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Patrol Wagon History

Monday, 01 July 2013 03:06
Patrol Wagon History

The Patrol Wagon first came to Baltimore in 1885 as part of a package deal put together by then Deputy Marshal Jacob Frey after the Deputy Marshal first saw a Patrol Wagon in use by the Chicago Police Department in a copy of an illustrated newspaper most likely Harper’s Weekly. The other item found in this package deal was the Call Box.

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Agent Gene Cassidy

Monday, 01 July 2013 02:58
Agent Gene Cassidy

SOME HAVE MORE TO GIVE - Agent Eugene Cassidy- "Medal of Honor Recipient" Baltimore City Police Officer

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Marshal Thomas Farnan

Monday, 01 July 2013 02:06
Marshal Thomas Farnan

Marshal "Tom" Farnan - Newspapers of the Times; 10 October, 1909 Tom Farnan, Marshal of police of Baltimore, was one of the greatest police chiefs in the country, and his record was one that could hardly be equaled. There were chiefs, and there were chiefs. Some chiefs had become chief, chiefly by virtue of enormous and helpful political pole. Some have become chiefs merely because Fortune happened to be in a sunny humor one day and blew a feather of leadership on their caps. Marshal Farnan became chief his own right, because he has seen two score years a practical service without a single lapse of duty, because he has been through all the knotty experiences that the men under him have to go through, because there is no windy beat or troublesome post so windy or so troublesome that his own experience couldn’t bring forth suggestions to help those under him who must tackle it. He knew his job, and his job fit him like an old shoe.

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Marshal Jacob Frey

Saturday, 15 June 2013 01:47
Marshal Jacob Frey

Jacob Frey - An incident that brought out the abilities of the Baltimore police force, was received during the railroad riots of July 1877. Abilities making Baltimore’s Police shine. Monday, 16, July 1877, the Firemen of B&O Railroad’s freight engine team left their jobs. It was a time when the people of this city had lost their heads when the policemen in Baltimore… and Deputy-Marshal Jacob Frey in particular, remained cool, they were brave, and they were strong-minded. A strike was brought about by the Firemen of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s freight engine team… a strike that was brought about, after a 10% reduction was taken from their wage. These men demanded that well before the cuts, they were working at a pauper’s wage, but that with the cuts, they could not afford to live the life of a vagrant. The Railroad, however, declared that a downward spiral in the overall business interests of the country had compelled the pay cuts, and made them unable to pay a higher wage.

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Officer John F. Heiderman

Saturday, 15 June 2013 01:45
Officer John F. Heiderman

Officer Heiderman Has been a historian for our agency long before he knew he was a historian. He started trapping BPD items that had been tossed in the trash, and taking them home, nearly 30 years would pass when he would become friends with Kenny Driscoll and either give or sell Ken the majority of his massive collection. Ken researched these items and began adding them to the museum. Aside from the items picked from BPD dumpsters over the years, John was called when someone knew something was about to be discarded, and John would bring his vehicle to the site and again rescue a piece of history that was headed for the Baltimore incinerator or dump. Without John most of the items he saved wouldn't be around to show.

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Joseph "Nightstick Joe" Hlafka

Saturday, 15 June 2013 01:43
Joseph "Nightstick Joe" Hlafka

The "Barrel Head" often mistaken for the “Handle” and perhaps at one time may have been the handle, until guys like Carl Hagen, Edward Bremer, and Joseph “Nightstick Joe” Hlafka, put their spin on things. A "Swivel" was added (to aid in spinning the stick), Size was increased giving us what quickly became an acceptable “Oversize" stick. At some point the handle (Barrel Head) became the striking end, with “Nibs” “hardened/squared off edges for poking/jabbing, and "Size" for stopping power.  Looking back we see Baltimore’s sticks quite possibly became the biggest sticks in Law Enforcement Thanks to guys like Nightstick our own Nightstick Joe.

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Deputy Commissioner Leo T. Kelly Jr.

Saturday, 15 June 2013 01:39
Deputy Commissioner Leo T. Kelly Jr.

Capt. Kelly, the director, is a 45-year-old veteran of 19 years in the department, and a graduate of the national police Academy conducted by the Federal Bureau of investigations in Washington - Capt. Kelly was in uniform for more than seven years, and then in 1939 went to the detective bureau. In 1943 he was assigned to the homicide division, and during 1949 – 1950 he headed this. Then last September he was appointed to take over at the Academy. He was promoted to his captaincy last January - He was also part of the Baltimore Police Band

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Call Box

Saturday, 15 June 2013 01:14
Call Box

Baltimore got its first Call Box in 1885 - In Baltimore, it is hard to talk about the Call Box without also talking about the Patrol Wagon. They are obviously two very different law enforcement tools, but when it comes to Baltimore Police History, they will forever be linked by a Deputy Marshal and a date. Baltimore's first Call Box came to Baltimore in 1885 and as already mentioned were part of a package deal dreamed up by Deputy Marshal Jacob Frey that was made up of both the Call Box and the Police Patrol Wagon. The date that these things went into service according to Sun Paper accounts was 18 October 1885, and it is believed to have made Baltimore only the second city in the country behind Chicago to use Patrol Wagons.

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