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(Miami News- 9/19/1937). This raid followed the City Managers directive that all police officers, not just the vice squad, should enforce the gambling laws. We all love him as do many others officers around the state who know him from his long time F.O.P. The decorated Coplin was not seriously wounded and helped those who were. August 25th -The Public Safety Director and the Chief ordered a roundup of all rowdies as a result of a downtown shootout in front of the Mutt & Jeff pool room. Scott was in civilian clothes after going off duty at 1045PM and was headed for a restaurant. His maid observed a tall, thin black man wearing black pants and a white shirt pedal away on a 28 inch English-model bicycle with a chrome fender. The anxiety created in the minds of Miami residents no doubt caused them to be more than ever in favor of having an efficient police department in the city. A flat bed truck was turned into a float. It was reported that a woman who was at the wheel of the car when the shooting started rapidly drove off alone. One arrest on May 28th was made by Chief of Police Guy Reeve and Detective Chief Scarboro for vagrancy as Capone was attending a boxing match at the local American Legion hall. Later, Ms. Lager went out to the porch and on glancing down to the pavement, saw the policeman lying there face downward. At West Flagler and 12th Avenue, Officer Samuel J. Callaway, 50, was directing traffic when an auto ran the red light. Appointed special officer in 1905. You are now leaving the official website of Miami-Dade County government. I asked this veteran of many years of patrolling Miami's black area and who had survived several fatal gun battles, how he could expect to run after the bad guys. Smith, William Meredith, Edwin V. Stephens, Gordon McDade, Harry Doane, J.B. Watkins, Harry Lee, L.M. Before venturing into our Miami street stories, the author presumes that the images the reader possess of Florida law enforcement in the early days of Miami, differs primarily from today, only in the technological gadgets and modes of transportation that are now present. Headquarters for the MPD was supposed to be on one of the upper floors but the City Manager advised that the police department needed to be on the street level. Chief Quigg quickly re-instated fired Detective Chief Scarboro and Detective Williams, who was fired by Safety Director Kavenaugh last year. On March 15th, of 1925, Sgt. Sgt. Smith confessed to Chief Quigg that he was brought in from Chicago to blow the safe. A Miami police officer and his wife, a Southern Bell employee, were among those arrested. The action was based on the Grand Jury report. He was stationed on the USS Arizona in Hawaiis Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, during Japans strike against America. Dora PD. In order to retain the 'flavor' of their stories, we have not edited their stories. Contact Us Miami-Dade Police Department Alfredo "Freddy" Ramirez III Director Fred Taylor Miami-Dade Police Headquarters 9105 NW 25th Street, Doral, FL 33172 305-4-POLICE Note: Retired MPD Vet Ginger Jones is the granddaughter of Officer Croff. Huttoe was demoted by City Manager Danner from Probationary Captain to Lieutenant. Sgt Paul Denham (later Chief) was his supervisor and praised him as an outstanding officer. At intervals, they would open fire on the yeggmen, who would return with rifle, pistol and shotgun bullets. Also this month, a 21 year old volunteer city fire fighter, John Thompson, was killed when his fire truck flipped over en route to a call just north of town. To my knowledge I thought this place was uninhabited. After years of legal arguing over Garrett's mental capacity, he was finally sentenced to life imprisonment plus 10 years by Judge Ellen Morphonios. Embarrassing story (but funny) 391 words). (Miami News-1/31/1930), 7/22/1931 - Chief Hardy Bryan promotes three officers to the position of Traffic Sergeant. (Miami had top national honors for two years running in Pistol matches). While waiting for roll call one day, one of the motor officers, Howard Shaw, egged on by Officers Danny Schooler, and Eddie Edmonds, wagered Officer Bob Knight five bucks that he (Knight) didn't dare jump into the Miami River in full uniform. Some of the stories are copied entirely, others are summarized, yet others are omitted for space reasons. King, W.H. Many MPD Vets love to tell the story about Sergeant Milt Olgle visiting a 'friend'. During the hijacking, a gunfight erupted between arriving police units and the criminals, wounding the pilot, mechanic and one passenger. Ken Harms was fired at 3 o'clock in the morning by the City Manager because Ken resisted the Manager's improper and illegal moves to have the department a dumping ground for the manager's unqualified non-law enforcement buddies. (Miami Herald, -7/6/1954, MPD Vets newsletter). Lt. Curry, back in the late 1910's, stepped in for the Chief of Police for several months while the boss was ill. Curry did an outstanding job, according to press reports at that time. Mitchell claimed that Franks was continually hanging around the station trying to get his job back (he was suspended in 1927 because of domestic problems). Davenport had been recently fired from MPD and blamed Huttoe for his dismissal. Additional stories on Quigg are posted in further stories in this book. (475 words). Detective Castillo succumbed to his wounds at the scene. Captain Brock, an Ohio native, employed by the department for 19 years, retired at age 47. Those five men were: Ralph White, Moody Hall, Clyde Lee, Edward Kimball and John Milledge. In September of 1944, the Miami Police Department began hiring black police officers. The law in Florida previously charged the local Justice of Peace (five in Dade County) with holding preliminary hearings on all death investigations. Officer Lane, a Hialeah High School graduate, was completing his college work at Miami-Dade when he was killed. A resident sent a riot call to headquarters as the shooting continued. To this day, no one has been convicted of the tragic crime. (US Census reports, Miami Metropolis/News-8/1913). Asst Chief Youell arrested two MPD officers for extorting a citizen. The author was present during his questioning by our top Homicide Unit investigator, Mike Gonzalez, now the lead officer. His wife was pregnant at the time of John's death. Ginsburg continued without the mike but Costa ordered that music be blasted over the loudspeakers. McCormack, born in St Louis, Missouri on September 8, 1902, became a MPD officer on Sept 23, 1925 and was assigned to the motorcycle squad at the time of his death. The department was then reorganized into four divisions: traffic, detectives, vice squad and motorcycle corps. Miami News, (4/28/1949). A special civil service ruling was passed to protect the pension and seniority rights of retiring Chief McCarthy when he reverts back to his civil service rank of Captain. PSTD is prevalent in the police departments of America just as much as in our military. Leroy Smith) were among those assigned. Appointed in January 1908 for the holidays. He said that the great number of murders in Miami has made the formation of a homicide squad a necessity. The sage Oriental criminologist, Worner Oland, known to all as Charlie Chan, received a special badge recently. The offender, then a teen, had been living in the neighborhood of the murder, but eluded the polygraph tests and palm print submissions his neighbors endured. )(397 words). In April of 1915, Mayor Watson reinstated three police officers who had been suspended for being drunk on duty. William McCarthy, 40, who has been serving as Acting Chief since May 23rd, 1935, was appointed permanent Chief of Police last night by City Manager L.L. McCarthy's tenure did not last long. The Hagerstown Morning Herald reported this funny story on July 10, 1954. A news column reported that Lt. Huttoe was now back in the Vice Squad raiding every gambling location after Chief Quigg stated (again) that the town was closed to gambling. Williams, and ruled the death accidental. Detective W.J. Currently, there are two MDPD Lieutenants, six MDPD Sergeants, 26 MDPD Detectives, and one Municipal Detective (from Miami Police Department and Miami Beach Police Department) assigned to the permanent countywide multi-agency robbery suppression effort. Twenty-five of those years were in the homicide. The history is rich and interesting. Driggers confronted the violent criminal at NW 6th Ave. and 30th St. and seen to it that the bad guy got his wish. Marshall Gray, after a fairly uneventful first year, was re-elected without opposition in October of 1897. The subject's prints were sent to New York City where Gotham cops matched the prints to a wanted felon who had a long record in their jurisdiction. (338 words), (The saga of the Chief of Police (Quigg) being arrested for complicity in murder is described in this chapter. Beginning as early as 1901, Miami's black community had asked for Black policeman to be assigned to what was then known as "Colored Town." (1,090 words), (Thirty-seven year old Bill Craig, a 14 year veteran Miami police motorcycle officer was struck by a drunk driver on South Dixie in early morning rush hour traffic on March 19, 1988.He died 3 months later. June 4th -Public Safety Director Arnold advises publicly that all bookies either quit their activities or will be jailed. Lt. C.O. Included in the class was Clarence Dickson, the first MPD academy trained black officer, and later the Chief of Police. Elaido Del Valle, a person of interest in the assassination of President Kennedy, was murdered in Miami in February of 1967. Sgt. Lt. Brock was on the scene. Litchfield in now in the hospital and is not expected to live. The mainly wooden buildings were soon replaced with brick structures, with the rebuilding commencing while the cinders were still warm. Marshall Gray took prisoner Duckett to the county jail in Juno to await Grand Jury action.(Metropolis-10/14/1896). 1948, at Flagler Street and NE 2nd Ave. A truck had backed into the rusted utility pole which broke off, bounced off a taxi cab and stuck Officer Wichman. 142. Knight, a brilliant, hard working officer, had a reputation of a stormy figure in the department, with occasional judgment problems. (This chapter describes one method the police department kept the streets clear of drunks and vagrants.) Morrison was convicted, but died before the sentence was carried out. Also that day, it was reported that Officer W.F. The author proudly looks back on his assignment to the Task Force, both as an officer and later a supervisor, as one of his finest of many tours of duty in various department assignments. He has since retired to the quiet hills of South Carolina. Efforts were made to mask the fact that Roosevelt was partially crippled by polio. 1st Ave. During this era, Charles Robert Ferguson became the second Chief of Police. 71 Herrick was disciplined for failing to check doors during their rounds. (Miami Metropolis/News- 8/21/1917). Wever was buried in Miami's Woodlawn cemetery. (817 words), (Story of 13 yr old being abducted) body found years later) (303 words), (Story about the assassination of Officer Vic Butler. 8/5/1931 - Guy Reeve regains the Chiefs job in court, replacing Hardy Bryan, who has served since July 13, 1931, while Reeve was in Court attempting to regain his position. The truck was never found. (208 words), The funeral director had to arrange a separate time for blacks to view McCarthys body, as it seems that he was very popular with all the people of Miami, rich and poor, cabdrivers and professionals, men and women, black and white. One of his cohorts snitched on him and the US Customs and our Internal Security squad caught wind of his plan. In the early 1940's he was again demoted and an attempt was made to discharge him due to the fact that he originally joined the department under a name other than his birth name. McAdam runner up with 136, W.W. Hendrickson 124, Frank Hardee, former Chief, with 116, C.R. I've got it on during a tour of duty on the midnight shift. I stop them before they start setting up a perimeter. Tom Nazworth is now working as a prison guard in Climax, Georgia. A news story reported that the team was practicing for an upcoming match against other departments and Army groups. Det M.H. One glaring example of the 'secrecy' involved in the planned raid was the existence of an open Cuban exile recruiting station at West Flagler Street and 11th Ave. One would think that it was a new Blockbuster store or the like, with a line stretching down Flagler Street every day. Chief John Cannon. As Zamora confronted Deskins, the later pleaded, "Gil, it's me, Dale Deskins". Det. Sawyer, Wilkinson, Rose, and Morris; assisted by uniform officers Haddock and Joe Jenkin. The MPD Pistol Team is participating in the Flamingo Open pistol match. He immediately assigns one police officer to each school in the city. I called the situation into the complaint room and heard the Ha Ha"s in the back round when the dispatcher said , "WHAT"..I repeated the situation and was told to QRX (stand-by) The two men got to about twenty feet of the 6th floor and ran out of sheets. ), In 1926, there was a chain of seven grocery stores in Miami named Saunders Markets, with the main store located at 918 NW 7th Avenue, near downtown Miami. Dick was the author's partner in the Patrol, Task Force and later in Robbery. The story of one, the beloved Harry Lenchner, now 90, was published in the MPD Vets newsletter recently and is presented in its entirety. During May of 1937, new Mayor Williams was elected. Detective John Driggers, nearby in the jail, shot the prisoner as he (Wilson) was standing over Crews with the gun in his hand. While Officer Whitlock was maneuvering to get a better view of the yeggmen in the doorway of the store, the gunmen caught sight of Deputy Barnes. aware that when you exit this site, you are no longer protected by our privacy or The F.E.C. (287 words). After downing several quick ones we headed back out to the wagon.