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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. ,. l,r f: '·0. t (; o I~ ••••••••• ~ o. oD,partmaJlt" o . i~j >_. p"', . ~' .() () 101 'Years" of . :Z::_ ."'~Servica , . " . ." '" ='" is oriea • Be Ion I ',i'f'II·'!NIINIJ!NI (ll "(it"i ,1:.1/ ---T --T:e-Developno-e~t-Of The Minneapolis Police Department I In the earliest years of its recorded history, the mean additional expenses. Also, because the city Former Minneapol~s Mayors area which is now known as Minneapolis was was comprised mostly of New Englanders who handicapped in ints development. In 1849, the were proud of their law-abiding character, it is lands east of the Mississippi River were part of the not really too surprising that they found no need public domain and were thus open to settlement. for a police force at all. After a few years and The lands west of the river in this area formed several criminal incidents which went unsolved, the and Police Chiefs a part of the Fort Snelling military reservation and residents realized that whenever there is an accu no titles for that land could be obtained until there mulation of people there are bound to be those was congressional action opening it up to public with criminal tendencies. And so, in 1858, the domain. As a result of these laws, the lands east residents of what is now Minneapolis determined of the Mississippi were settled much more quickly to effect some sort of municipal organization. than those to the west. What this meant, specifi cally, was that the village of St. Anthony grew The form decided upon was a very simple one, more quickly and in many ways set a precedent organized in such a way that the town was gov for what was to occur in Minneapolis. Because erned by a board of supervisors elected annually Minneapolis and St. Anthony were united in 1872, at a town meeting. DATES MAYORS CHIEFS DATES MAYORS CHIEFS it can be said that the earliest Minneapolis munici pal records begin with the organization of the city At the first meeting in 1858, R. P. Russell was 1867 Darilus Morrison H. H. Brackett 1921-1929 George E. Leach Louis Harthill 1868 Hugh G. Harrison Daniel A. Day (1917-1918) government of St. Anthony in 1855. chosen chairman of the Board of Supervisors, which 1869 Darilus Morrison H. H. Brackett 1929-1931 William F. Kunze J. Frank Walker meant that he was the town's first chief executive. (1919-1921) 1870 E. B. Ames Daniel A. Day It would be wrong to mislead the reader into 1931-1933 William A. Anderson Anton He'1son 1871 E. B. Ames Cortez 1. Peck believing that no one had settled on the west side One of the first orders of business for the new (1921-1923) of the river. Actually there were several hundred 1872 Eugene M. Wilson George C. Kent Frank Brunskill supervisors was to appoint a town marshal. The (Union of St. (1923-1928) "squatters" who stayed with the permission of the saJary was $300 per annum, and C. C. Berkman Anthony and Harry Lindholm military authorities. They set up their own form was given the job. His assistant, who was given the Minneapolis) (1929-1931) of protection and when the time finally came, for title "constable," was A. P. Hoover. For some 1873 George A. Brackett Randall W. Hansen W. J. Meehan (1931-1933) them to assume municipal functions, they were not reason not recorded in history, it was only shortly . 1874 Eugene M. Wilson John H. Noble Joe Lehmeyer (1933) really certain they wanted something that would 1875 Orlando C. Merriman John H. NoblE' 1876 A. A. Ames 1877 John De Laittre A. S. Munger John Hart (1934) 1878 A. C. Rand A. S. Munger 1933-1935 A. G. Bainbrid&,e Mike Johannes (1935) 1879 A. C. Rand A. S. Munger 1935-1937 1110mas E. Latimer Frank Forrestal (1935-1940) 1880 A. C. Rand A. S. Munger . (Two-yt:ar 1937-1941 George Leach terms began) 1941-1945 Marvin Kline Edward Hansen 1882 A. A. Ames A. S. Munger (1941-1942) A. C. Berry (1883) Joe Jonas (1942) Elmer Hillner 1884 G. A. Pillsbury John West (1943-1945) 1886 A. A. Ames Charles R. Hill Edward Ryan 1889 E. C. Babb Winslow Brackett (1945-1946) (Beginning of 1945-1948 Hubert Humphrey G. W. McLean Fall elections) (1946-1949) 1891 Philip Winston R. R. Henderson 1948-1957 Eric Hoyer Thomas R. Jones 1893 William H. Eustis Vernon M. Smith (Appointed 12/1/48 (1949-1956) upon Humphrey's 1895 Robert Pratt Vernon Smith election to the Senate) 1899 James Gray James Doyle 1957-1961 P. Kenneth Peterson E. I. Walling (1956) 1901 A. A. Ames Fred Ames Milton Winslow 1903 J. C. Haynes EdJ. Conroy (1957-1960) Kenneth Moore 1905 David P. Jones James G. Doyle (1960) 1906-1912 James C. Haynes James G. Doyle 1961-1969 Arthur Naftalin E. I. Walling (1905-1906) (1961-1964) 1912-1916 Wallace G. Nye F. Corriston Calvin Hawkinson (1907-1910) (1964-1968) 1916-1918 Thomas Van Lear Miehael Mealey Donald Dwyer (1911-1912) (1968) 1918-1921 J. Edward Meyers Oscar Martinson 1969- Charles Stenvig B. J. Lutz (1913-1916) (1969-1971) Gordon Johnson (1971- ) f.. ----.--------------- after this time that the board rescinded its decision were to live well on $65 per month. The officers Hansen had enough foresight to realize that Mayor There have been various attempts to get around and made the salary for the marshal $150 per were all "plain clothes men," and their only evi Brackett's ideas would mean a great deal of work this ruling, and one of the most interesting was ~. annum. Apparently Mr. Berkman was not at all dence of authority was their star. for him. Therefore, three or four months after printed in the Minneapolis Journal on December 7, pleased with this development and resigned his his appointment, Chief .:Jansen resigned his position 1899. It read as follows: "Officers Explain, They position to Amos Clark. "In ttte spring of 1868, Hugh G. Harri and a man who played a great part in the develop Went Into A Saloon To Get Change For A Twenty." son was inducted into the mayor's chair. , ment of the Minneapolis Police Department came "At the outset of the Civil War, M. Although he was a religious person, he to the scene. That man was Michael Hoy. Mr. Hoy "The two officers in question, George Nothaker and H. W. Wagner put on their was quite reasonable in what he re was probably more qualified than any of the pre Dahl and John Wold of South-Side pre plain clothes, decorated themselves with quested of the citizens and did 110t un vious Chiefs, having been the marshal and constable cinct, said that at around midnight they municipal stars, and went forth to see dertake to make the city a Sunday for St. Anthony before its consolidation with had become hungry, and one having only what order prevailed in the community. School. Although friends advised him to Minneapolis. This was at a time when the city $20 and the other no money at all, These officers of the law held forth as depart from his conservative ways, was growing very rapidly and, with the influx of decided to go to a saloon, the only place such for twelve months only. Then, Mayor Harrison held fast to his position people, there was much crime. open at that time. They realized that the John G. Williams, a former marshal, and let "Hart" Brackett rest on his bartender would not care to change the returned to official life. Mr. Williams laurels, and appointed Daniel A. Day Mayor Brackett made a heroic effort to enforce bill without a slight purchase made to became quite attached 1.0 the official as his Chief of Police. Chief Day was all laws and ordinances literally. Not only was the reward his trouble, so the officers life\ as is often the case, and remained thought to be a rather easy going indi effect of this politically disastrous for Mayor ordered two small glasses of beer. Just a guardian of the peace for several years. vidual who did not lose sleep over the Brackett, but in the next election, the result of as they received the drink and the He had ass.ociated with him, a man by thought that some coterie were engaged it was the swinging of the political pendulum in change, their Sergeant stuck his head the name of Snow. It is to be assumed in a game of poker; neither did he the opposite direction. The Democrats again per in the rear door." that these men performed good seryice; think that the wealth of the community suaded E. M. Wilson to enter the race. His support that they kept sidewalks clear of dry called for the arrest of every individual ers believed that because of his high personal At the time the article was written, the Mayor goods boxes; that they swapped yatns who had an unfortunate scent on his character, he would be protected from the charge was still investigating the charges and no further with the Yankee who leisurely occupied breath." that he would be the tool and supporter of the information could be found as to the fate of a place at the corner grocery and showed liquor interest and the social evil, and suspected officers Dahl and Wold. his native ingenuity by whittling a stick After the brief return of Mr.