C. O. Huttoe was removed from Vice Squad as a result of pressure from Mayor Williams. On June 17th, 2010, at the opening ceremonies of the Fraternal Order of Police June Conference a special honor was given to one of its members. McGriff, R.C., Appointed Dec 1905 as unpaid special, McNeil, .L.L., Appointed Dec 1905 as unpaid special. Headley charged Huttoe for interfering in a case outside his own detective district. The story.) Nolle, watching TV with his wife and niece, heard a noise at the front of the house and looked out the door. (Interview with Lt. Ernie Vivian, Ret. )(494 words), (Story about MPD going after the fixer of cases in Dade County. Within seconds he became aware of a very dangerous situation. The police attempted to surround them. The MPD had a liquor squad back then and many wondered if they were assigned to stop the activity or promote it. The pistol match team from MPD had the reputation during this era of being one of the finest in the country. Some of the individual retires requested that we withhold their identity and we have. The Miami-Dade Police Department's vision is to be the model law enforcement organization in the nation by blending strategic planning with community concerns. In May of 1950, a police precinct was established at 480 NW 11 Street to provide a station house for black policemen and a courtroom for black judges in which to adjudicate black defendants. ', In the 60's, when I was a plainclothes policewoman working on street detail, Sophie Bevilaqua, Dorothy Gramling and I were working downtown on Flagler Street and NE 3 ave at the bus stop. Sniffing moonshine whiskey in the line of duty gave Captain Raymond Brock, of the Miami Police Department, an early retirement and a pension of $339 a month back in 1955. Things got hot in both the city government and the police department immediately preceding World War II. He was quoted in the Miami Metropolis of April 23, 1915 "that they were good, hard working officers who only were drunk". Zangara had accumulated $2500 in savings and had been withdrawing it to live on during the last year of his life in Miami. Wow- I was a bit nervous during the first half thinking about a worst-case scenarios. In 1946, the Miami Police opened their own recruit Academy for training, under the direction of Sgt. Stevens, William Chandler, Ned Russell, J.D. Gun running, boat thefts, extortion of merchants to supply cash to some of the 'freedom' groups was common daily occurrences. He was then transferred to the USS Lexington on December 12th, serving in the South Pacific until his discharge. Frye and T.L. Dade County Sheriff Dan Hardie accommodated Zangara last request and the button was pushed. Knight, a brilliant, hard working officer, had a reputation of a stormy figure in the department, with occasional judgment problems. I stop them before they start setting up a perimeter. This had the affect of breaking up this group of fiefdoms. A gunfight in downtown Miami, between Officer Edward Rowe and an offender on May 4, 1917, resulted in the death of the bad guy. I have included some of these tales in this book. McCreary claimed in a 1935 newspaper interview that he had been head of the Miami Ku Klux Klan from 1924 to 1930. The victim was shot by Wood while in the process of running him out of town. Miami became a 'hot' city in more ways than weather. FREAK ACCIDENT KILLS OFFICER SANTIAGO. The sensational murder trial featured the testimony of these two Miami cops. Flury, V., April 1906 as an unpaid officer at the Docks. (816 words). Wood, Ralph C. Rymer and Isey Bandrimer savagely beat Hayes the night that Officer Frank Beckham was killed by Hayes. I grabbed the keys and advised that I will drive. Motor officers were provided with chin straps, Sam Browne belts and puttees. No match was found and the Miami police were unable to solve the case. MPD Zone cars and a Dade helicopter searched the area and soon arrested one man, James Ingram, in the market area. Having inherent faith in the honesty of an individual, I bent down to look under the vehicle to determine the problem.' The Desk Sgt will inspect the officers daily to see that they are neat and clean and that their firearms are in working order. 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. It was in this same month that Broward County was created from Palm Beach and Dade Counties. Driggers were assigned the case. The killing was ruled accidental and no charges were filed. The arrest was made in May of 1959, as a huge C-74 Globemaster aircraft prepared to take off with the arms for Batista supporters in the Dominican Republic. Detective Castillo succumbed to his wounds at the scene. (Miami Metropolis-1/1/1897). Working with top cops was very satisfying and the C/O's Capt. railroad line had just been extended to Miami from Palm Beach the previous April. 71 They had been on a Florida crime spree when the encounter with Sgt Wever occurred. (Miami News-, 1940-41). Rowe, Gerald E. Baldwin, and R.G. Motor Officer L.P. Brantley attempted to pull over a speedster he was chasing. R. L Wood was acquitted of the murder of Victor Parnell. Homicide detectives Ernie Bush and A.J.McLaughlin investigated and charged MPD Officer Harold Mitchell, 33, for aggravated assault. The MPD motorcycle squad's office was located along the Miami River back in the 1950's. The locale of his home was actually within the city limits of Miami Beach. Wiggins said he would be the first to crash into the compartment, station that he was the oldest, with grown children while the other three had young kiddies to worry about The other three tossed a coin to see who would be Wiggins back up. Three big time safe crackers (they called them Yeggs back then) were arrested yesterday by Chief Quigg, Detective Rose, Sgt Keys and Officer Roscoe Dunn. Therefore, Steve asked the young C.I. Under his leadership, the position of desk sergeant and the ranks of captain and lieutenant were created. Two other marked police cars arrived, one occupied by Sgt Bill Charnin, and immediately returned the gunmen's volleys. Miami Mayor Gautier and Mayor Anton Cermack of Chicago welcomed him. (220 words), Due to so many young men entering the military during World War Two, the age hiring standards for the Miami PD was being temporarily relaxed in order to keep the force intact. The 230 plus short stories, all true, supplemented by numerous news paper blogs, follows Miami Police guys and gals through the decades to provide the reader with a condensed history. In front of Saunders store, Driggers could see four men armed with rifles and shotguns and they had him covered when one of them issued the command for him to retreat. (186 words). ( Census reports, Miami Metropolis/News-4/1912), A photo published in the local paper in 1912 pictured the following MPD officers: A.B. Hilarious.). The . Fairbrother and Raleigh Hill. GEO. One of the intended victims was Miami Police Sergeant Cecil (Hamp) Knight. (The outstanding Metropolis newspaper account is copied in the book 'exactly' as it appeared on 6/30/1905. Russell, Edward D. Appointed May of 1911. ), (Story about O.J. During the same period, the ordinary Patrol officer was released from official and unofficial restraints and began to stick their nose into areas of concern previously the sole responsibility of the detective districts. Officer Carberry recovered and continued on his career, finishing it as a commanding officer in the detective bureau. I rip my shirt and vest off cause I couldn't breathe. During the period of 1958 into the mid 1960s, Miamis Mayor was Robert King High, a diminutive attorney who's passion appeared to be criticizing the Chief of Police, Walter Headley. In 1949, women became sworn members of the department with Officers Dorothy Asti Gramling and Lillian Gheer being the first two women trained in the police academy. (Miami News-5/2/1942). Sawyer, Wilkinson, Rose, and Morris; assisted by uniform officers Haddock and Joe Jenkin. Zangara cried out to the Judge, you are stingy, why dont you make it one hundred? The Judge replied, knowing that the condition of Cermack and Mrs. Gill was critical, stated Perhaps you will get more. Huttoe was reinstituted to his previous rank and position in July of 1949. Enoch Powell, special Negro police agent for MPD, was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Cefalu-- broadcasted over the police radio. MPD advised that Ingram was a four-time loser with a criminal record. State law enforcement officers arrested four persons in connection with the shooting of Curtis Ellis, a moonshine informant. MPD Officer Johnnie Young was one of several officers who responded to a burglary-in-progress at 400 NW 4 Avenue on March 7, 1947. The two in custody answered that they came to Miami a week ago to pull the job and had been survailing the Saunders store for two days. Riblet, John R. On job 1914 Killed in June of 1915. (Miami News-9/10/1945). Quiggs petition to the US Supreme Court was denied a hearing and he was retired on a city pension of $85 a month. Leroy Smith) were among those assigned. Bunnell, Alvus A. Crews later retired and died in Marathon, Florida in 1974, at age 74. The local newspapers labeled the thefts the "Bra Conspiracy", as several female employees of Southern Bell was caught stuffing their bras full of coins at the end of each shift. McDade, E.H. was appointed as a MPD officer in 1911. (6/14/1949). All personnel were on a seven day week, with two weeks vacation in summer. Too many to count.Long, long, time ago the city issued several white bullet proof vests designed by the military. A news story reported that the team was practicing for an upcoming match against other departments and Army groups. It was reported that a woman who was at the wheel of the car when the shooting started rapidly drove off alone. Cal. The raiding party consisted of Lt. Bryan, Dets. June 18th- Detective Frank Mitchell was fined $250 for hitting a former decorated officer, Norman Franks, breaking his jaw. 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. Lt Hardy served many years with the Miami police and was later joined by his son by the same name, providing a Hardy Bryan on the force for over fifty years. He has since retired to the quiet hills of South Carolina. A subject was arrested when his fingerprints matched a wanted person from another state. KLAN LEADER NEW BOSS OF POLICE & FIRE DEPARTMENTS. "Of all the dames on Flagler Street, I had to proposition three female fuzz". Luis Serrano and Israel Licor, both Miami area residents in their twenties, were stopped by Carberry as their vehicle fit the description of one used in an armed robbery of the Grand Union supermarket on Coral Way and 67th Ave. One of the bandits fired at Carberry, a second year MPD patrolman, wounding the young officer in the shoulder, foot and hand. Officer Schel, a three year veteran, pulled up his zone car alongside a subject on foot when the man abruptly wheeled and shot Officer Schel through the right shoulder. The killer had shot Bob at close range with a silencer-attached handgun secreted in a bag. Valiton leaned out the car window and fired four shots at Wever, who was rushed to the hospital, dying an hour or so later just as his wife came to his bedside. Wichman joined the MPD in 1947 as a member of Academy Class #11, played on the MPD football team and directed traffic on Flagler Street until his death. After sending the driver on her way, I began the process to determine who from the motor squad lived in the south end that would have a pair of britches that I could wear for the remainder of the shift. He mentioned as proof of the 'murder wave' the fact that six Negroes were slain in one night recently. Manny also charged that Mayor Orr put pressure on the MPD to promote C.O. in 1905)(788 words). (Miami Metropolis/News-7/7, 7/8, & 7/17, 1917). Beginning December 13, 1921, long awaited civil service guidelines were enforced which required all policemen to be between the ages of 25-45, pass a physical and written exam, be at least 5'9" tall and serve three months probation. Quigg says he will no longer fight for the position. Wever spotted their auto while responding to a burglary at NW 7th Avenue and 8th street. They all overcame the offender. Deal with it.). Click here for an updated story. He was survived by his wife, Theresa and two daughters, Doris and Lois. 6/21/1938. The hall utilized by the black residents of Miami for many social and community events was bombed at 2AM, on a Sunday morning in July of 1917. (The story of a detective, killed by a bootlegger, is described in this chapter.) (407 words), "The mammoth procession led by motorcycle escort, blinking bright red incandescent was immediately trailed by many squad cars that lighted up the highways (en route to the cemetery) They weaved in and out of the winding roads like a colossal dinosaur. Officer Schel was transported to nearby Jackson Hospital by one of the arriving zone cars, Al Cinilia, and was later "up and around". Norman Franks, MPD motor officer, chased a bandit car containing a gang of robbers. It will cause you to think about the policeman's lot for many years to come. We never received another complaint from Chief Denham about our traffic enforcement efforts. I'm at the back and it's pitch dark. The attorneys appeared before a Miami Justice of the Peace to charge Miami Public Safety Director, Sam McCready and Mayor Ritter, for the false arrest of Capone. Wilson was being held at the jail pending the preparation of insanity papers after his arrest the previous day. I check with the state attorney's office and they said, "go sit' in the police area of the courtroom." His partner, Officer Whitlock, came to his rescue with gun in hand. The truck was never found. Most of his assignments during his tenure on the department were in the Traffic Section. Peoria Police Department. In 1905, Miami opted for a new political scheme that established a Chief of Police position, replacing the Town Marshall as the Citys law enforcer. Rumors were circulating that the big crooks from up north were going to make a move on the hotels and clubs in Miami, forcing the owners to 'hire' them to protect the clubs, a scheme to take over the profits of the establishments during the upcoming busy tourist season. Hardee, J.J. , Appointed in January 1908 for the holidays. I was parked at a Royal Castle across the street from the court house and finishing an Accident Report when I felt a tap on my shoulder. The website of the M.P.D VETS, a portion of which is open to the public, is. (This chapter relates a story about the Mayors driver, Officer Charlie Parker, SR.) (259 words), An unrelated October, 1941 story described a driver's license check where Parker had to show his license to a Highway Patrol officer while driving the mayor. Miami detectives did not know the suspects name but were advised what compartment he was riding in. Finally, the yeggmen, realizing they were now outnumbered, retreated to the nearby Seybold canal taking their wounded with them. In 1910, the population of the City of Miami was 5,000 (a 400% increase in one decade). Sgt. (This chapter relates the details of Dades first padded cells.) He later served three times as Miami PD Chief of Police. After the death of Miami-Dade Police Det. They ordered him back into the house. However, in 1933, he was appointed as the Chief of Police in addition to his Public Safety Director duties. Huttoe claimed that he was beaten because he refused to go along with the graft setup in the department. rifle and killed Hepburn instantly. The officer never regained consciousness and died four days later, on September 24th, at Jackson Memorial Hospital. To avoid public controversy, training sessions were held for black recruits in secret at the Liberty Square Housing project. He then explained that he wanted all three of us to perform, with him as an observer, with bananas.' Guess who they all pointed to? was being treated for stomach wounds by doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital, including, Dr. G. Rapp, attending physician and Dr. Frederick, renowned surgeon. Additional annexation will come about in 1925. Prisoner Wilson grabbed Crews' gun and fired three rounds. Sgt. In 1917, Lt. William C. Shields, a seven year veteran of MPD and the second in command, was arrested in connection with the homicide of Eddie Kinsey, a young informer for the department. Officer Dale Deskins and former officer David Collier were caught by off-duty security officer Lt. Gil Zamora, in the parking lot of Jai Ali, armed, and dressed and made up like blacks, in what appeared to be a robbery attempt. ), (This chapter tells of the classic story of a sex confession by Off. (MPD Records, Dr. Wilbanks' "Forgotten Heroes", 1996). Bob was appointed as a staff officer in the 1970's. A review of the old newspapers and other sources mention the following men who served as Miami police officers, from 1896 to 1921. July 19th -The new 79th Street Causeway opened for traffic. After his military service, Coplin joined the MPD and served many years, most of which as a detective in the Burglary Unit. The wind then blew her skirt over her head. Harris ran to the street where Lane was sprawled and radioed for medical assistance and back-up. The author was among the twelve officers 'badged' that day. 6/26/1938, Officer Charles R. Reynolds has been assigned to the waterfront beat for years and states he NEVER has made an arrest. (They call it the greatest generation. No mention was made of Bandrimers disposition. A fact published in the Miami Metropolis newspaper on February 19, 1915, concerns the process of appointing the Chief of Police and stating the number of members of the force at that time. Baldwin. Officer Hicks' wife had died just a month before Hicks was killed. The Miami Police department organized a Homicide Unit in July of 1926, according to a story in the Miami Herald, July 23, 1926 and Miami News, 7/16/1926. The Miami Retirement Board, in December of that year reported Brock suffered general muscular weakness, lack of coordination in walking and neurological damage. In early December that year, a contract was awarded to D. Merritt to build a city jail at the cost of $771. The team won many trophies in matches with other departments and Army teams. (422 words). The picnic was financed from proceeds of the annual dance, sponsored by the association. (Miami News-10/27/1941). Harry Bouterse, Officer H.S. Smith was taken to police headquarters and questioned by Police Chief Quigg. (MPD Records, City of Miami publications, Miami Metropolis/News- 7-1917). Bishop, Motor Officer Roberts and patrolmen R.H. Starling, J.S. Stiles. Next thing I know a bailiff is asking if I am all right. ), (A personal story by the books author about integrity OR lack of same) (380 words), (The inside story on the downtown shootout that left two hero officers shot and the offender dead. MIAMI (AP) For four decades, police detective Mike Gonzalez was Miami's undisputed master of solving murders. Story), 227. She is survived by her son, partner, parents, step-parents, and two sisters. Detective Lieutenant C.O. (370 words), (Story in this chapter of the book illustrates how dangerous it was to mess with organized crime figures in Miami.) (Jack) Farr, Jr., killed two of the suspects and wounded a third. He was a WW II Navy hero and a MPD icon. Denby was then Superintendent of City Communications, Ben Denby, head of police and fire communications, stated, Miami Police and Fire will be getting 40 FM radios. Chief of Police William J. Whitman was accused of entering a woman resident's home while drunk in June of 1914. Funny story about how to clean up the town. Tom Nazworth is now working as a prison guard in Climax, Georgia. Leslie Quigg, long time MPD Chief of Police, related this story to MPD Vet Joe --------, husband of Quigg's granddaughter. To acquaint our readers with the law enforcement's state of the art and the criminal society then prevalent in Florida as the 20th Century emerged, the story of the infamous Davis murders, the Dora Suggs murder and the notorious Ashley Gang are presented, as well as their affects on Miami. Called in were Chief Headley, Det. During the early morning roundup, a E.L. Smith, was arrested an hour after the shootout by motor officers, Sgt. He had been a detective in the Miami P.D. As a result of the uproar caused by the arrest and later acquittal of Chief Quigg for murder, the city appointed a new Public Safety Director and a new Chief of Police. July 17th -The paper noted that Sgt W.M. Campbell sped toward a burglary call. He was born in Bartow, Florida in 7/4/1891, enlisted in the US Army in 1909 and joined the MPD in 1920(or 21). He would often be assigned as acting Chief of Police when Chief Headley was out of town. Appointed special officer in 1905. He then led a majority on the commission to immediately fire Safety Director Kavenaugh. Note: Retired MPD Vet Ginger Jones is the granddaughter of Officer Croff. Rolland Lane II, a rookie with only four months on the job, along with partner, 23 year old Fred Harris, had stopped three men for questioning in front of the Imperial Hotel on NW 8th Street. You had to be thereWell I didn't wear the vest again. The Case was the cause of later riots in Miami), (Personal friend of author dies in the McDuffee riot. Detective John Driggers, nearby in the jail, shot the prisoner as he (Wilson) was standing over Crews with the gun in his hand. Department of Children and Families Squad: Conducts criminal investigations, including sexual battery and lewd and lascivious reports, in which both the victim and the subject are 13 years of age or younger. On February 19, 1962. (623) 773-8311. Sheriff Frohock has gotten tired of the large number of habitually idle negro and white men, who frequent North Miami and Colored Town, (both areas just outside the city limits and under the jurisdiction of the Sheriff), some of them having been hanging around these parts for months and even years without working or having any visible means of support, and last night, accompanied by two or three of his deputies, made a raid on these gents of leisure. North Miami and Colored Town were given a through scouring and when the job had been finished, seven Negroes and one white man were in the toils and escorted to the jail where they were locked up on the charge of vagrancy. 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.
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