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1865 |
City Marshal Jacob W. Schmitt serves from 1865-1866 |
1866 |
Samuel Furnal was first acting Superintendent of Police |
1867 |
Dr. John Dickinson appointed first police surgeon |
1869 |
Man-hour shifts were ten hours long |
1870 |
Forerunner of the Call Box was used |
1873 |
Detective force consisted of four men |
1881 |
William Manuel Tucker- first black officer appointed to CPD |
1886 |
Mayor George W. Gardner started competitive exams for police force applicants. Established the Civil Service in the city |
1893 |
Women became an integral part of police force known as the matron Service. Mrs. Harriet Garfield and Mrs. Emma Essinger were the first Police Matrons |
1897 |
Identification Bureau was established using the Bertillion system of identification. Criminals were photographed and measured |
1900 |
Murphy Call Box designed. Was a combined compact telephone and telegraph system |
1902 |
The State Legislature established a uniform municipal code for all cities and towns in Ohio and created the Juvenile Court |
