1903-1929

 

1903

-Frederick Kohler-Police Chief; Was called " the best
 police chief of the best governed city" by President Roosevelt

 

 


 

-Corner policemen placed at cities busiest corners
1904 -Fingerprinting system started
1906

-Cleveland street names were changed to a number
 system.                                            

-First juvenile detention home in the city opened
1910 -Police department aquired it's first motorcycles
1911 -Cleveland's first mounted unit was organized
1912 -Municipal Court was organized
1913 -Automobiles used for first time as patrol cars
1919 -The line-up room was designed and installed
1925 -G.E. had installed a string of automatic lights along
 Euclid Avenue controlled by men in a signal tower.
-Formation of the Police Woman's Bureau
1926 -New Central Station on Payne Ave. opened
1929 -Cleveland Police Radio station was established

 

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