Detective Sergeant John A. Cameron

Badge: 36
Age:     52
Served: 25¼ years
January 14, 1910 to April 26, 1935

 

OFFICER

John was born November 24, 1882 in Cincinnati.  He attended Cincinnati public schools for eight years and then took a job as a painter.

In 1909, John was awarded the prestigious Carnegie Medal for saving a life during a fire the year before.

John joined the Cincinnati Police Department as a Patrolman on January 14, 1910.  He served in Districts 8 (2616 Vine Street) and 10 (Colerain at Adelaide).  Patrolman Cameron then went to Traffic Bureau (City Hall).  On October 16, 1926, he was promoted to Sergeant and assigned to District 1 (City Hall).  Two years later, he was assigned to the Crime Bureau (City Hall) as a Detective Sergeant.

Detective John Schmitt was younger than Sergeant Cameron, but he had worked ten years in District 10, and both had been transferred to the Crime Bureau near the end of 1928.  In a brawl at the Cat and Fiddle at the end of 1934, a bullet fired at Detective Schmitt was deflected by his diamond tie pin – a gift given to him by his mother.

Each man had shown courage and bravery throughout his career and neither one flinched at danger.

 

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