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) PEACE flFFICFRS'JOURNA -- * -- ............ B. C. BRIDGES Superintendent of Bureau of Identification Alameda Police Department Whose scholarly and well-written serial on "Finger Records in Bible History" is attracting wide attention. J1945 POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL Phone VAlencia 8223 MOLKENBUHR BROS. "REPUTATION EARNED" ^F_77^7"_771 BROOKS qp, , Equipment (orporation OF CALIFORNIA Pacific Coast Distributors: Scamon Molkcnbuhr Val Molkcnbuhi Consolidated Ball Tooth Distributors Universal Joints LENOX HALL JEWELRY * Biltmore Luggage Entire Third Floor 636 POTRERO AVENUE 23 GRANT AVENUE Opposite Magnin's SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA Telephone Martinez 886 For Anything Pertaining to. Telephone Richmond 2513 Residence Telephone 3277 REAL ESTATE Telephone Richmond 5620-562 1 BERNICE A. ANDRADE Secretary-Treasurer * BARTENDERS AND CULINARY RUBY BRYANT CO. WORKERS 595 "Property Management" Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor * * 729 CASTRO STREET MARTINEZ . CALIFORNIA 4024 Macdonald Avenue 607 MACDONALD AVENUE Richmond, California RICHMOND . CALIFORNIA &6.- June, 1945 POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL Page .1 Directory Featured in This Issue SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT Hall of Justice, Kearny and Washington Streets PAGE Telephones SUtter 2020 - 2030 Policing International Conference Radio Short Wave Call KGPD Sheriff FL P. (Jack) Gleason of Alameda Co. 5 Mayor, HoN. ROGER D. LAPHAM By B. S. Sanders President Truman's Address to Police Academy 6 BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS Regular Meetings, Monday, 8:00 p. m---------Hall of Justice C. L. Collins, Redwood City's Chief For 28 Yrs. 7 Hon. Jerd Sullivan, President------ Crocker First Nat'l Bank Fingerprint Records in Bible History . S Hon. John Wesley Howell----------------------240 Battery Street By B. C. Bridges Hon. E. L. Turkington------------------------Furniture Mart Bldg. Captain Charles F. Skelly, Secretari Officer W. D. Harrington's Son Cited For Room 104, Hall of Justice Bravery ............10 CHIEF OF POLICE------------------CHARLES W. DULJ.EA Robert O'Brien's First Year as San Mateo's Chief 11 DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE----------------------MICHAEL RIORDAN Chief Belloni of So. S. F. Starts 22nd Year as DEPT. SEC'Y------------CAPT. JOHN A. ENGLER------------Hall of Justice Head of Police Department .....12 District Captains 13 School Safety Patrol in Review CENTRAL------------A. L. CHRISTIANSON ----------- -635 Washington St. SOUTHERN------------A. E. MCDANIELL -------- ....Fourth and Clara Sts. More Mill Valley Police Questions and Answers 14 MIssioN -------------------- LEO J . TACKNEY --------------- ----- 3057 17th St. Modesto's New Police Chief ......15 NORTHERN ......................A. I. O ' BRIEN -------------- -------- 743 Ellis St. G. C. PARK -------------- JOHN A. REED ---- .--------- Stanyan opp. Wailer Fitzpatrick New Secretary For Aid Association 16 RICHMOND -------------------- F. J. MCGUIRE -------------------- 451 Sixth Ave. Patrolling a Police Beat ........18 INGLESIDE ---- JOHN M. SuLLIvAN ---- Balboa Pk., nr. San Jose Ave. TARAVAL ------------ MICHAEL E. I. MITCHELL.... -------- 2348 24th Ave. Officer Carberry Resigns to Take Job With County Assessor .........19 POTRERO -------------------- JOS. M. WALSH -------------------- 2300 Third St. HEADQUARTERS ------------ PATRICK J . MURRAY ------------ Hall of Justice Editorial Page ...........20 TRAFFIC BUREAU .... .--- CHAS. F. SKELLY........635 Washington St. Police Reserve Formed 21 BUR. INSPECTORS ------ .----- B. J . MCDoNALD ------ .----- Hall of Justice SUPERVISING CAPTAIN OF DISTRICTS.-M. GAFFEY..Hall of Justice Inspector M E. Desmond's Son Honored 23 DIRECTOR BUREAU OF PERSONNEL. .....JAMES L. ENGLISH ......Hall of Justice Lieutenant John Casey Dies. 28 DIRECTOR . BUREAU OF SPECIAL SERVICES ---- INSP. PERCY H. KENEALLY ---- Hall of Justice Vacation at Home in 1945 .......32 DIRECTOR OF JUVENILE BUREAU. ------- GEO. M. HEALY. ------- 2745 Greenwich St. DIRECTOR - BUREAU OF CRIMINAL The EDITOR IS always pleased to consider articles suitable for publication. INFORMATION ---------------- GEORGE HIPPELY --------------- .Hall of Justice Contributions should preferably be typewritten, but where this is not pos- sible, copy should be clearly written. Contributions may be signed with a PROPERTY CLERK.... ------ CAPT. JOHN J. WADE..........Hall of Justice "nom de plume," but all articles must bear the name and address of the sender, which will be treated with the strictest confidence. The EDITOR INSP. OF SCHOOLS TRAFFIC CONTROL .... INSP. BYRON GETCHELL will also be pleased to consider photographs of officers and of interesting BIG BROTHER BUREAU..................................LIEUT. HARRY REILLY events. Letters should be addressed to the EDITOR. When In Trouble Call S 20-20 When In Doubt Always At Your Service Page 2 POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL June, 1945 SHREVE Established 1852 HOTEL WHITCOMB overlooking colorful Market Street at San Francisco's For 93 years, people have come to Shreve's for diamond jewelry, CIVIC CENTER— watches, silverware—for fascinating at the World Center during the articles found nowhere else. In ever great San Francisco Conference. greater numbers, people continue to come. A patrician among hotels. SHREVE & COMPANY i .L Store: POST STREET AT GRANT AVE. KARL C. WEBER, Operator SAN FRANCISCO ALWAYS THE LAST WORD "The Food You Like" BROADER PROTECTION qene C"TkwA National Automobile and Market at Van Ness 333 Geary Street Casualty Insurance Co. 144 Ellis Street * 8-10 Kearny Street 45 Powell Street All Forms of Casualty Oakland: Insurance 12th & Broadway Fidelity and Surety Bonds * All Stores Open 315 MONTGOMERY STREET Day and Night SAN FRANCISCO "Efficient Police Make a City of Peace" (Established 1922) VOL. XXII - JUNE, 945 No Policing International Conference When the International Security Conference was spector Fred Bohr of the Hotel Detail to cover the leading scheduled for San Francisco, Chief of Police Charles W. hotels of the city where the delegates from the various Dullea realized that this epoch-making event, the most im- countries were housed. The detail was split up into smaller portant gathering that has ever been held in this or any ones with an experienced Inspector in charge. The bigger other city, called for the maximum of police service. the hotel the bigger the detail. Lieutenant Charles Maher of the Pickpocket Detail had an increased force scattered at points where the leather- lifters might seek to ply their nefarious trade unnoticed. Nary a pickpocket kick was registered. Special details of Inspectors were made to the meeting place of the con- ferences and the places where various committees held deliberations. How well these assignments functioned is indicated by the entire lack of any complaints of lawbreaking in any sector the members of the San Francisco Police were given the responsibility of policing. But there was another important matter to look out for in completing the plans to see that the city lived up to its reputation of law-abiding community. That was the assign- ment of uniformed men to the task of looking after things CAPTAIN M. E. MITCHELl. on the streets leading into the Civic Center where the He planned to rid the city of undesirables and to keep meetings of the Conference were held and about the area. others from coming here after the Conference began its To carry out this task Chief Dullea formed a separate weeks-long deliberations to map a course that would as- company of 100 men designated as the Security Com- sure peace to the world for generations to come pany." Captain Michael I. Mitchell of Taraval was placed His force of over 1,200 men and women did a great job in charge. He couldn't have made a better selection for in keeping out those who might he attracted here for such an important post, for Captain Mitchell during his criminal purposes. more than 30 years as a member of the San Francisco He worked with the State Department, the FBI, the Police Department has done many things that have at- Treasury Department, the Army and Navy, and other tracted commendable attention to his work. He progressed agencies charged with giving the utmost in protection to through all ranks of the Department until he reached the the 1,000 or so delegates and assistants from more than 45 top many years ago, and in this highest commissioned rank nations of the world. The Conference brought to San he has continued to give the same efficient police service he Francisco, in addition, a thousand of the top-flight news- did during his whole career. paper reporters and commentators, radio broadcasters and The hundred men, who had headquarters in Dormitory magazine experts. G, Civic Center, were personally selected by the Chief When the Conference opened April 25, Chief Dullea and his top officers, and they were selected solely on their had laid the groundwork to properly police the city and record as courteous and efficient officers as well as for see that nothing happened to the vast army of men and physical size and neatness. Heretofore the assignment of women who took part in the peace plans for which the patrolmen and officers for special occasions has been made convention was called. by orders going out from headquarters to the various cap- Captain of Inspectors Bernard J. McDonald picked a tains to detail a certain number of men to serve during the detail of experienced Inspectors for assignment under In- special occasion. But for the Conference the Chief de- Page 4 POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL June, 1945 cided it

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