured above.

Possibly the First Line-of-Duty Shooting with issued Firearms 

1857 – Possibly the First Police-Involved Shooting with issued firearms. The officers involved were, Deputy Marshall Manly, and Officers G.H.E., Bailey, Nicholson, Saville, Lee, George Bailey, Andrew, Presto, Chapman, and Englar. Shot was Deputy Marshall Manly, suspect Andrew Hesslinger was killed, and an African American named Ramsey was shot. The shooting took place at a bar called Seager’s Lager Beer Brewery at 7 o’clock on that Sunday, the establishment situated upon the Frederick Road at its intersection with West Pratt Street.

Jan 5, 1858, Baltimore Sun reported the following:

Police Officer Shot – 22 December 1857 Southern District Patrolman John Winkleman, was accidentally shot in his thigh a few evenings back when his revolver exploded in his pocket as a result of an incident in which Patrolman Winkleman was twirling his bludgeon [Espantoon] around between his fingers, [when accidently] the stick struck the hammer of his weapon causing it to discharge its load into his thigh. A police surgeon removed the ball.

Taking into account the information value of the word "Ball" when telling us the doctor removed the projectile; "Ball," not "Bullet" is telling. But we'll focus on two other interesting points of this December 22nd, 1857 shooting.

First, this incident occurred at a time just before firearms were issued to Baltimore police officers. It was on the 11th of December, 1856 that Baltimore’s City Council voted on, and passed a bill to arm all Baltimore Police Officers. By October 11th of the following year, not only would the guns be issued but we face what could potentially be, and most likely was the first line-of-duty police involved shooting in our agency that would have occurred with an issued firearm. This based on the following: 1857 - 11 October 1857, The officers involved were Deputy Marshall Manly, and Officer G. H.B. Bailey, P/O Nicholson Saville, P/O Lee George Bailey, P/O Andrew Presto Chapman, and Officer Englar. Shot was Deputy Marshall Manly, Suspects shot and killed were Andrew Hesslinger, and an African American known only as Ramsey. The shootings took place at a bar called, “Seager’s Lager Beer Brewery” at 7 o’clock on that Sunday, the establishment was situated on Frederick Road at its intersection with West Pratt Street.

It was a time when many line-of-duty injuries and deaths took place This because of firearms safety issues; officers using pocket holsters and the less expensive single shot pistols. It wouldn’t be long after this that the department began issuing firearms to their men. The 2nd noteworthy point here is the description given of the Officer “TWIRLING” his nightstick. This might be the earliest reporting of a Baltimore Police Officer spinning his nightstick.

11 December1856 - The end of the year 1856 City Council votes on, and passes a bill to arm all Baltimore Police Officers - 1857 was a date given by History Channel's "Tales of the Gun" - the "Police Guns" Episode, with an original air date, of April, 2000, in which they reported, "Baltimore as having become the first Department in the nation to issue, and provide each police officer with a firearm." The documentary went on to state The Colt, 1849, Pocket Model, was the weapon of choice, and was 1st issued, and used by the BPD and its Officers. Sometimes information contradicts information and as such, we located two Sun Paper articles; one dated,11 December 1856, entitled "Proceeding of City Council", in which arming the individual City Police Officer was voted into law, then on 25 December 1856 an article titled "The New Police Bill" the bill was released. While none of the actual revolvers would have been provided in 1856, they were approved into law on that 11 December 1856. In most cases when a bill is passed, it can take time to actually obtain the guns, catalog serial numbers, inscribe them, and issue them. Initially, they didn't have training, qualifications etc. The accidental shooting of himself by Officer Winkleman took place in 1857, the shooting of Deputy Marshall Manly took place on 11 October 1857 nearly a year after the gun bill was passed and after the guns having been Purchased on 15 August 1867.


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We're only providing the aforementioned information about, "Baltimore being first to arm their police" out of respect for the Discovery Channel, and their source, but I suggest, at least for now, that we take it with a grain of salt. Still, I will leave this until we find definitive proof through further research, or others that have read the previously mentioned article(s) from a Sun Paper, dated 11 December 1856, in which a member of City Council at the time trying to pass his bill to arm Baltimore Police in which he was quoted as saying, "In New York and Philadelphia where there is a penalty for carrying concealed weapons, the police are armed by the city authorities." So if this is his argument for the issuance of like equipment for our police here in Baltimore.  This is being taken by us to mean, we wanted what they already have. i.e. we might have been 3rd to have been issued firearms, but by these reports, and the Councilman's argument we were not first. 

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Badge Collection

Badge Collection

Baltimore Police Badges

The Official Motto of the Department

Established on November 9, 1880
"Semper Paratus, Semper Fideles, Ever on the Watch"

"EVER READY - EVER FAITHFUL"
"EVER ON THE WATCH"

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Our Collection
Through Donations and Purchases at Discounted Prices
The Following is Our Personal Collection to be seen here and at our Museum

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3rd. ISSUE
June 22, 1862, a newly formed Police force appeared in a completely new uniform with a new series of badges. With the same center section of the first badge, and  returning the designation of "City Police" surrounded by twenty small points encircled by a narrow rim.  NOTE: The 20 pointer was replaced by an order from the Commissioner. he said, "too many were in the hands of the citizens."  (Stated in an article in the paper from 1890.) This badge had meaning, as in Baltimore from 1846 o 1887 we had 20 Wards a point for every Ward, and a thin band around to represent the police that protect and hold it all together.

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Below are our Women in police Badges
Three Badges from our Woman Police Officers

19 June, 1912 - The first Women Officer was hired under the title of Policewomen was Mary S. Harvey, EOD of June 19, 1912 her hiring was followed by that of Margaret B. Eagleston July 22, 1912 (interesting side note on March 28, 1925 the Baltimore Sun reports - Two female members of department given first lesson in pistol shooting. They were Miss Margaret B. Eagleston and Mrs. Mary J. Bruff - A few days later Mrs. Mary Harvey, Miss Eva Aldridge and Ms. Mildred Campbell were also trained. So basically the first two woman officers hired by the BPD weren't trained in firearms until they had been on the force for 13 years!)  - 11 June 1973 - The Civil Service Commission authorized the single classification of "Police Officer" to replace the dual designation "Policeman/Patrolman" and "Policewoman/Patrolwoman". This reclassification was a continuation of the department's efforts in the area of equal employment opportunity. (Female "Police Officers" now had the same prerogatives and responsibilities as their male counterparts. Now only one competitive test for promotions is necessary. Thus, a single career ladder was established for all sworn members.) The first female officer came in


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 Officer as written above our first female officers came in 1912

17 October, 1914 - The first female officer shot in the line of duty was Policewoman Elizabeth Faber. As she and her partner, Patrolman George W. Popp were attempting to arrest a pick pocket on the Edmondson Avenue Bridge they were both shot. The above Badge was made between 1936 and 1973 (An interesting side note, the first woman police hired by the Baltimore Police department were hired two years earlier in June and July of 1912, and none of the women hired received firearms training until 1925) - In May of 1969, we have our first father/daughter on police department. Officer James F. Stevens and Police woman Patricia A. Loveless.  

4th. ISSUE

These badges were based on the 4th Issue Badge, based on the design and era I would say these were made in the later years closer to 1973 date in which Policemen, and Police Women, was dropped and Police Officer was begun. Still the initial design came about on 7 May, 1890, worn with a new uniform by all members of the force. This is a shield-shaped badge with the word "POLICE" across the top, Maryland seal in the center and a ribbon with the officers number across the bottom. Sergeant's and above had an eagle on top of the shield. Lieutenants and above wore a badge gold in color. The eagle on the badges had a ribbon in its beak denoting the rank of the officer.

 

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1937 - For the first time in the history of the Baltimore Police Department, women have been advanced to the rank of Sergeant - Mrs. Bessie C. Cronin, along with Ms. Mae E. Lillie, Ms. Clara Lynch and Ms. Margaret Ryan. were all promoted, The women, four in number, joined the force during, or immediately after the first world war, when there was a shortage of men, and functioned for a time as telephone and signal operators. Under terms of a bill signed Friday (28 may 1937) by Governor Nice, they will hereafter enjoy the rank, and the pay, which is $46.50 a week as against their previous $40 a week. Made between 1936 and 1973

Reference for the question had been raised WWI or WWII
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 
1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945

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24 October 1978 - Long after the designation of the Policeman and police Women Baltimore Police promotes the first woman Police Major, Lt. Patricia Mullen, elevated two grades as she became Major Patricia Mullen. Promoted from Lieutenant of the Homicide Unit, Major Mullen she skipped the rank of Captain and was put in charge of Youth Section. This badge was made between 1936 and 1973

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Badge Made between 1936 and 1976 

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 Badge Made between 1936 and 1976

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 Badge Made between 1936 and 1976

72Major

 Badge Made between 1936 and 1976

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 Badge Made between 1936 and 1976

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Badge Made between 1936 and 1976 

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 Badge Made between 1936 and 1976

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Chauffeur Badge Made between 1936 and 1976

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Asst. Engineer Badge made between 1890 and 1936 

72Physn 2 badge

 Physician Badge Made Between 1890 and 1936

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IRISH DETECTIVE BADGE 550

Subdued Detective Badge 550

civil defense badgeThis is an Obsolete Civil Defense Patrolman Badge for the City of Baltimore. The badge is stamped metal with an Eagle over a shield. The center of the shield has an enameled roundel with the Civil Defense emblem on a blue background. Around this is Patrolman and Baltimore. "BASTIAN BROS/CO/ROCHESTER NY". These badges were intended for police personnel acting under Civil Defense authority in an emergency situation and are a neat Cold War memento.  

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1997 Bicentennial Badge

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The city’s Park Commission was first granted the right to preserve peace in parkland by the city charter of 1862 the purpose of the power was to police of the new Druid Hill Park, which at the time was wholly beyond the city limits and thus beyond the authority of Baltimore City's Police. The design in the leaves of the hat device would indicate they are from sometime between 1880 and 1896, after these came a more detailed wreath that went from 1896 until 1915. The Badge with the individual soldered number is also from an older time period. That said the Buttons, and Employee Badges are newer sometime between the 1920s until the 1960's - These were purchased by my wife Patty for this collection, and for the public and police to view. It was purchased at a reduced price from Officer Chris Szakolczai

 

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Above it the 4th Issue badge if you look at the badge you'll see in badge #1 the fisherman's side you'll see he is leaning cleanly against the escutcheon, where in the #2 badge the fisherman appears to be leaning on some sort of box or added ledge This dates the badge, any badge that falls into the group looking like badge #1 was made between 1890 and 1936. - Badge number falls between 1936 and 1976, when they came out with the 5th Issue badge. The ledge was made in 1936 after the mold cracked, and the ledge was added when they made repairs to the mold

Badges made from  1890-1936 and 1936-1940's. The 1890's have a difference in the die, after 1936, there was die change which is quite minute. On the first die, Badge #1 the figure on the right (The Fisherman) of the coat of arms has his elbow resting cleanly on the top corner point of the escutcheon, whereas on the second die Badge #2, everything is the same with the exception of the fisherman's elbow which appears to be leaning on some sort of box, or added ledge below supporting his arm. That ledge/box was added due to a die or mold break/fracture that occurred in 1936. Also on the upper ranking badges, Sgt on up there was an eagle atop the badge, with a ribbon in his bill that revealed his rank. From 1890-1940's, that eagle was applied separately, after the 1840's the badges have a flatter less detailed eagle.   

*Information provided by Police memorabilia collector Steven Rosenstock

  

 

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Awards

Awards

Baltimore Police Department's Award System - Ribbons, where/how to wear them, what they mean, and the General Orders, or Policies related to them

Street Name Changes

Street Name Changes

Baltimore Street Name Changes; ever so often we might read a news article, or have posted something with a street name that makes no sense. This is a list of Street names compiled and transcribed by Joel Weintraub. We are thankful for him and to the person that sent us the list to post and hopefully, better understand the stories on these pages.

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